Evolutionary increases in defense during a biological invasion

CHROMOLAENA ODORATA IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS: WEED OR FALLOW PLANT?

(2014) L-S. KOUTIKA   APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges?

(2013) John D. Parker et al.   ECOLOGY

Herbivore exclusion drives the evolution of plant competitiveness via increased allelopathy

(2013) Akane Uesugi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Exploring the potential for climatic factors, herbivory, and co-occurring vegetation to shape performance in native and introduced populations of Verbascum thapsus

(2012) Christina Alba et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

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

Changes in Defense of an Alien Plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia before and after the Invasion of a Native Specialist Enemy Ophraella communa

(2012) Yuya Fukano et al.   PLoS One

Managing invasions at the cost of native habitat? An experimental test of the impact of fire on the invasion of Chromolaena odorata in a South African savanna

(2011) Mariska te Beest et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Evolution of growth but not structural or chemical defense in Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) following introduction to North America

(2011) Christina Alba et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

InvasiveMicrostegiumpopulations consistently outperform native range populations across diverse environments

(2011) S. Luke Flory et al.   ECOLOGY

IntroducedBrassica nigrapopulations exhibit greater growth and herbivore resistance but less tolerance than native populations in the native range

(2011) Ayub M.O. Oduor et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of light on direct and indirect defences against herbivores of young plants of Mallotus japonicus demonstrate a trade-off between two indirect defence traits

(2010) Akira Yamawo et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Lower resistance and higher tolerance of invasive host plants: biocontrol agents reach high densities but exert weak control

(2010) Yi Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ecological and evolutionary implications of plant tolerance to herbivory

(2010) Juan Fornoni   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Resource allocation to defence and growth are driven by different responses to generalist and specialist herbivory in an invasive plant

(2010) Wei Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Enhanced fitness due to higher fecundity, increased defence against a specialist and tolerance towards a generalist herbivore in an invasive annual plant

(2009) D. Abhilasha et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

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

No evidence for an ‘evolution of increased competitive ability’ for the invasive Lepidium draba

(2008) Michael G. Cripps et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Decreased resistance and increased tolerance to native herbivores of the invasive plantSapium sebiferum

(2008) Jianwen Zou et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Invading populations of an ornamental shrub show rapid life history evolution despite genetic bottlenecks

(2008) Katrina M. Dlugosch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Palatability to a generalist herbivore, defence and growth of invasive and native Senecio species: testing the evolution of increased competitive ability hypothesis

(2008) L. Caño et al.   OECOLOGIA