scholarly journals Invasive exotic plants suffer less herbivory than non-invasive exotic plants

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Cappuccino ◽  
David Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Exotic Plants ◽  
Leaf Damage ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Native North American ◽  
Microbial Characteristics ◽  
The Family ◽  
Invasive Exotic ◽  
The Relationship

We surveyed naturally occurring leaf herbivory in nine invasive and nine non-invasive exotic plant species sampled in natural areas in Ontario, New York and Massachusetts, and found that invasive plants experienced, on average, 96% less leaf damage than non-invasive species. Invasive plants were also more taxonomically isolated than non-invasive plants, belonging to families with 75% fewer native North American genera. However, the relationship between taxonomic isolation at the family level and herbivory was weak. We suggest that invasive plants may possess novel phytochemicals with anti-herbivore properties in addition to allelopathic and anti-microbial characteristics. Herbivory could be employed as an easily measured predictor of the likelihood that recently introduced exotic plants may become invasive.

scholarly journals Novel chemistry of invasive exotic plants

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Cappuccino ◽  
J.Thor Arnason
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Secondary Compounds ◽  
Exotic Plants ◽  
Exotic Plant ◽  
Exotic Plant Species ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
The Many ◽  
Invasive Exotic ◽  
New Habitats

Of the many exotic plants that have become naturalized in North America, only a small proportion are pests capable of invading and dominating intact natural communities. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the most invasive plants are phytochemically unique in their new habitats. A comparison of exotic plant species that are highly invasive in North America with exotics that are widespread, but non-invasive revealed that the invasive plants were more likely to have potent secondary compounds that have not been reported from North American native plants. On average, the compounds found in the invasive plants were reported from fewer species, fewer genera and fewer families than those from non-invasive plants. Many of the unique phytochemicals from invasive plants have been reported to have multiple activities, including antiherbivore, antifungal, antimicrobial and allelopathic (phytotoxic) effects, which may provide the plants with several advantages in their new environments.

Herbivory on invasive exotic plants and their non-invasive relatives

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 797-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Jogesh ◽  
David Carpenter ◽  
Naomi Cappuccino
Keyword(s):  
Exotic Plants ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Invasive Exotic

scholarly journals Controlling Invasive Exotic Plants in North Florida Forests

EDIS ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Demers ◽  
Alan Long ◽  
Rick Williams
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Exotic Plants ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Invasive Exotic

Revised! SS-FOR-19, an 8-page fact sheet by Chris Demers, Alan Long, and Rick Williams, describes many of the current methods being used to manage some of the more common and troublesome invasive exotic plants in north Florida forests. Includes tables of herbicide recommendations and references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, June 2008. SS- FOR-19/FR133: Controlling Invasive Plants in North Florida Forests (ufl.edu)

Filled with Spirit and Power: Protestant Clergy in Politics. By Laura R. Olson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. 174p. $57.50 cloth, $18.95 paper.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 1005-1006
Author(s):  
Paul J. Weber
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
African American ◽  
Family Values ◽  
State University ◽  
Protestant Clergy ◽  
African American Pastors ◽  
The Family ◽  
Limited Scope

Laura Olson is one of a small but energetic and influential group of Christian political scientists determined to bring the debate politically legitimate called it either racist or sexist. Yet, somewhat surprisingly, African American pastors held the most consistently conservative views on family values, although they also saw the connections among crime, violence, and the deterioration of the family. Within the authorÕs intentionally limited scope, this is an excellent study, but one should be cautious about generalizing.

Intergenerational Family Relations in Luxembourg

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Albert ◽  
Dieter Ferring ◽  
Tom Michels
Keyword(s):  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Generation Gap ◽  
Intergenerational Solidarity ◽  
Acculturation Gap ◽  
Family Obligations ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Model Family

According to the intergenerational solidarity model, family members who share similar values about family obligations should have a closer relationship and support each other more than families with a lower value consensus. The present study first describes similarities and differences between two family generations (mothers and daughters) with respect to their adherence to family values and, second, examines patterns of relations between intergenerational consensus on family values, affectual solidarity, and functional solidarity in a sample of 51 mother-daughter dyads comprising N = 102 participants from Luxembourgish and Portuguese immigrant families living in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Results showed a small generation gap in values of hierarchical gender roles, but an acculturation gap was found in Portuguese mother-daughter dyads regarding obligations toward the family. A higher mother-daughter value consensus was related to higher affectual solidarity of daughters toward their mothers but not vice versa. Whereas affection and value consensus both predicted support provided by daughters to their mothers, affection mediated the relationship between consensual solidarity and received maternal support. With regard to mothers, only affection predicted provided support for daughters, whereas mothers’ perception of received support from their daughters was predicted by value consensus and, in the case of Luxembourgish mothers, by affection toward daughters.

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