期刊
BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 1, 期 4, 页码 435-438出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0341
关键词
herbivory; invasive plants; introduced plants; alien plants; enemy release hypothesis
We surveyed naturally occurring leaf herbivory in nine invasive and nine non-invasive exotic plant species sampled in natural areas in Ontario, New York and Massachusetts, and found that invasive plants experienced, on average, 96% less leaf damage than non-invasive species. Invasive plants were also more taxonomically isolated than non-invasive plants, belonging to families with 75% fewer native North American genera. However, the relationship between taxonomic isolation at the family level and herbivory was weak. We suggest that invasive plants may possess novel phytochemicals with anti-herbivore properties in addition to allelopathic and antimicrobial characteristics. Herbivory could be employed as an easily measured predictor of the likelihood that recently introduced exotic plants may become invasive.
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