Plant invasions, a byproduct of globalization, are increasing worldwide. Because of their
ecological and economic impacts, considerable efforts have been made to understand and …

Feedback between plants and their associated soil biota is an important driver of plant
distribution, abundance and community composition with consequences for ecosystem …

Many invasive plants have enhanced mutualistic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal
associations, however, mechanisms underlying differences in AM fungal associations …

Soil biota can determine plant invasiveness, yet biogeographical comparisons of microbial
community composition and function across ranges are rare. We compared interactions …

Plants in terrestrial systems have evolved in direct association with microbes functioning as
both agonists and antagonists of plant fitness and adaptability. As such, investigations that …

An active area of research seeks to understand how soil biota effects on plants vary across
experimental factors (ie regions, treatments). The study biotas are obtained by gathering soil …

The science of finding, testing and releasing herbivores and pathogens to control invasive
plant species has achieved a level of maturity and success that argues for continued and …

Introduction Ecological underpinnings of the invasion success of exotic plants may be found
in their interactions with microbes, either through the enemy release hypothesis and the …

A prominent hypothesis for plant invasions is escape from the inhibitory effects of soil biota.
Although the strength of these inhibitory effects, measured as soil feedbacks, has been …

Understanding what species characteristics allow some alien plants to become invasive
while others fail is critical to our understanding of community assembly processes. While …