Plant Optical Types to Predict Ecosystem Impacts of Plant Invasions. KU Leuven
Plant species invasions are among the most important threats to the functioning of the earth#s ecosystems. Invasion biologists have mainly focused so far on the effects that invasive plant species have on native populations and communities. The response of ecosystem functioning to invasion has received considerably less attention. Although it has been proposed that invasive species impact can be predicted based on a comparative analysis of ...