Colonization of an empty island: how does a plant with a plastic gender system respond?

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: M. Philipp, H. Adsersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Surtsey; Heimaey; Honckenya peploides; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6657-2014; https://doaj.org/article/bc3354b201c042359dcd97c4471d2fd9

Honckenya peploides is the most common plant species on the island of Surtsey. It arrived in 1967 and after a juvenile period of 4 years it produced seeds and had increased its number from below 100 to several millions. Most populations had the individuals distributed in a regular or random pattern,...