Few clear answers have emerged from studies of the factors determining abundance of plants in particular settings. A new idea invokes the differing susceptibility of plant roots to damage from pathogenic soil microorganisms.
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Van der Putten, W. How to be invasive. Nature 417, 32–33 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/417032a
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