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SUBMITTER: Qi SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4245253 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qi Shan-Shan SS Dai Zhi-Cong ZC Zhai De-Li DL Chen Si-Chong SC Si Chun-Can CC Huang Ping P Wang Rui-Ping RP Zhong Qiong-Xin QX Du Dao-Lin DL
PloS one 20141126 11
The effects of invasive plants on the species diversity of plant communities are controversial, showing either a positive or negative linear relationship. Based on community data collected from forty 5 m×5 m plots invaded by Sphagneticola trilobata in eight cities across Hainan Island, China, we found S. trilobata decreased plant community diversity once its cover was beyond 10%. We demonstrated that the effects of invasive/native plants on the plant diversity of communities invaded by S. trilob ...[more]