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ECOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 6, Issue 8, Pages 712-715Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00498.x
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congeneric pairs; exotics and aliens; herbivory; invasive species; plant invasions; plant-insect interactions
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ln a field experiment with 30 locally occurring old-field plant species grown in a common garden, we found that non-native plants suffer levels of attack (leaf herbivory) equal to or greater than levels suffered by congeneric native plants. This phylogenetically controlled analysis is in striking contrast to the recent findings from surveys of exotic organisms, and suggests that even if 'enemy release' does accompany the invasion this may not be an important mechanism of invasion, particularly for plants with process, close relatives in the recipient flora.
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