Early bird catches the worm: germination as a critical step in plant invasion

Dominance has a biogeographical component: do plants tend to exert stronger impacts in their invaded rather than native range?

(2016) Martin Hejda et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Timing is everything: does early and late germination favor invasions by herbaceous alien plants?

(2016) Margherita Gioria et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Timing is everything: does early and late germination favor invasions by herbaceous alien plants?

(2016) Margherita Gioria et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Ranges of critical temperature and water potential values for the germination of species worldwide: Contribution to a seed trait database

(2015) C. Dürr et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Small differences in seasonal and thermal niches influence elevational limits of native and invasive Balsams

(2015) Julia Laube et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The Legacy of Plant Invasions: Changes in the Soil Seed Bank of Invaded Plant Communities

(2015) Margherita Gioria et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Naturalization of central European plants in North America: species traits, habitats, propagule pressure, residence time

(2015) Petr Pyšek et al.   ECOLOGY

Maternal Environment Influences Propagule Pressure of an Invasive Plant, Raphanus raphanistrum (Brassicaceae)

(2015) Lesley G. Campbell et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Role of phenotypic plasticity and population differentiation in adaptation to novel environmental conditions

(2015) Sergei Volis et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Effects of UV-B radiation on germination characteristics in invasive plants in New Zealand

(2015) Maria Hock et al.   NeoBiota

Getting the Right Traits: Reproductive and Dispersal Characteristics Predict the Invasiveness of Herbaceous Plant Species

(2015) Lenka Moravcová et al.   PLoS One

The evolution of seed dormancy: environmental cues, evolutionary hubs, and diversification of the seed plants

(2014) Charles G. Willis et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phenological niches and the future of invaded ecosystems with climate change

(2014) Elizabeth M. Wolkovich et al.   AoB Plants

Resource competition in plant invasions: emerging patterns and research needs

(2014) Margherita Gioria et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Germination performance of native and non-native Ulmus pumila populations

(2014) Heidi Hirsch et al.   NeoBiota

Are plasticity in functional traits and constancy in performance traits linked with invasiveness? An experimental test comparing invasive and naturalized plant species

(2013) Eszter Ruprecht et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Exotic species display greater germination plasticity and higher germination rates than native species across multiple cues

(2013) Claire E. Wainwright et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Chilling outweighs photoperiod in preventing precocious spring development

(2013) Julia Laube et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biological Flora of the British Isles:Gunnera tinctoria

(2013) Margherita Gioria et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Germination and seedling frost tolerance differ between the native and invasive range in common ragweed

(2013) Marion Carmen Leiblein-Wild et al.   OECOLOGIA

Invasive and Non-Invasive Congeners Show Similar Trait Shifts between Their Same Native and Non-Native Ranges

(2013) Yedra García et al.   PLoS One

Fine-tuned ability to predict future competitive environment inAmbrosia artemisiifoliaseeds

(2013) A Fenesi et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Germination Responses of the Invasive Triadica sebifera and Two Co-occurring Native Woody Species to Elevated Salinity Across a Gulf Coast Transition Ecosystem

(2013) Shishir Paudel et al.   WETLANDS

The physiology of invasive plants in low-resource environments

(2013) J. L. Funk   Conservation Physiology

Do priority effects benefit invasive plants more than native plants? An experiment with six grassland species

(2012) Timothy L. Dickson et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

A modelling approach for evaluating phenology and adaptation of two congeneric weeds (Bidens frondosa and Bidens tripartita)

(2012) Francesco Danuso et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Joint evolution of seed traits along an aridity gradient: seed size and dormancy are not two substitutable evolutionary traits in temporally heterogeneous environment

(2012) Sergei Volis et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Resource availability mediates the importance of priority effects in plant community assembly and ecosystem function

(2012) Paul Kardol et al.   OIKOS

The conservation physiology of seed dispersal

(2012) G. D. Ruxton et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Maternal and zygotic temperature signalling in the control of seed dormancy and germination

(2012) Sarah Kendall et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Comparison of germination rates and fruit traits of indigenous Solanum giganteum and invasive Solanum mauritianum in South Africa

