We review key issues, available approaches and analyses to encourage and assist
practitioners to develop sound plans to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control …

One of the greatest challenges in soil ecology is to understand the mechanisms underlying
the composition of complex soil communities. The members of these communities are not …

Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is a nonnative, shade-tolerant forb that was introduced into
North America in the mid-1800s. Currently, garlic mustard is spreading across the landscape …

Optimal defence allocation theory (ODT) is one of the most prominent theoretical frameworks
to explain the allocation of defence compounds within plants. It predicts that the most …

Background & Aims: Exotic plant invasions seriously threaten native biodiversity and
ecological security. Although numerous studies have explored the mechanisms of exotic …

A classical biological control program has been initiated against the invasive European
swallow-worts Vincetoxicum nigrum and Vincetoxicum rossicum in North America. The …

Aims Plants with precise root foraging patterns can proliferate roots preferentially in nutrient-
rich soil patches. When nutrients are distributed heterogeneously, this trait is often …

As population modeling is increasingly called upon to guide policy and management, it is
important that we understand not only the central tendencies of our study systems, but the …

Exploratory surveys were conducted in Europe to locate potential biological control agents
of Vincetoxicum nigrum and Vincetoxicum rossicum and to collect known specialist …

Incorporating population genetics into research on candidate biological control agents can
help improve the safety and success rates of biological control of weeds. As a case in point …