Human-mediated species invasions are a significant component of current global
environmental change. There is every indication that the rate at which locations are …

One of the greatest challenges for ecological restoration is to create or reassemble plant
communities that are resistant to invasion by exotic species. We examine how concepts …

Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively
few essential trait combinations have proved evolutionarily viable in today's terrestrial …

Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

Models and observational studies have sought patterns of predictability for invasion of
natural areas by nonindigenous species, but with limited success. In a field experiment …

Here we provide the 'Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function Dataset', containing
species mean values for six vascular plant traits. Together, these traits–plant height, stem …

Biotic resistance, the ability of species in a community to limit invasion, is central to our
understanding of how communities at risk of invasion assemble after disturbances, but it has …

Introduced species, those dispersed outside their natural ranges by humans, now cause
almost all biological invasions, ie, entry of organisms into habitats with negative effects on …