C-S-R strategies of invasive plants in Croatia
A recent study evaluated the occurrence of invasive plant species in three biogeographical regions (Alpine, Continental and Mediterranean) in Croatia and in addition set out to subscribe C-S-R strategies to individual species. Under the C-S-R theory, originally set out in Grimes (1977) plants can be grouped into three main strategies, C- competitors, S-stress tolerators and R ruderals. Ten C-S-R plant types were recorded among invasive plants in Croatia with C-R strategists being the most common. In the Mediterranean region of Croatia, R strategists are more frequently found amoung IAPs and this may be due to intensive human induced habitat modification in this region compared to Alpine and Continental regions.
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Vuković N, Miletić M, Milović M, Jelaska S D (2014) Grime’s CSR strategies of the invasive plants in Croatia. Periodicum Biologorum 116, 323-329.
Grime JP (1977) Evidence for the existence of three primary strategies in plants and its relevance to ecological and evolutionary theory. American Naturalist 111(982), 1169-1194.