Fast-growing and poorly shade-tolerant invasive species may exhibit higher physiological but not morphological plasticity compared with non-invasive species

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

A Test for Pre-Adapted Phenotypic Plasticity in the Invasive Tree Acer negundo L.

(2013) Laurent J. Lamarque et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Min A. Hahn et al.   PLoS One

Jack-and-Master Trait Responses to Elevated CO2 and N: A Comparison of Native and Introduced Phragmites australis

(2012) Thomas J. Mozdzer et al.   PLoS One

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

Global change and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in plants

(2010) Silvia Matesanz et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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

(2010) Xing-Yan Shen et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

A meta-analysis of trait differences between invasive and non-invasive plant species

(2009) Mark van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The community structure of soil Sarcodina in Baiyun Mountain, Guangzhou, China

(2009) J. Li et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Native and exotic invasive plants have fundamentally similar carbon capture strategies

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

Re-evaluating the costs and limits of adaptive phenotypic plasticity

(2009) J. R. Auld et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Why forests appear resistant to exotic plant invasions: intentional introductions, stand dynamics, and the role of shade tolerance

(2008) Patrick H Martin et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Differences in plasticity between invasive and native plants from a low resource environment

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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