Invasions by alien plants provide a unique opportunity to examine competitive interactions
among plants. While resource competition has long been regarded as a major mechanism …

Exotic species affect the biogeochemical pools and fluxes of materials and energy, thereby
altering the fundamental structure and function of their ecosystems. Rapidly accumulating …

Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively
few essential trait combinations have proved evolutionarily viable in today's terrestrial …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 947–958 Abstract What determines invasiveness of alien
organisms is among the most interesting and urgent questions in ecology. In attempts to …

Background and Aims Global environmental change will affect non-native plant invasions,
with profound potential impacts on native plant populations, communities and ecosystems …

Elton's biotic resistance hypothesis, which posits that diverse communities should be more
resistant to biological invasions, has received considerable experimental support. However …

While invasive plant species primarily occur in disturbed, high-resource environments, many
species have invaded ecosystems characterized by low nutrient, water, and light availability …

The germination behavior of a plant influences its fitness, persistence, and evolutionary
potential, as well as its biotic environment. This can have major effects on the invasive …

Questions Invasive species establish either by possessing traits, or trait trade‐offs similar to
native species, suggesting pre‐adaptation to local conditions; or by having a different suite …

Invasive alien species (IAS) poses a significant threat to plant biodiversity globally and even
considered one of the largest threats to biodiversity, second to habitat loss. They behave as …