Disentangling invasiveness and invasibility during invasion in synthesized grassland communities [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2003 • An experiment with synthesized grassland communities was performed to identify plant traits that contribute to invasiveness and community traits that promote invasibility, and to study the relationship between, and the relative importance of, invasiveness and invasibility.
Ann Milbau, Ivan Nijs, Dirk Reheul
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Investigating the drivers of negative diversity-invasibility relationship: The role of nutrient availability, allelopathy, soil biota, and soil legacy effects [PDF]
Fundamental Research: The successful establishment of invasive plant species depends on their invasiveness traits and the invasibility of the recipient native plant communities.
Ayub M.O. Oduor +2 more
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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,
Yizhuo Du +5 more
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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 ...
Longyuan Zhao +9 more
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Competition mode and soil nutrient status shape the role of soil microbes in the diversity–invasibility relationship [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the relationship between plant diversity and invasibility is essential in invasion ecology. Species‐rich communities are hypothesized to be more resistant to invasions than species‐poor communities. However, while soil microorganisms play a
Haokun Li +8 more
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adapt3: Adaptive dynamics and community projection in the R programming language
Methods in Ecology and EvolutionEcologists typically use matrix projection to understand population dynamics. Recently, they have applied matrix projection to analyse communities and evolutionary dynamics. Particularly, matrix community models (MCMs) provide a reductionist, demographic
Richard P. Shefferson
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Mathematical Modelling and Intuition in Microbiology: A Perspective. [PDF]
Environ MicrobiolMathematical modelling in microbiology converts verbal reasoning into internally consistent hypotheses that can provide testable predictions, infer hidden parameters, and generate transferable intuition. By selecting an appropriate level of description, researchers can connect data to explanatory principles.
Lopez JA, Erez A.
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Modeling Hawaiian ecosystem degradation due to invasive plants under current and future climates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Occupation of native ecosystems by invasive plant species alters their structure and/or function. In Hawaii, a subset of introduced plants is regarded as extremely harmful due to competitive ability, ecosystem modification, and biogeochemical habitat ...
Adam E Vorsino +7 more
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Coexistence of Photosynthetic Marine Microorganisms, Viruses and Grazers: Towards Integration in Ocean Ecosystem Models. [PDF]
Environ MicrobiolOur study explores coexistence regimes of a virus and a zooplankton with a single phytoplankton for different model structures (left panel). The inclusion of an infected class and a resistant class is sufficient to generate coexistence regimes (middle panel). Using algebraic solutions, we optimise our model emphasising the importance of including viral
Frémont P +8 more
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Early Assessment of the Invasiveness of the Alien Plant <i>Vernonia amygdalina</i> Del. Introduced in China. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study evaluates the invasion potential of Vernonia amygdalina by synthesizing evidence on its taxonomic background, morphological and life‐history traits, reproductive strategies, allelopathic effects, defense mechanisms, climatic suitability, and human‐mediated introduction and cultivation practices.
Gao L, Deng JL, Liu SN, Ma YL.
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