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Atmospheric [CO2] (ppmv)
Mauna Loa
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360
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1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Oak Ridge Free Air CO2 Enrichment
(FACE) experiment in sweet gum forest
Nevada Desert FACE experiment
in Mojave Desert near Las Vegas
Control 1998
FACE 1998
Richardson et al. (2000)
Geographic
Introduced
Environment
area Reproduce
Disperse
Home range
Disturbed
area
Natural
area
Lantana camara
10 hypotheses:
a) Competition hypothesis
b) Escape from biotic constraints hypothesis
c) BCW (allelopathy) hypothesis
d) Microevolutionary change hypothesis
e) Vacant niche hypothesis
f) Biodiversity hypothesis
g) Variable resource availability hypothesis
h) Disturbance and land use hypothesis
i) Environmental change hypothesis
j) Anthropogenic hypothesis