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

Effects of germination season on life history traits and on transgenerational plasticity in seed dormancy in a cold desert annual

(2016) Juan J. Lu et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Short-term priority over exotic annuals increases the initial density and longer-term cover of native perennial grasses

(2015) Kurt J. Vaughn et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Evolution of phenotypic plasticity in colonizing species

(2015) Russell Lande   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The devil is in the details: genetic variation in introduced populations and its contributions to invasion

(2015) Katrina M. Dlugosch et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Contemporary evolution during invasion: evidence for differentiation, natural selection, and local adaptation

(2015) Robert I. Colautti et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Initial success of native grasses is contingent on multiple interactions among exotic grass competition, temporal priority, rainfall and site effects

(2015) Truman P. Young et al.   AoB Plants

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

(2015) Maria Hock et al.   NeoBiota

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

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

Priority effects vary with species identity and origin in an experiment varying the timing of seed arrival

(2014) Elsa E. Cleland et al.   OIKOS

Impact of invasions by alien plants on soil seed bank communities: Emerging patterns

(2014) Margherita Gioria et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Priority Effects of Time of Arrival of Plant Functional Groups Override Sowing Interval or Density Effects: A Grassland Experiment

(2014) Philipp von Gillhaussen et al.   PLoS One

Assessment of daily heat pulse regimes on the germination of sixAmaranthusspecies

(2014) A Cristaudo et al.   WEED RESEARCH

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

Temperature-dependent shifts in phenology contribute to the success of exotic species with climate change

(2013) Elizabeth M. Wolkovich et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

Historical contingency in species interactions: towards niche-based predictions

(2013) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

High phenotypic variation of seed traits, germination characteristics and genetic diversity of an invasive annual weed

(2013) Lydia Hantsch et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Fine-tuned ability to predict future competitive environment inAmbrosia artemisiifoliaseeds

(2013) A Fenesi et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Role of Size and Nitrogen in Competition between Annual and Perennial Grasses

(2013) L. Noelle Orloff et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management

Cardiorespiratory collapse at high temperature in swimming adult sockeye salmon

(2013) E. J. Eliason et al.   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

Twenty-five years of sagebrush steppe plant community development following seed addition

(2012) Timothy B. Hoelzle et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Phenological niche separation from native species increases reproductive success of an invasive species: Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae) – garlic mustard1

(2012) Megan Jean Engelhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY

Extended leaf phenology and the autumn niche in deciduous forest invasions

(2012) Jason D. Fridley   NATURE

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

Phenotypic Plasticity and Population Differentiation in an Ongoing Species Invasion

(2012) Silvia Matesanz et al.   PLoS One

Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contribute to advancing flowering phenology in response to climate change

(2012) J. T. Anderson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2011) Michael Beckmann et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

Multispecies comparison reveals that invasive and native plants differ in their traits but not in their plasticity

(2011) Oscar Godoy et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Role of competition in restoring resource poor arid systems dominated by invasive grasses

(2011) S. Mangla et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Invasive plants do not display greater phenotypic plasticity than their native or non-invasive counterparts: a meta-analysis

(2011) Kattia Palacio-López et al.   OIKOS

Biodiversity, phenology and temporal niche differences between native- and novel exotic-dominated grasslands

(2011) Brian J. Wilsey et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

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

Established native perennial grasses out-compete an invasive annual grass regardless of soil water and nutrient availability

(2011) Christopher M. McGlone et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges

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

The phenology of plant invasions: a community ecology perspective

(2010) Elizabeth M Wolkovich et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Climate change and plant regeneration from seed

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

The maximum relative growth rate of common UK plant species is positively associated with their global invasiveness

(2010) Wayne Dawson et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

Germination phenology of some Great Basin native annual forb species

(2010) TARA A. FORBIS   PLANT SPECIES BIOLOGY

Colonization of high altitudes by alien plants over the last two centuries

(2010) P. Pysek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

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

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

(2009) Margherita Gioria et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Plant invasions and the niche

(2009) Andrew S. MacDougall 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

Leaf phenology and freeze tolerance of the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle and potential native competitors

(2009) Ryan W. McEwan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY

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

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

(2009) José L. Hierro et al.   OIKOS

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

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

Differences in Seed Morphometric and Germination Traits of Crofton Weed (Eupatorium adenophorum) from Different Elevations

(2009) Yang-Ping Li et al.   WEED SCIENCE

Competitive Effect of Two Nonnative Grasses on a Native Grass in Southern Arizona

(2009) Jason M. Stevens et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management

EARLY TO RISE MAKES A PLANT HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE

(2008) M. de Luis et al.   ECOLOGY

Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations

(2008) Aníbal Pauchard et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

On testing the role of niche differences in stabilizing coexistence

(2008) Jonathan M. Levine et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

California native and exotic perennial grasses differ in their response to soil nitrogen, exotic annual grass density, and order of emergence

(2008) Joel K. Abraham et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

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

(2007) Christian Körner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST