Common and rare plant species respond differently to fertilisation and competition, whether they are alien or native

Introduction bias: Cultivated alien plant species germinate faster and more abundantly than native species in Switzerland

(2011) Thomas Chrobock et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

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

Why research on traits of invasive plants tells us very little

(2011) Ken Thompson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Research on invasive-plant traits tells us a lot

(2011) Mark van Kleunen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

Assessing potential invasiveness of woody horticultural plant species using seedling growth rate traits

(2010) Eva Grotkopp et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A link between plant traits and abundance: evidence from coastal California woody plants

(2010) William K. Cornwell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Predicting plant invasions in an era of global change

(2010) Bethany A. Bradley et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2009) Mark van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Native and exotic invasive plants have fundamentally similar carbon capture strategies

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

Functional traits of alien plants across contrasting climatic and land-use regimes: do aliens join the locals or try harder than them?

(2009) Paula A. Tecco et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A multi-species experiment in their native range indicates pre-adaptation of invasive alien plant species

(2009) Daniel R. Schlaepfer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

(2009) Y. Hautier et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY