Dominance of an alien shrub Rhus typhina over a native shrub Vitex negundo var. heterophylla under variable water supply patterns

Ning Du; Xiangfeng Tan; Qiang Li; Xiao Liu; Wenxin Zhang; Renqing Wang; Jian Liu; Weihua Guo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176491

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Dominance of an alien shrub Rhus typhina over a native shrub Vitex negundo var. heterophylla under variable water supply patterns

Ning Du,

Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Xiangfeng Tan,

Current address: Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Qiang Li,

Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Xiao Liu,

Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Wenxin Zhang,

Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Renqing Wang,

Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Jian Liu,

Affiliation Institute of Environmental Research, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Weihua Guo

* E-mail: guo_wh@yahoo.com

Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Dominance of an alien shrub Rhus typhina over a native shrub Vitex negundo var. heterophylla under variable water supply patterns

Ning Du,
Xiangfeng Tan,
Qiang Li,
Xiao Liu,
Wenxin Zhang,
Renqing Wang,
Jian Liu,
Weihua Guo

Published: April 26, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176491

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