Invasive plants affect soil biota through litter and rhizosphere inputs, but the direction and
magnitude of these effects are variable. We conducted a meta‐analysis to examine the …

Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation,
agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …

Plant communities experience impacts of increasing numbers of global change factors (eg,
warming, eutrophication, pollution). Consequently, unpredictable global change effects …

Invasive alien plant species threaten native biodiversity, disrupt ecosystem functions and
can cause large economic damage. Plant invasions have been predicted to further increase …

What confers invasive alien plants a competitive advantage over native plants remains open
to debate. Many of the world's worst invasive alien plants are clonal and able to share …

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

Many ecosystems are dominated by clonal plants. Among the most distinctive characteristics
of clonal plants is their potential for clonal integration (ie the translocation of resources …

Background and Aims It is frequently assumed that phenotypic plasticity can be very
advantageous for plants, because it may increase environmental tolerance (fitness …

Understanding how invasions by exotic plant species occur has been and still is a
fundamental goal in the field of invasion ecology. Recently, research focus has shifted to …

The introduction and success of non‐native species are both a consequence and a cause of
rapid global change. Humans have created novel ecosystems through environmental …