Do higher resource capture ability and utilization efficiency facilitate the successful invasion of native plants?

Elevated CO2 increases energy-use efficiency of invasive Wedelia trilobata over its indigenous congener

(2009) Li-Ying Song et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

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

(2009) Petr Pyšek et al.   ECOLOGY

Native and exotic invasive plants have fundamentally similar carbon capture strategies

(2009) Michelle R. Leishman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Identifying the most noxious invasive plants in China: role of geographical origin, life form and means of introduction

(2008) Qiao Q. Huang et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

In search of a real definition of the biological invasion phenomenon itself

(2008) Loïc Valéry et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Specific leaf area relates to the differences in leaf construction cost, photosynthesis, nitrogen allocation, and use efficiencies between invasive and noninvasive alien congeners

(2008) Yu-Long Feng et al.   PLANTA