Darwin's naturalisation conundrum describes the paradox that the relatedness of exotic
species to native residents could either promote or hinder their success through opposing …

Aim Darwin posed a conundrum about species invasions, postulating the importance of
functional distinctiveness from the receiving native community to avoid competition, and, at …

Understanding the mechanisms underlying negative plant–soil feedbacks remains a critical
challenge in plant ecology. If closely related species are more similar, then phylogeny could …

In search of generalities in biological invasions, it is sometimes forgotten that invader
success can be a function of both the diversity of the invaded community and the …

Two patterns commonly emerge when animal body size is analyzed as a function of
latitudinal distribution. First, body size increases with latitude, a temperature effect known as …

Altitudinal clines in body size can result from the effects of natural and sexual selection on
growth rates and develo** times in seasonal environments. Short growing and …

Biological invasions pose one of the most severe environmental challenges of the twenty‐
first century. A longstanding idea is that invasion risk is predictable based on the …

Aim Although biological invasions represent a major cause of biodiversity loss, the actual
mechanisms driving species extinctions remain insufficiently understood. Here we …

In many animal species, larger body size is positively correlated with male mating success
and female fecundity. However, in the case of insects, in high seasonality environments …

Invasion biology is concerned with understanding the causes and consequences of the
human-assisted introduction of organisms outside their native ranges. Ever since Elton …