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SUBMITTER: Castillo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6787939 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ecology and evolution 20190823 18
Theories of plant invasion based on enemy release in a new range assume that selection exerted by specialist herbivores on defence traits should be reduced, absent, or even selected against in the new environment. Here, we measured phenotypic selection on atropine and scopolamine concentration of <i>Datura stramonium</i> in eight native (Mexico) and 14 non-native (Spain) populations. Native populations produced between 20 and 40 times more alkaloid than non-native populations (atropine: 2.0171 v ...[more]