Many anthropic activities generate soil disturbances, favoring competitive, fast growing
invasive plant species at the expense of natives. Active restoration of invasion-resistant plant …

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 …

Though established populations of invasive species can exert substantial competitive effects
on native populations, exotic propagules may require disturbances that decrease …

The timing of seasonal activity (ie phenology) may play an important role in plant invasions.
In ecosystems characterized by seasonal rainfall, early‐active exotic species may pre‐empt …

Aims Plant invasions represent a unique opportunity to study the mechanisms underlying
community assembly rules and species distribution patterns. While a superior competitive …

Habitat managers use cattle grazing to reduce alien plant cover and promote native species
in California grasslands and elsewhere in the western United States. We tested the …

Rapid germination or flexible germination cues may be key traits that facilitate the invasion
of exotic plant species in new environments. We investigated whether robustness or …

Early emergence of plant seedlings can offer strong competitive advantages over later-
germinating neighbors through the preemption of limiting resources. This phenomenon may …

Temporal priority can affect individual performance and reproduction, as well as community
assembly, but whether these effects persist over time remains unclear, and their …

We evaluated the abundance of nonnative plants on fuel breaks and in adjacent untreated
areas to determine if fuel treatments promote the invasion of nonnative plant species …