Introduced plant populations lose interactions with enemies, mutualists and competitors from
their native ranges, and gain interactions with new species, under new abiotic conditions …

Apparent feeding damage by insects on plants is often slight. Thus, the influences of insect
herbivores on plant populations are likely minor. The role of insects on host-plant …

A fundamental assumption in invasion biology is that most invasive species exhibit
enhanced performance in their introduced range relative to their home ranges. This idea has …

Despite intensive research, we still have no general understanding of why plant invasions
occur. Many different mechanisms of plant invasions have been proposed, but studies …

Ecological explanations for the success and persistence of invasive species vastly
outnumber evolutionary hypotheses, yet evolution is a fundamental process in the success …

Successful plant invasions are often attributed to increased plant size, reproduction, or
release from natural enemies, but the generality and persistence of these patterns remains …

1. As a result of global warming, species may spread into previously cool regions. Species
that disperse faster than their natural enemies may become released from top-down control …

Summary 1 General guidelines for invasive plant management are currently lacking.
Population declines may be achieved by focusing control on demographic processes …

The rate at which plant invasions occur is accelerating globally, and a growing amount of
recent research uses genetic analysis of invasive plant populations to better understand the …

Aim Propagule size and output are critical for the ability of a plant species to colonize new
environments. If invasive species have a greater reproductive output than native species (via …