Does regional species diversity resist biotic invasions?
Plant Diversity, 2023 The role of regional species diversity in large-scale species invasions has been largely controversial. On the one hand, it has been proposed that diversity may facilitate invasion (“diversity begets diversity”) because regions with higher diversity may ...
Qinfeng Guo, Hong Qian, Jian Zhang
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Does residence time affect responses of alien species richness to environmental and spatial processes? [PDF]
, 2012 One of the most robust emerging generalisations in invasion biology is that the probability of invasion increases with the time since introduction (residence time). We analysed the spatial distribution of alien vascular plant species in a region of north-
Dainese, Matteo, Poldini, Livio
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Taxonomic revision of the genus Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) in Italy [PDF]
, 2015 A taxonomic revision of the genus Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) in Italy is here presented. Field surveys were carried out during the period 2007–2013.
Iamonico, Duilio, Sánchez Del Pino, I.
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Resprouting trees drive understory vegetation dynamics following logging in a temperate forest
Scientific Reports, 2020 Removal of canopy trees by logging causes shifts in herbaceous diversity and increases invasibility of the forest understory. However, disturbed (cut) trees of many species do not die but resprout from remaining parts.
Radim Matula +7 more
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Multiple Mechanisms Required to Predict Grass Community Composition
Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 4, April 2026.In efforts to improve the predictive understanding of plant community assembly, this study evaluates how well different combinations of ecological mechanisms predict plant community composition. Our multi‐mechanism niche model could reliably predict out‐of‐sample biomass observations of five grasses sown in mixture along a soil nitrogen gradient when ...
Jane A. Catford +8 more
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Under-dominance constrains the evolution of negative autoregulation in diploids [PDF]
, 2013 Regulatory networks have evolved to allow gene expression to rapidly track changes in the environment as well as to buffer perturbations and maintain cellular homeostasis in the absence of change.
Pomiankowski, A +3 more
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Species assembly in model ecosystems, I: Analysis of the population model and the invasion dynamics [PDF]
, 2010 Recently we have introduced a simplified model of ecosystem assembly (Capitan et al., 2009) for which we are able to map out all assembly pathways generated by external invasions in an exact manner. In this paper we provide a deeper analysis of the model,
Alonso +46 more
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Diversity, 2020 Biological invasions are deemed to be the second most important global driver of biodiversity loss, right behind habitat destruction and fragmentation. In this study, we aimed at testing if community invasibility, defined as the vulnerability to invasion
Francesco Liccari +6 more
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Functional Richness and Identity Do Not Strongly Affect Invasibility of Constructed Dune Communities. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Biotic effects are often used to explain community structure and invasion resistance. We evaluated the contribution of functional richness and identity to invasion resistance and abiotic resource availability using a mesocosm experiment.
Tanya J Mason +2 more
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Ecosystem engineers modulate exotic invasions in riparian plant communities by modifying hydrogeomorphic connectivity [PDF]
, 2012 Patterns of native and exotic plant species richness and cover were examined in relation with ecosystem engineer effects of pioneer vegetation within the Mediterranean gravel bed river Tech, South France.
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