Resource competition in plant invasions: emerging patterns and research needs

M Gioria, BA Osborne - Frontiers in plant science, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Invasions by alien plants provide a unique opportunity to examine competitive interactions
among plants. While resource competition has long been regarded as a major mechanism …

Interactions between resource availability and enemy release in plant invasion

DM Blumenthal - Ecology letters, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding why some exotic species become invasive is essential to controlling their
populations. This review discusses the possibility that two mechanisms of invasion, release …

Nitrogen addition promotes terrestrial plants to allocate more biomass to aboveground organs: A global meta‐analysis

H Feng, J Guo, C Peng, D Kneeshaw… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
A significant increase in reactive nitrogen (N) added to terrestrial ecosystems through
agricultural fertilization or atmospheric deposition is considered to be one of the most …

The invasion paradox: reconciling pattern and process in species invasions

JD Fridley, JJ Stachowicz, S Naeem, DF Sax… - Ecology, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
The invasion paradox describes the co‐occurrence of independent lines of support for both
a negative and a positive relationship between native biodiversity and the invasions of …

A place for alien species in ecosystem restoration

JJ Ewel, FE Putz - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Blanket condemnation of alien species in restoration efforts is counterproductive. Where
their presence does not unduly threaten surrounding ecosystems, alien species can be …

Marine birds on land: a review of plant biomass, species richness, and community composition in seabird colonies

JC Ellis - Plant Ecology, 2005‏ - Springer
Seabirds are chemical and physical engineers that are capable of transforming terrestrial
vegetation by altering edaphic conditions, generating physical disturbance, and affecting …

Invasive plants do not display greater phenotypic plasticity than their native or non‐invasive counterparts: a meta‐analysis

K Palacio‐López, E Gianoli - Oikos, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity is commonly considered as a trait associated with invasiveness in alien
plants because it may enhance the ability of plants to occupy a wide range of environments …

Weak vs. strong invaders of natural plant communities: assessing invasibility and impact

YK Ortega, DE Pearson - Ecological Applications, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
In response to the profound threat of exotic species to natural systems, much attention has
been focused on the biotic resistance hypothesis, which predicts that diverse communities …

A comparison of invasive and non‐invasive dayflowers (Commelinaceae) across experimental nutrient and water gradients

JH Burns - Diversity and Distributions, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about the traits and mechanisms that determine whether or not a species will
be invasive. Invasive species are those that establish and spread after being introduced to a …

Experimental evidence for the effects of additional water, nutrients and physical disturbance on invasive plants in low fertility Hawkesbury Sandstone soils, Sydney …

MR Leishman, VP Thomson - Journal of Ecology, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The environmental conditions of a site are thought to influence its invasibility by
exotic plants. We tested the effects of physical disturbance, water and nutrient addition on …