Alien species are continually introduced in most regions of the world, but not all survive and
coexist with the resident native species. Approaches analyzing the functional (or …

Island biogeography is the study of the spatio‐temporal distribution of species, communities,
assemblages or ecosystems on islands and other isolated habitats. Island diversity is …

Darwin's naturalization hypothesis predicts successful alien invaders to be distantly related
to native species, whereas his pre-adaptation hypothesis predicts the opposite. It has been …

Predicting which nonnative species become invasive is critical for their successful
management, and Charles Darwin provided predictions based on species' relatedness …

A frequent question in invasion ecology is whether the traits of alien plant species differ from
natives. This question is increasingly addressed at the plant community scale to assess the …

Although phylogenetic distance between native and exotic species has a close link with their
interactions, it is still unclear how environmental stresses and species interactions influence …

Island floras are diverse with exceptionally high rates of endemicity, and they are also
severely threatened. Invasive plants are widespread on islands, but whether islands are …

Aim Studies focusing on relatively small spatial scales have shown that alien plants are
more likely to invade phylogenetically clustered communities, and that the introduction of …

An authoritative introduction to the latest comparative methods in evolutionary biology
Phylogenetic comparative methods are a suite of statistical approaches that enable …

Since Darwin's time, degree of ecological similarity between exotic and native species has
been assumed to affect the establishment success or failure of exotic species. However, a …