Why are invasive plants successful?

M Gioria, PE Hulme, DM Richardson… - Annual Review of Plant …, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
Plant invasions, a byproduct of globalization, are increasing worldwide. Because of their
ecological and economic impacts, considerable efforts have been made to understand and …

Contemporary evolution during invasion: evidence for differentiation, natural selection, and local adaptation

RI Colautti, JA Lau - Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are 'natural'experiments that can improve our understanding of
contemporary evolution. We evaluate evidence for population differentiation, natural …

The long‐standing significance of genetic diversity in conservation

JA DeWoody, AM Harder, S Mathur… - Molecular …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since allozymes were first used to assess genetic diversity in the 1960s and 1970s,
biologists have attempted to characterize gene pools and conserve the diversity observed in …

What we still don't know about invasion genetics

DG Bock, C Caseys, RD Cousens… - … genetics: The baker …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary Publication of The Genetics of Colonizing Species in 1965 launched the field of
invasion genetics and highlighted the value of biological invasions as natural ecological and …

The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions

M Te Beest, JJ Le Roux, DM Richardson… - Annals of …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Biological invasions are a major ecological and socio-economic problem in
many parts of the world. Despite an explosion of research in recent decades, much remains …

Using herbaria to study global environmental change

PLM Lang, FM Willems, JF Scheepens… - New …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
During the last centuries, humans have transformed global ecosystems. With their temporal
dimension, herbaria provide the otherwise scarce long‐term data crucial for tracking …

How important is intraspecific genetic admixture to the success of colonising populations?

M Rius, JA Darling - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2014‏ - cell.com
Genetic admixture of divergent intraspecific lineages is increasingly suspected to have an
important role in the success of colonising populations. However, admixture is not a …

Evolutionary responses to global change: lessons from invasive species

EV Moran, JM Alexander - Ecology Letters, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biologists have recently devoted increasing attention to the role of rapid evolution in species'
responses to environmental change. However, it is still unclear what evolutionary responses …

Is gene flow the most important evolutionary force in plants?

NC Ellstrand - American journal of botany, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although theory has demonstrated rather low levels of gene flow are sufficient to counteract
opposing mutation, drift, and selection, widespread recognition of the evolutionary …

Biological invasions, climate change, and genomics

SL Chown, KA Hodgins, PC Griffin - Crop Breeding, 2016‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation,
agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …