Loss of biotic resistance and high propagule pressure promote invasive grass-fire cycles

Native granivores reduce the establishment of native grasses but not invasive Bromus tectorum

(2018) Jacob E. Lucero et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Granivory from native rodents and competition from an exotic invader strongly and equally limit the establishment of native grasses

(2018) Jacob E. Lucero et al.   OECOLOGIA

Community Assembly Theory as a Framework for Biological Invasions

(2018) Dean E. Pearson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rodent herbivory differentially affects mortality rates of 14 native plant species with contrasting life history and growth form traits

(2017) Tiffanny R. Sharp Bowman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Disturbance as a factor in breaking dormancy and enhancing invasiveness of African grasses in a Neotropical Savanna

(2016) Elizabeth Gorgone-Barbosa et al.   Acta Botanica Brasilica

Biotic resistance and disturbance: rodent consumers regulate post-fire plant invasions and increase plant community diversity

(2016) Samuel B. St. Clair et al.   ECOLOGY

Wildfire and exotic grass invasion alter plant productivity in response to climate variability in the Mojave Desert

(2016) Kevin J. Horn et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Propagule pressure cannot always overcome biotic resistance: the role of density-dependent establishment in four invasive species

(2016) J N Barney et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Spatial variation in vegetation damage relative to primary productivity, small rodent abundance and predation

(2014) Katrine S. Hoset et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Granivory of invasive, naturalized, and native plants in communities differentially susceptible to invasion

(2014) B. M. Connolly et al.   ECOLOGY

Rodent seed predation as a biotic filter influencing exotic plant abundance and distribution

(2013) D. E. Pearson et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Will climate change promote future invasions?

(2013) Celine Bellard et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seed size and provenance mediate the joint effects of disturbance and seed predation on community assembly

(2013) John L. Maron et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biotic resistance: exclusion of native rodent consumers releases populations of a weak invader

(2013) Dean E. Pearson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Dominates Cheek Pouch Contents of the Great Basin Pocket Mouse (Perognathus Parvus)

(2013) Kristen A. Richardson et al.   WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST

Historical fire regimes, reconstructed from land-survey data, led to complexity and fluctuation in sagebrush landscapes

(2012) Beth E. Bukowski et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Niche opportunities and invasion dynamics in a desert annual community

(2012) Ginger R. H. Allington et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Introduced annual grass increases regional fire activity across the arid western USA (1980-2009)

(2012) Jennifer K. Balch et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hotspots of plant invasion predicted by propagule pressure and ecosystem characteristics

(2011) Jane A. Catford et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Biotic resistance via granivory: establishment by invasive, naturalized, and native asters reflects generalist preference

(2011) Dean E Pearson et al.   ECOLOGY

Expansive fire in Mojave Desert shrubland reduces abundance and species diversity of small mammals

(2011) K.J. Horn et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Loss of foundation species increases population growth of exotic forbs in sagebrush steppe

(2010) Janet S. Prevéy et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Short-term soil inorganic N pulse after experimental fire alters invasive and native annual plant production in a Mojave Desert shrubland

(2010) Todd C. Esque et al.   OECOLOGIA

Assessing the relative importance of disturbance, herbivory, diversity, and propagule pressure in exotic plant invasion

(2009) Anne K. Eschtruth et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

How well do we understand the impacts of alien species on ecosystem services? A pan-European, cross-taxa assessment

(2009) Montserrat Vilà et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Fire in the Earth System

(2009) D. M. J. S. Bowman et al.   SCIENCE

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution