Invasive plants can disrupt a range of trophic interactions in native communities. As a novel
resource they can affect the performance of native insect herbivores and their natural …

Trees act as ecosystem engineers and invasions by exotic tree species profoundly impact
recipient communities. Recently, research on invasive trees has dramatically increased …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 937–946 Abstract An explanation for successful invasion is that
invasive alien species sustain less pressure from natural enemies than co‐occurring native …

A suggested mechanism for the success of introduced non-native species is the enemy
release hypothesis (ERH). Many studies have tested the predictions of the ERH using the …

Herbivores may facilitate or impede exotic plant invasion, depending on their direct and
indirect interactions with exotic plants relative to co-occurring natives. However, previous …

The enemy release hypothesis predicts that invasive species will receive less damage from
enemies, compared to co‐occurring native and noninvasive exotic species in their …

Exotic plants provide a unique opportunity to explore the evolution of defense allocation in
plants. Many studies have focused on whether enemy release leads to a change in defense …

Invasion ecology has much advanced since its early beginnings. Nevertheless, explanation,
prediction, and management of biological invasions remain difficult. We argue that progress …

Anthropogenic activities can promote plant invasions by changing habitat conditions and the
dispersal of invasive plant propagules. Invasions are often more common near roads and in …

Invasive plants are ubiquitous features of many wetland systems, resulting in impacts that
are extremely costly in both economic and ecological terms. Approximately twenty years …