Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges

Mountain roads shift native and non-native plant species' ranges

(2016) Jonas J. Lembrechts et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Range limits and population dynamics of non-native plants spreading along elevation gradients

(2016) Tim Seipel et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Non-native species in the vascular flora of highlands and mountains of Iceland

(2016) Pawel Wasowicz   PeerJ

Contrasting distribution patterns of invasive and naturalized non-native species along environmental gradients in a semi-arid montane ecosystem

(2015) Kelly M. Andersen et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Annual monitoring reveals rapid upward movement of exotic plants in a montane ecosystem

(2015) Jesse M. Kalwij et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change: new challenges for ecology and conservation

(2015) Aníbal Pauchard et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Effective seed distribution pattern of an upward shift species in alpine tundra of Changbai Mountains

(2015) Shengwei Zong et al.   Chinese Geographical Science

Long-term persistence of seeded grass species: an unwanted side effect of ecological restoration

(2015) Knut Rydgren et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Altitudinal patterns illustrate the invasion mechanisms of alien plants in temperate mountain forests of northern China

(2015) Wenxin Zhang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Snowpack, fire, and forest disturbance: interactions affect montane invasions by non-native shrubs

(2015) Jens T. Stevens et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Facilitation by nurse plants regulates community invasibility in harsh environments

(2015) Ernesto I. Badano et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Novel competitors shape species’ responses to climate change

(2015) Jake M. Alexander et al.   NATURE

Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants

(2015) Mark van Kleunen et al.   NATURE

Exotic plants along roads near La Paz, Bolivia

(2015) M P Fernández-Murillo et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Plant communities in harsh sites are less invaded: a summary of observations and proposed explanations

(2015) Emily Zefferman et al.   AoB Plants

Performance of the herbVerbascum thapsusalong environmental gradients in its native and non-native ranges

(2014) Tim Seipel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Non-native Plant Invasion in Relation to Tourism Use of Aconcagua Park, Argentina, the Highest Protected Area in the Southern Hemisphere

(2014) Agustina Barros et al.   MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Non-native plant species benefit from disturbance: a meta-analysis

(2014) Miia Jauni et al.   OIKOS

Alien Roadside Species More Easily Invade Alpine than Lowland Plant Communities in a Subarctic Mountain Ecosystem

(2014) Jonas J. Lembrechts et al.   PLoS One

The sustainable development of grassland-livestock systems on the Tibetan plateau: problems, strategies and prospects

(2014) Z. H. Shang et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Ecophysiological attributes ofMikania micrantha, an exotic invasive weed, at two different elevations in the tropical forest regions of the Western Ghats, South India

(2014) N. Ramesh Prabu et al.   WEED BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Intraspecific competition and light effect on reproduction ofLigularia virgaurea, an invasive native alpine grassland clonal herb

(2014) Tian-peng Xie et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Warming, competition, andBromus tectorumpopulation growth across an elevation gradient

(2014) Aldo Compagnoni et al.   Ecosphere

Life after establishment: factors structuring the success of a mountain invader away from disturbed roadsides

(2013) Fredric W. Pollnac et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Fifty years of plant invasion dynamics in Slovakia along a 2,500 m altitudinal gradient

(2013) Jana Medvecká et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Alien plant species distribution in the European Alps: influence of species’ climatic requirements

(2013) Matteo Dainese et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Factors influencing abundance of invasive hawkweeds,Hieraciumspecies, in tall tussock grasslands in the Canterbury high country

(2013) MA Steer et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Monitoring and modeling the invasion of the fast spreading alienSenecio inaequidensDC. in an alpine region

(2013) G. Vacchiano et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Variability in the Contribution of Different Life Stages to Population Growth as a Key Factor in the Invasion Success of Pinus strobus

(2013) Zuzana Münzbergová et al.   PLoS One

The demography of native and non-native plant species in mountain systems: examples in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

(2013) Fredric W. Pollnac et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Papaver croceum Ledeb.: a rare example of an alien species in alpine environments of the Upper Engadine, Switzerland

(2013) Severin D. H. Irl et al.   Alpine Botany

Plant invasion at landscape and local scales along roadways in the mountainous region of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

(2012) Fredric Pollnac et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Occurrence of the Non-Native Annual Bluegrass on the Antarctic Mainland and Its Negative Effects on Native Plants

(2012) MARCO A. MOLINA-MONTENEGRO et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Human-mediated long-distance dispersal: an empirical evaluation of seed dispersal by vehicles

(2012) Kimberley Taylor et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Environmental gradients shift the direction of the relationship between native and alien plant species richness

(2012) Federico Tomasetto et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Poised to prosper? A cross-system comparison of climate change effects on native and non-native species performance

(2012) Cascade J. B. Sorte et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?

