Phenological niches and the future of invaded ecosystems with climate change

We review recent evidence that non-native and invasive plant species may have distinct timings of their seasonal life history characteristics (such as date of leaf out or flowering, that is, their phenology) that allow them to establish in new communities. In particular we examine how invasions may be bolstered by the longer growing seasons associated with climate change. Based on our current of plant phenology and growth strategies—especially rapid growing, early-flowering species versus later-flowering species that make slower-return investments in growth—we project optimal periods for invasions across three distinct systems under current climate change scenarios.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  AoB Plants

• Publication date

  2014-03-31

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/aobpla/plu013PMID 24876295PMCID 4025191
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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