Testing for allelopathy in invasive plants: it all depends on the substrate!

Hybridization increases invasive knotweed success

(2014) Madalin Parepa et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Competition induces allelopathy but suppresses growth and anti-herbivore defence in a chemically rich seaweed

(2014) D. B. Rasher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Allelopathic effects of three plant invaders on germination of native species: a field study

(2013) Corina Del Fabbro et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Artefacts of the pot environment on soil nutrient availability: implications for the interpretation of ecological studies

(2013) J. W. Dalling et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Environmental variability promotes plant invasion

(2013) Madalin Parepa et al.   Nature Communications

Help from under ground: soil biota facilitate knotweed invasion

(2013) Madalin Parepa et al.   Ecosphere

Alien plant species with a wider global distribution are better able to capitalize on increased resource availability

(2012) Wayne Dawson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Support for major hypotheses in invasion biology is uneven and declining

(2012) Jonathan Jeschke et al.   NeoBiota

Niche construction by the invasive Asian knotweeds (species complex Fallopia): impact on activity, abundance and community structure of denitrifiers and nitrifiers

(2011) Nicolas Dassonville et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Effect of clone selection, nitrogen supply, leaf damage and mycorrhizal fungi on stilbene and emodin production in knotweed

(2011) Marcela Kovářová et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Do invasive species show higher phenotypic plasticity than native species and, if so, is it adaptive? A meta-analysis

(2011) Amy Michelle Davidson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

(2011) Montserrat Vilà et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment

(2011) Petr Pyšek et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The ecosystem and evolutionary contexts of allelopathy

(2011) Inderjit et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Invasive knotweed affects native plants through allelopathy

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

Factors influencing the production of stilbenes by the knotweed, Reynoutria xbohemica

(2010) Marcela Kovarova et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The ecology and evolution of induced resistance against herbivores

(2010) Richard Karban   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Invasion of Solidago gigantea in contrasting experimental plant communities: effects on soil microbes, nutrients and plant-soil feedbacks

(2010) Deborah Scharfy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Using three pairs of competitive indices to test for changes in plant competition under different resource and disturbance levels

(2010) Cameron N. Carlyle et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Testing for allelopathic effects in plant competition: does activated carbon disrupt plant symbioses?

(2010) Susanne Wurst et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Zhen-Kai Sun et al.   PLoS One

Activated carbon addition affects substrate pH and germination of six plant species

(2010) P. Kabouw et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Activated carbon may have undesired side effects for testing allelopathy in invasive plants

(2009) Karoline Weißhuhn et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

A greater range of shade-tolerance niches in nutrient-rich forests: an explanation for positive richness-productivity relationships?

(2009) David A. Coomes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Taking Ecological Function Seriously: Soil Microbial Communities Can Obviate Allelopathic Effects of Released Metabolites

(2009) Harleen Kaur et al.   PLoS One

Synergy between pathogen release and resource availability in plant invasion

(2009) D. Blumenthal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2008) Esther Gerber et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Inference of allelopathy is complicated by effects of activated carbon on plant growth

(2008) Jennifer A. Lau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST