Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning

M Scherer-Lorenzen, MO Gessner, BE Beisner… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
The biodiversity–ecosystem functioning concept asserts that processes in ecosystems are
markedly influenced by species richness and other facets of biodiversity. However …

Soil microbes mediate the effects of resource variability on plant invasion

X Zhang, M van Kleunen, C Chang, Y Liu - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental question in ecology is which species will prevail over others amid changes in
both environmental mean conditions and their variability. Although the widely accepted …

A Review of Theory: Comparing Invasion Ecology and Climate Change‐Induced Range Shifting

HD Flickinger, JS Dukes - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Human actions have led to large‐scale shifts in the distributions of species, which have
accelerated over recent decades. Two contributing factors include the introduction of non …

Linking trait network to growth performance of submerged macrophytes in response to ammonium pulse

G Yuan, X Tan, P Guo, K **ng, Z Chen, D Li, S Yu… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Extreme precipitation events caused by climate change leads to large variation of nitrogen
input to aquatic ecosystems. Our previous study demonstrated the significant effect of …

Fluctuations in resource availability shape the competitive balance among non‐native plant species

Z Tao, C Shen, W Qin, B Nie, P Chen… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fluctuating resource availability plays a critical role in determining non‐native plant
invasions through mediating the competitive balance between non‐native and native …

Responses of non‐native and native plant species to fluctuations of water availability in a greenhouse experiment

W Qin, Y Sun, H Müller‐Schärer… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water availability strongly influences the survival, growth, and reproduction of most
terrestrial plant species. Experimental evidence has well documented the effect of changes …

Increased and fluctuating phosphorus nutrient availability positively affects the growth of the invasive plant Solidago canadensis

M Cui, B Yang, G Ren, P Stevanato, X Fan, P Huang… - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
Phosphorus and biological invasions are rapidly altering global ecosystems at an
unprecedented rate. The natural deposition rate of phosphorus is fluctuates, and the …

Increasing and fluctuating resource availability enhances invasional meltdown

Y Sun, ZK Ren, H Müller‐Schärer, RM Callaway… - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Exotic plant invaders can promote others via direct or indirect facilitation, known as
“invasional meltdown.” Increased soil nutrients can also promote invaders by increasing …

Nitrogen addition, but not pulse frequency, shifts competitive interactions in favor of exotic invasive plant species

ML Slate, N Matallana-Mejia, A Aromin… - Biological invasions, 2022 - Springer
Temporally dynamic resource supplies may alter or lead to fluctuations in competitive
outcomes. Resource pulses have been theorized to promote incursion by exotic species …

Functional and phylogenetic similarities of co-occurring invaders affect the growth of an invasive forb

J Ren, P Chen, C Shen, Z Tao… - Journal of Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Expansion of global trade and acceleration of climate change dramatically promote plant
invasions. As a result, a large number of habitats harbor multiple invasive plant species …