(2012) L.A. Jordaan et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Germination patterns and implications for invasiveness in three Taraxacum (Asteraceae) species

(2012) J LUO et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Assessing potential germination period of weeds with base temperatures and base water potentials

(2012) J-P GUILLEMIN et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Differences in the timing of germination and reproduction relate to growth physiology and population dynamics of Sonoran Desert winter annuals

(2011) Sarah Kimball et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Introduction bias: Cultivated alien plant species germinate faster and more abundantly than native species in Switzerland

(2011) Thomas Chrobock et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Germination responses of three grassland species differ between native and invasive origins

(2011) Michael Beckmann et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Seasonal priority effects: implications for invasion and restoration in a semi-arid system

(2011) Claire E. Wainwright et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Germination dynamics and seedling frost resistance of invasive and native Impatiens species reflect local climatic conditions

(2011) Hana Skálová et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

From seed production to seedling establishment: Important steps in an invasive process

(2010) Ana Elisa Ferreras et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges

(2010) Kathleen Donohue et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Prediction of germination rates of weed species: Relationships between germination speed parameters and species traits

(2010) Antoine Gardarin et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Accelerated seedling emergence in interspecific competitive neighbourhoods

(2010) A.R. Dyer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Are invaders different? A conceptual framework of comparative approaches for assessing determinants of invasiveness

(2010) Mark Van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Climate change and plant regeneration from seed

(2010) JEFFREY L. WALCK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Phenology as a basis for management of exotic annual plants in desert invasions

(2010) Robin G. Marushia et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Invasive potential of the winter grass Schismus barbatus during the winter season of a predominantly summer-rainfall desert in Central-Northern Monte

(2010) E. Pucheta et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Comparative germination ecology of the endemic Centranthus amazonum (Valerianaceae) and its widespread congener Centranthus ruber

(2010) EFISIO MATTANA et al.   PLANT SPECIES BIOLOGY

Germination phenology of some Great Basin native annual forb species

(2010) TARA A. FORBIS   PLANT SPECIES BIOLOGY

Favorable Climate Change Response Explains Non-Native Species' Success in Thoreau's Woods

(2010) Charles G. Willis et al.   PLoS One

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A Comparison of Germination and Early Growth of Four Early Successional Tree Species of the Southeastern United States in Different Soil and Water Regimes

(2009) James E Moore et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

The Role of Propagule Pressure in Biological Invasions

(2009) Daniel Simberloff   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Similarities in the impact of three large invasive plant species on soil seed bank communities

(2009) Margherita Gioria et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Planting intensity, residence time, and species traits determine invasion success of alien woody species

(2009) Petr Pyšek et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional traits of alien plants across contrasting climatic and land-use regimes: do aliens join the locals or try harder than them?

(2009) Paula A. Tecco et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The impact of Gunnera tinctoria (Molina) Mirbel invasions on soil seed bank communities

(2009) Margherita Gioria et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Assessing the impact of plant invasions on soil seed bank communities: use of univariate and multivariate statistical approaches

(2009) Margherita Gioria et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

A multi-species experiment in their native range indicates pre-adaptation of invasive alien plant species

(2009) Daniel R. Schlaepfer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Germination responses of an invasive species in native and non-native ranges

(2009) José L. Hierro et al.   OIKOS

Completing the cycle: maternal effects as the missing link in plant life histories

(2009) K. Donohue   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Different flowering phenology of alien invasive species in Spain: evidence for the use of an empty temporal niche?

(2009) O. Godoy et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Seed germination and seedling survival traits of invasive and non-invasive congeneric Ruellia species (Acanthaceae) in Yucatan, Mexico

(2009) J. Carlos Cervera et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Within-Year Soil Legacies Contribute to Strong Priority Effects of Exotics on Native California Grassland Communities

(2009) Emily Grman et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Early Establishment of a Native Grass Reduces the Competitive Effect of a Non-Native Grass

(2009) Jason M. Stevens et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Small differences in arrival time influence composition and productivity of plant communities

(2007) Christian Körner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST