Invasion of Spartina alterniflora in China is greatly facilitated by increased growth and clonality: a comparative study of native and introduced populations

An Invasive Clonal Plant Benefits from Clonal Integration More than a Co-Occurring Native Plant in Nutrient-Patchy and Competitive Environments

(2014) Wenhua You et al.   PLoS One

Reproductive phenological pattern of Calotropis procera (Apocynaceae), an invasive species in Brazil: annual in native areas; continuous in invaded areas of caatinga

(2013) Mellissa Sousa Sobrinho et al.   Acta Botanica Brasilica

Phenotypic plasticity and differentiation in fitness-related traits in invasive populations of the Mediterranean forb Centaurea melitensis (Asteraceae)

(2013) Jolene R. Moroney et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Ecological and Evolutionary Misadventures ofSpartina

(2013) Donald R. Strong et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Herbivores mediate different competitive and facilitative responses of native and invader populations ofBrassica nigra

(2013) Ayub M. O. Oduor et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf nitrogen partition between photosynthesis and structural defense in invasive and native tall form Spartina alterniflora populations: effects of nitrogen treatments

(2012) Hua Qing et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The evolution of increased competitive ability, innate competitive advantages, and novel biochemical weapons act in concert for a tropical invader

(2012) Rui-Min Qin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

United we stand, divided we fall: a meta-analysis of experiments on clonal integration and its relationship to invasiveness

(2012) Yao-Bin Song et al.   OECOLOGIA

Increased Phenotypic Plasticity to Climate May Have Boosted the Invasion Success of Polyploid Centaurea stoebe

(2012) Min A. Hahn et al.   PLoS One

Trait Values, Not Trait Plasticity, Best Explain Invasive Species' Performance in a Changing Environment

(2012) Virginia Matzek   PLoS One

Seedling defoliation, plant growth and flowering potential in native- and invasive-range Plantago lanceolata populations

(2012) M E HANLEY   WEED RESEARCH

Evolution of growth but not structural or chemical defense in Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) following introduction to North America

(2011) Christina Alba et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Increased performance of Cirsium arvense from the invasive range

(2011) Inés Abela-Hofbauerová et al.   FLORA

Genetic differentiation in life-history traits of introduced and native common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) populations

(2011) K. A. HODGINS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

Invasive and native tall forms of Spartina alterniflora respond differently to nitrogen availability

(2010) Hua Qing et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Is there rapid evolutionary response in introduced populations of tansy ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris, when exposed to biological control?

(2010) Carole Rapo et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Physiological integration increases the survival and growth of the clonal invader Carpobrotus edulis

(2009) Sergio R. Roiloa et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Spartina alterniflora invasions in the Yangtze River estuary, China: An overview of current status and ecosystem effects

(2009) Bo Li et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

A comparison of native and invasive populations of three clonal plant species in Germany and New Zealand

(2009) Michael Beckmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Enhanced fitness due to higher fecundity, increased defence against a specialist and tolerance towards a generalist herbivore in an invasive annual plant

(2009) D. Abhilasha et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

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

Evolutionary tradeoffs for nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis versus cell walls in an invasive plant

(2009) Yu-Long Feng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plasticity in salt tolerance traits allows for invasion of novel habitat by Japanese knotweed s. l. (Fallopia japonica and F.xbohemica, Polygonaceae)

(2008) C. L. Richards et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Plasticity of Sapium sebiferum seedling growth to light and water resources: Inter- and intraspecific comparisons

(2008) Jianwen Zou et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Reducing redundancy in invasion ecology by integrating hypotheses into a single theoretical framework

(2008) Jane A. Catford et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Increased fitness and plasticity of an invasive species in its introduced range: a study using Senecio pterophorus

(2008) L. Caño et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of clonal integration on photosynthesis of the invasive clonal plant Alternanthera philoxeroides

(2008) J. Liu et al.   PHOTOSYNTHETICA

Clonal integration facilitates the proliferation of smooth brome clones invading northern fescue prairies

(2008) R. Otfinowski et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY