Help from under ground: soil biota facilitate knotweed invasion

Multiple competitive mechanisms underlie the effects of a strong invader on early- to late-seral tree seedlings

(2013) Lauren S. Urgenson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Sources and modes of action of invasive knotweed allelopathy: the effects of leaf litter and trained soil on the germination and growth of native plants

(2012) Madalin Parepa et al.   NeoBiota

Effects of soil biota from different ranges onRobiniainvasion: acquiring mutualists and escaping pathogens

(2011) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   ECOLOGY

Fungal endophytes directly increase the competitive effects of an invasive forb

(2011) Erik T. Aschehoug et al.   ECOLOGY

Preadapted for invasiveness: do species traits or their plastic response to shading differ between invasive and non-invasive plant species in their native range?

(2011) Mark van Kleunen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Invasive knotweed affects native plants through allelopathy

(2010) C. Murrell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Virulence of soil-borne pathogens and invasion by Prunus serotina

(2010) Kurt O. Reinhart et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evidence for Enhanced Mutualism Hypothesis: Solidago canadensis Plants from Regular Soils Perform Better

(2010) Zhen-Kai Sun et al.   PLoS One

Mycorrhizal Symbioses and Plant Invasions

(2009) Anne Pringle et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Impacts of the invasive plant Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) on plant communities and ecosystem processes

(2009) Anna G. Aguilera et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The global invasion success of Central European plants is related to distribution characteristics in their native range and species traits

(2009) Petr Pyšek 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

Genotype and maternal environment affect belowground interactions betweenArabidopsis thalianaand its competitors

(2009) Oliver Bossdorf et al.   OIKOS

Taxa distribution and RAPD markers indicate different origin and regional differentiation of hybrids in the invasive Fallopia complex in central-western Europe

(2009) C. Krebs et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Exotic invasive knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) negatively affect native plant and invertebrate assemblages in European riparian habitats

(2008) Esther Gerber et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Asexual spread versus sexual reproduction and evolution in Japanese Knotweed s.l. sets the stage for the “Battle of the Clones”

(2008) John P. Bailey et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

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

(2008) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   ECOLOGY

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Grasping at the routes of biological invasions: a framework for integrating pathways into policy

(2008) P. E. Hulme et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY