Beware: alien invasion. Where to next for an understanding of weed ecology?

Alien plant species with a wider global distribution are better able to capitalize on increased resource availability

(2012) Wayne Dawson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Do invasive species show higher phenotypic plasticity than native species and, if so, is it adaptive? A meta-analysis

(2011) Amy Michelle Davidson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multispecies comparison reveals that invasive and native plants differ in their traits but not in their plasticity

(2011) Oscar Godoy et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2011) Kattia Palacio-López et al.   OIKOS

Evidence for climatic niche and biome shifts between native and novel ranges in plant species introduced to Australia

(2010) Rachael V. Gallagher et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Selection of preadapted populations allowed Senecio inaequidens to invade Central Europe

(2009) Oliver Bossdorf et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

A meta-analysis of trait differences between invasive and non-invasive plant species

(2009) Mark van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Common garden comparisons of native and introduced plant populations: latitudinal clines can obscure evolutionary inferences

(2008) Robert I. Colautti et al.   Evolutionary Applications