Variation of growth and functional traits of invasive knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) in Belgium

Herpigny, B.; Dassonville, N.; Ghysels, P.; Mahy, Grégory; Meerts, P.

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Variation of growth and functional traits of invasive knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) in Belgium

Herpigny, B.; Dassonville, N.; Ghysels, P. et al.

2012 • In Plant Ecology, 213 (3), p. 419-430

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Biological invasions; Fallopia; Functional traits; Growth; Nitrogen; SLA; Belgium; Fallopia sachalinensis

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[en] Three invasive Fallopia taxa are present in Belgium: F. japonica (FJ), F. sachalinensis (FS) and their hybrid F. × bohemica (FB). FS is the least invasive of the three taxa. In this study, we compared the taxa, in sites where they co-occur, for differences in functional traits that might influence their competitive ability and invasiveness-shoot height and ramification, leaf size, specific leaf area (SLA) and foliar nitrogen (N) concentration. The three taxa exhibited similar growth kinetics and similar SLA. However, FS differed in its architecture and allocation of leaf area, having less ramified shoots and a steeper gradient of decreasing leaf size along the main shoot. Also, FS had greater foliar N and less efficient N resorption from senescing leaves. These traits values may result in lower competitive ability of FS for light and nitrogen. For the same traits, FB was generally intermediate between FS and FJ, but often closer to the latter. FB was more variable than FS and FJ, possibly due to larger genetic variation. SLA and ramification varied greatly amongst sites for all taxa, due in part to plastic response to contrasting light regimes. Variation in functional traits values may in part explain the variation in invasiveness amongst the members of the Fallopia complex in Belgium. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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Herpigny, B.; Laboratoire d'Ecologie Végétale et Biogéochimie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, AV FD Roosevelt 50, CP 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Dassonville, N.; Laboratoire d'Ecologie Végétale et Biogéochimie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, AV FD Roosevelt 50, CP 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Ghysels, P.; Laboratoire d'Ecologie Végétale et Biogéochimie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, AV FD Roosevelt 50, CP 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Mahy, Grégory ; Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Biodiversité et Paysage

Meerts, P.; Laboratoire d'Ecologie Végétale et Biogéochimie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, AV FD Roosevelt 50, CP 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

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English

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Variation of growth and functional traits of invasive knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) in Belgium

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2012

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Plant Ecology

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1385-0237

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1573-5052

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Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands

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213

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419-430

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