Early bird catches the worm: germination as a critical step in plant invasion

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F17%3A00480163" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/17:00480163 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/17:10360494
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1349-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1349-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1349-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10530-016-1349-1</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Early bird catches the worm: germination as a critical step in plant invasion
Original language description
The germination behavior of a plant influences its fitness, persistence, and evolutionary potential, as well as its biotic environment. Early and/or rapid germination is typical of invasive species rather than their noninvasive congeners, and represents a pre-adaptation from which many invasive and naturalized species benefit. It also occurs more often in invasive than native species, suggesting that competition mitigation or avoidance in the early stages of a plant’s life, via the exploitation of vacant germination niches, might be more useful than a superior competitive ability in novel environments. This is further supported by a tendency of invasive species to germinate earlier and/ or faster and have broader germination cues in their non-native than in their native range. In contrast, high percentage germination is not a consistent predictor of invasiveness, suggesting that the incorporation of a larger fraction of seed production into the soil seed bank rather than high germination is a better (or safer) strategy in novel environments. These patterns indicate that differences in the germination behavior of alien and native species contribute to the invasiveness of many species.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project
<a href="/en/project/GB14-36079G" target="_blank" >GB14-36079G: Plant diversity analysis and synthesis centre (PLADIAS)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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