Integrating novel chemical weapons and evolutionarily increased competitive ability in success of a tropical invader

Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges?

(2013) John D. Parker et al.   ECOLOGY

Novel chemical weapon of an exotic macroalga inhibits recruitment of native competitors in the invaded range

(2013) J. Robin Svensson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Enemy release and evolution of increased competitive ability: at last, a smoking gun!

(2013) Oliver Bossdorf   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Herbivore exclusion drives the evolution of plant competitiveness via increased allelopathy

(2013) Akane Uesugi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary increases in defense during a biological invasion

(2013) Zhi-Yong Liao et al.   OECOLOGIA

Differences in Competitive Ability between Plants from Nonnative and Native Populations of a Tropical Invader Relates to Adaptive Responses in Abiotic and Biotic Environments

(2013) Zhi-Yong Liao et al.   PLoS One

Invader partitions ecological and evolutionary responses to above- and belowground herbivory

(2012) Wei Huang et al.   ECOLOGY

Genetic variation in anti-herbivore chemical defences in an invasive plant

(2012) Yi Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The evolution of increased competitive ability, innate competitive advantages, and novel biochemical weapons act in concert for a tropical invader

(2012) Rui-Min Qin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

No evidence for evolutionarily decreased tolerance and increased fitness in invasive Chromolaena odorata: implications for invasiveness and biological control

(2012) Yang-Ping Li et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Impact of Acroptilon repens on co-occurring native plants is greater in the invader’s non-native range

(2011) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Escape from competition: Neighbors reduceCentaurea stoebeperformance at home but not away

(2011) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   ECOLOGY

InvasiveMicrostegiumpopulations consistently outperform native range populations across diverse environments

(2011) S. Luke Flory et al.   ECOLOGY

Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

(2011) Montserrat Vilà et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The ecosystem and evolutionary contexts of allelopathy

(2011) Inderjit et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Testing hypotheses for exotic plant success: parallel experiments in the native and introduced ranges

(2010) Jennifer L. Williams et al.   ECOLOGY

Volatile chemicals from leaf litter are associated with invasiveness of a Neotropical weed in Asia

(2010) Inderjit et al.   ECOLOGY

Catechin-metal interactions as a mechanism for conditional allelopathy by the invasive plantCentaurea maculosa

(2009) Jarrod L. Pollock et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant-soil feedback induces shifts in biomass allocation in the invasive plantChromolaena odorata

(2009) Mariska te Beest et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root exudate is allelopathic in invaded community but not in native community: field evidence for the novel weapons hypothesis

(2009) Andrea S. Thorpe et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Enemy release and plant invasion: patterns of defensive traits and leaf damage in Hawaii

(2009) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   OECOLOGIA

Novel weapons and invasion: biogeographic differences in the competitive effects of Centaurea maculosa and its root exudate (±)-catechin

(2009) Wei-Ming He et al.   OECOLOGIA

Evolutionary tradeoffs for nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis versus cell walls in an invasive plant

(2009) Yu-Long Feng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An Invasive Plant Paradox

(2009) M. E. Rout et al.   SCIENCE

NO EVIDENCE FOR TRADE-OFFS:CENTAUREAPLANTS FROM AMERICA ARE BETTER COMPETITORS AND DEFENDERS

(2008) Wendy M. Ridenour et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

NOVEL WEAPONS: INVASIVE PLANT SUPPRESSES FUNGAL MUTUALISTS IN AMERICA BUT NOT IN ITS NATIVE EUROPE

(2008) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   ECOLOGY

Inference of allelopathy is complicated by effects of activated carbon on plant growth

(2008) Jennifer A. Lau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolution of an invasive phenotype: shift to belowground dominance and enhanced competitive ability in the introduced range

(2008) Jacob N. Barney et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY