A central challenge in ecology and evolutionary biology is to understand how variation in
abiotic and biotic factors combine to shape the distribution, abundance, and diversity of focal …

Exotic invasive plants are considered major threats to biodiversity globally; however, our
understanding of the long-term dynamics of invasion remains limited. Over time, invasive …

Several studies have shown that invasive plant species respond more negatively to drought
than native plant species, but little remains understood of how and whether drought …

Premise The enemy release hypothesis predicts that release from natural enemies,
including soil‐borne pathogens, liberates invasive plants from a negative regulating force …

Quantifying the relative impact of environmental conditions and host community structure on
disease is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, as both climate and …

We assessed the diversity and composition of fungal communities in different functional
tissues and the rhizosphere soil of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies stands along the …

Background and aims Plants continuously interact with soil microbiota. These plant-soil
feedbacks (PSFs) are considered a driving force in plant community dynamics. However …

In the present study, we surveyed the ascomycetes from bamboo of Phyllostachys across
Sichuan Province, China. A biphasic approach based on morphological characteristics and …

The relationship between herbivory and latitude may differ between native and introduced
populations of invasive plants, which can generate latitudinal heterogeneity in the strength …

Herbivores play a critical role in plant invasions either by facilitating or inhibiting species
establishment and spread. However, relatively few studies with invasive plant species have …