(2012) Jeffrey M Diez et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Beta-diversity patterns elucidate mechanisms of alien plant invasion in mountains

(2012) Lorenzo Marini et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Lack of local adaptation of invasive crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora) in different climatic areas of Yunnan Province, China

(2012) X. Zhao et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Plant community type and small-scale disturbances, but not altitude, influence the invasibility in subarctic ecosystems

(2012) Ann Milbau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genetically based differentiation in growth of multiple non-native plant species along a steep environmental gradient

(2012) Sylvia Haider et al.   OECOLOGIA

taxonstand: An r package for species names standardisation in vegetation databases

(2012) Luis Cayuela et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Alpine road colonisation: An update

(2012) Keith L. McDougall   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

Estimating human-mediated dispersal of seeds within an Australian protected area

(2011) Catherine Marina Pickering et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Assessing the importance of disturbance, site conditions, and the biotic barrier for dandelion invasion in an Alpine habitat

(2011) Constanza L. Quiroz et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

“The upper limits of vegetation on Mauna Loa, Hawaii”: a 50th-anniversary reassessment

(2011) James O. Juvik et al.   ECOLOGY

Altitudinal distribution patterns of the native and alien woody flora in Kashmir Himalaya, India

(2011) Anzar A. Khuroo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Alien and native plant life-forms respond differently to human and climate pressures

(2011) Lorenzo Marini et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Processes at multiple scales affect richness and similarity of non-native plant species in mountains around the world

(2011) Tim Seipel et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Plant Invasions in Mountains: Global Lessons for Better Management

(2011) Keith L. McDougall et al.   MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data

(2011) Christian Körner et al.   Alpine Botany

Invasion of dwarf bamboo into alpine snow-meadows in northern Japan: pattern of expansion and impact on species diversity

(2011) Gaku Kudo et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Altitudinal distribution of native and alien plant species in roadside communities from central Argentina

(2010) VALERIA PAIARO et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Alien plants in southern South America. A framework for evaluation and management of mutual risk of invasion between Chile and Argentina

(2010) Nicol Fuentes et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Introduced weed richness across altitudinal gradients in Hawai’i: humps, humans and water-energy dynamics

(2010) Gabi Jakobs et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Life history variation in a temperate plant invader, Verbascum thapsus along a tropical elevational gradient in Hawaii

(2010) Shahin Ansari et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The role of bioclimatic origin, residence time and habitat context in shaping non-native plant distributions along an altitudinal gradient

(2010) Sylvia Haider et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Experimental introduction of the alien plant Hieracium lepidulum reveals no significant impact on montane plant communities in New Zealand

(2010) Ross Meffin et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Alien flora of mountains: global comparisons for the development of local preventive measures against plant invasions

(2010) Keith L. McDougall et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

No adaptation to altitude in the invasive plantErigeron annuusin the Swiss Alps

(2010) Miluse Trtikova et al.   ECOGRAPHY

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

Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt

(2010) F. Essl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assembly of nonnative floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering

(2010) J. M. Alexander et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assessing the dominance ofPhleum pratensecv. climax, a species commonly used for ski trail restoration

(2009) Francis Isselin-Nondedeu et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Contrasting response of native and alien plant species richness to environmental energy and human impact along alpine elevation gradients

(2009) Lorenzo Marini et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Genetic variation and local adaptation at a cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) invasion edge in western Nevada

(2009) ELIZABETH A. LEGER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Seedling establishment of Asteraceae forbs along altitudinal gradients: a comparison of transplant experiments in the native and introduced ranges

(2008) Myriam Poll et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Alpine dandelions originated in the native and introduced range differ in their responses to environmental constraints

(2008) Constanza L. Quiroz et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

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

The presence of a showy invasive plant disrupts pollinator service and reproductive output in native alpine species only at high densities

(2008) Alejandro A. Muñoz et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Clinal differentiation during invasion: Senecio inaequidens (Asteraceae) along altitudinal gradients in Europe

(2008) Arnaud Monty et al.   OECOLOGIA