Are triploid Butomus umbellatus plants more plastic to nutrient availability than diploid plants and does this make them more invasive?
Tag - plant invasion
William Salter
Hybrids may succeed where invasive species fail as sea levels rise
Invasive species might suffer from a change in conditions in tidal areas, but their hybrid offspring may have genes to survive.
Alun Salt
Linking invasive–native plant competition to foraging and nutrient conditions
The effects of the competition between invasive and native plants have rarely been linked with root foraging behaviour. Chen et al. performed a competition experiment with two invasive-native species pairs (Bidens...
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Effect of asymmetric warming on plant invasion
Although many studies have documented the effects of global warming on invasive plants, little is known about whether the effects of warming on plant invasion differ depending on the imposed change in different diurnal...
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Impact of an invasive nitrogen-fixing tree on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and development of native species
The presence of invasive plants has been identified as a soil disturbance factor, often conditioning the structure and function of soil microorganisms. Despite the investigation of many aspects related to invasion by...
Prosopis: A global assessment of the biogeography, benefits, impacts and management of one of the world’s worst woody invasive plant taxa
Invasive species cause ecological, economic and social impacts and are key drivers of global change. This is the case for the genus Prosopis (mesquite; Fabaceae) where several taxa are among the world’s most...
Belowground advantages in construction cost facilitate a cryptic plant invasion
The energetic cost of plant organ construction is a functional trait that is useful in understanding carbon investment during growth (e.g., the resource acquisition vs. tissue longevity tradeoff), as well as in response...
Physiological ecology and functional traits of North American native and Eurasian introduced Phragmites australis lineages
Biological invasions pose serious threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. While the effects of invasive species are well-documented, less is known about which specific plant traits convey...
Functional traits and plant invasions (Invited Review)
Global environmental change will affect non-native plant invasions, with profound potential impacts on native plant populations, communities and ecosystems. In this context, Drenovsky et al. review plant functional...
Leaf functional traits of invasive and native woody vines
Success of invasive plant species is thought to be linked with their higher leaf carbon fixation strategy. Osunkoya et al. (pp. 371–380) show that there is limited difference in trait plasticity between exotic invasive...
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