Phylogenetic Relationships and Disturbance Explain the Resistance of Different Habitats to Plant Invasions [PDF]
Life, 2022 Invasive alien plants have invaded various habitats, posing a threat to biodiversity. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanisms of invasion, but few studies have considered the characteristics of the invaded communities and the ...
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Co-invasion of three invasive alien plants increases plant taxonomic diversity and community invasibility [PDF]
Plant DiversityAlien species from the Asteraceae family frequently invade native plant communities. This study aims to determine how the number of Asteraceae species (i.e., Erigeron canadensis, E.
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Effects of Different Degrees of Xanthium spinosum Invasion on the Invasibility of Plant Communities in the Yili Grassland of Northwest China [PDF]
Biology, 2023 Studying the effects of different degrees of exotic plant invasion on native plants’ community structure and plant diversity is essential for evaluating the harm caused to ecosystems by plant invasion.
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Stage-dependent shifts in native and invasive traits mediate community invasibility in subtropical urban ecosystems [PDF]
Plant DiversityBiological invasions threaten biodiversity and ecosystem stability through stage-dependent functional trait mediation. However, the mechanistic linkages between invasion intensity and multidimensional functional traits remain inadequately characterized ...
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Increased Leaf Bacterial Network Complexity along the Native Plant Diversity Gradient Facilitates Plant Invasion? [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Understanding the mechanisms of biological invasion is critical to biodiversity protection. Previous studies have produced inconsistent relationships between native species richness and invasibility, referred to as the invasion paradox.
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Species invasiveness and community invasibility of North American freshwater fish fauna revealed via trait-based analysis [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 While biological invasions are recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity, determining non-native species’ abilities to establish in new areas (species invasiveness) and the vulnerability of those areas to invasions (community invasibility) is ...
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Plant interactions can lead to emergent relationships between plant community diversity, productivity and vulnerability to invasion [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUnderstanding what makes a community vulnerable to invasion is integral to the successful management of invasive species. Our understanding of how characteristics of resident plant interactions, such as the network architecture of interactions, can ...
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The Relative Growth of Invasive Solanum rostratum Dunal Decreases with Increasing Competitive Species Richness Regardless of Resource Conditions [PDF]
PlantsThe biotic resistance hypothesis proposes that species-rich communities are more resistant to biological invasions due to the less available resources for invaders. The variation in available soil resources may affect the invasion resistance of community,
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Does the Species Number of Invasive Plants Regulate the Intensity of Interspecific Interactions Among Multiple Plants Under Different Invasion Scenarios? [PDF]
PlantsMultiple invasive plants (IPS) can coexist in the same community. The intensity of interspecific interactions among multiple plants may progressively alter with the differences in the species number of IPS (Si) under different invasion scenarios. However,
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Landscape Heterogeneity Drives Plant Assemblage Dynamics and Invasibility of Semi-Natural Grasslands Under the Long-Term Invasion of Ageratina adenophora [PDF]
PlantsGrassland degradation is a critical ecological problem worldwide that threatens ecosystem integrity and functional services. Although previous studies have documented the drivers of climate change, overgrazing, and anthropogenic perturbation, research ...
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