COMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF THE ALIEN INVASIVE CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS L. ON TWO CHILEAN BACCHARIS SPECIES AT DIFFERENT LIFE-CYCLE STAGES/EFECTOS COMPETITIVOS DE LA ALOCTONA INVASORA CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS L. SOBRE DOS ESPECIES CHILENAS DE BACCHARIS EN DIFERENTES ESTADOS DEL CICLO DE VIDA

摘要

A study investigated the competitive effects of the alien invasic Centaurea solstitialis on two Chilean Baccharis species at different life-cycle stages. Data indicate that competition at the stage of seedling establishment would be the key process in limiting their natural recruitment in the Chilean matorral.