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Announced on: Thursday, Apr. 02, 2026
Join us on Zoom: 7 PM Thursday, April 16, 2026 Invasive plants often outcompete co-occurring natives, in part due to higher photosynthetic capacity. But do these advantages arise from evolutionary shifts after introduction or reflect preadaptation in their native range? Dr. Griffin-Nolan presents a large-scale home-away comparison of 27 invasive species (and 17 co-occurring native species) across temperate forest and field habitats on three continents. By combining field gas exchange measurements with detailed analyses of within-leaf nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis vs. defense, the study tests whether invaders achieve higher photosynthetic rates via optimal nitrogen allocation and whether such traits already exist in the invader's native range.
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