Since Baker's attempt to characterize the 'ideal weed'over 50 years ago, ecologists have
sought to identify features of species that predict invasiveness. Several of Baker's 'ideal …

Disturbances, such as fire and grazing, are often claimed to facilitate plant species richness
and plant invasions in particular, although empirical evidence is contradictory. We …

Invasive alien plants have received increasing attention due to their worldwide
environmental impacts, ecological concerns, and significant economic consequences. The …

Many plant species have established self-sustaining populations outside their natural range
because of human activities. Plants with selfing ability should be more likely to establish …

The ability to form persistent seed banks might contribute substantially to determine the
invasion potential of alien plants in their new distribution ranges, given the role of seed …

Reintroductions are important components of conservation and recovery programs for rare
plant species, but their long‐term success rates are poorly understood. Previous reviews of …

Upon arriving in a novel environment, invading populations are likely to be small and far
from a stable stage structure. This unstable stage structure can cause transient (short‐term) …

Invasive plant species threaten native biodiversity, ecosystems, agriculture, industry and
human health worldwide, lending urgency to the search for predictors of plant invasiveness …

Although plastic root-foraging responses are thought to be adaptive, as they may optimize
nutrient capture of plants, this has rarely been tested. We investigated whether nutrient …

In systems alternating between sexual and asexual reproduction, sex increases under
unfavorable environmental conditions. In plants producing sexual and asexual (apomictic) …