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Global climate change could exacerbate biological invasions by changing competitive interactions, and hence, threaten ecosystem biodiversity and stability. Replacement control, which relies on the growth advantage of native plants, is… Click to show full abstract
Global climate change could exacerbate biological invasions by changing competitive interactions, and hence, threaten ecosystem biodiversity and stability. Replacement control, which relies on the growth advantage of native plants, is one of the most effective methods to suppress invasion. In the present study, distinctive photosynthetic responses to warming of invasive (Alternanthera philoxeroides) and native (Sambucus chinensis) plants were compared to determine the invasive potential of alien plants, and to screen native species for replacement control under climate change scenarios. Plants were grown in two different air temperatures ( unwarmed or ambient temperature and warmed at (0.76±0.10)°C by using an
Journal Title: Acta Ecologica Sinica
Year Published: 2017
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