The herbivorous arthropods associated with the invasive alien plant, Arundo donax, and the native analogous plant, Phragmites australis, in the Free State Province, South Africa s

Canavan, Kim N; Paterson, Iain D; Hill, Martin P

Title: The herbivorous arthropods associated with the invasive alien plant, Arundo donax, and the native analogous plant, Phragmites australis, in the Free State Province, South Africa s
Creator: Canavan, Kim N, Paterson, Iain D, Hill, Martin P
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 2014
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/406155
Identifier: vital:70243
Identifier: xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC155690"
Description: The Enemy Release Hypothesis (ERH) predicts that when plant species are introduced outside their native range there is a release from natural enemies resulting in the plants becoming problematic invasive alien species (Lake and Leishman 2004; Puliafico et al. 2008). The release from natural enemies may benefit alien plants more than simply reducing herbivory because, according to the Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability (EICA) hypothesis, without pressure from herbivores more resources that were previously allocated to defence can be allocated to reproduction (Blossey and Notzold 1995). Alien invasive plants are therefore expected to have simpler herbivore communities with fewer specialist herbivores (Frenzel and Brandl 2003; Heleno et al. 2008; Heger and Jeschke 2014).
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Publisher: Sabinet
Language: English
Relation: African Entomology, Canavan, K., Paterson, I. and Hill, M.P., 2014. The herbivorous arthropods associated with the invasive alien plant, Arundo donax, and the native analogous plant, Phragmites australis, in the Free State Province, South Africa s. African Entomology, 22(2), pp.454-459, African Entomology volume 22 number 2 p. 454 2014 1021-3589
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