Can the nutrient-rich soil patches created by leaf-cutting ants favor plant compensation for foliar damage? A test of the compensatory continuum hypothesis

Foliar herbivory and its effects on plant growth in native and exotic species in the Patagonian steppe

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Why research on traits of invasive plants tells us very little

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Ecological engineering by a native leaf-cutting ant increases the performance of exotic plant species

(2010) Alejandro G. Farji-Brener et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2009) Mark van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Native and exotic invasive plants have fundamentally similar carbon capture strategies

(2009) Michelle R. Leishman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Differences in plasticity between invasive and native plants from a low resource environment

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf-cutting ant nests near roads increase fitness of exotic plant species in natural protected areas

(2008) A. G Farji-Brener et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES