Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized

Mialy Razanajatovo; Noëlie Maurel; Wayne Dawson; Franz Essl; Holger Kreft; Jan Pergl; Petr Pyšek; Patrick Weigelt; Marten Winter; Mark van Kleunen

doi:10.1038/ncomms13313

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized

Mialy Razanajatovo,
Noëlie Maurel,
Wayne Dawson,
Franz Essl,
Holger Kreft,
Jan Pergl,
Petr Pyšek,
Patrick Weigelt,
Marten Winter,
Mark van Kleunen

Affiliations

Mialy Razanajatovo: Department of Biology, Ecology, University of Konstanz
Noëlie Maurel: Department of Biology, Ecology, University of Konstanz
Wayne Dawson: Department of Biosciences, Conservation Ecology Group, Durham University
Franz Essl: Division of Conservation, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna
Holger Kreft: Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen
Jan Pergl: Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Petr Pyšek: Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Patrick Weigelt: Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen
Marten Winter: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Mark van Kleunen: Department of Biology, Ecology, University of Konstanz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13313
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Plants with the capability to reproduce easily without mates and pollinators could have an advantage when colonizing new territory. Here, Razanajatovoet al. use a global database to infer that flowering plants capable of selfing have become naturalized in a larger number of regions than those that must outcross.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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