http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/sea-of-exotics-isolates-native-plants/ Research news from leading universities Tue, 21 May 2013 06:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/sea-of-exotics-isolates-native-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-551492 Baron Pike Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:31:56 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=268952#comment-551492 Invasive plants are obviously from a competitively evolving species, while native plants may over time have evolved to use cooperative strategies to retain stability. To switch to competitive strategies to overcome the effects of the invaders must necessarily result in changing the forms of the native species as well to allow the overall systems to be more competitive. Invasive plants are obviously from a competitively evolving species, while native plants may over time have evolved to use cooperative strategies to retain stability. To switch to competitive strategies to overcome the effects of the invaders must necessarily result in changing the forms of the native species as well to allow the overall systems to be more competitive.

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