Effects of Soil Characteristics, Allelopathy and Frugivory on Establishment of the Invasive Plant Carpobrotus edulis and a Co-Occuring Native, Malcolmia littorea

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F12%3A10130761" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/12:10130761 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985939:_____/12:00390439
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053166" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053166</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053166" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0053166</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effects of Soil Characteristics, Allelopathy and Frugivory on Establishment of the Invasive Plant Carpobrotus edulis and a Co-Occuring Native, Malcolmia littorea
Original language description
The species Carpobrotus edulis, native to South Africa, is one of the major plant invaders of Mediterranean coastal ecosystems around the world. Invasion by C. edulis exerts a great impact on coastal habitats. The low number of native species in invadedcommunities points to the possible existence of mechanisms suppressing their germination. In this study we assessed whether soil factors, endozoochory, competition and allelopathic effects of the invader affect its own early establishment and that of thenative species Malcolmia littorea. We used laboratory solutions representing different chemical composition and moisture of the soil, herbivore feeding assays to simulate seed scarification and rainwater solutions to account for the effect of differently aged C. edulis litter. Principal Findings: We show that unlike that of the native species, germination and early growth of C. edulis was not constrained by low moisture. The establishment of C. edulis, in terms of germination and early
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EF - Botany
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GA206%2F09%2F0563" target="_blank" >GA206/09/0563: Thermal requirements for the development of ectotherms: searching for general patterns among plants and insects</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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