The theoretical foundations of population and community ecology stress the importance of
identifying crucial niche requirements and life history stages of invasive species and, in …

Invasions of non-native species are considered to have significant impacts on native
species, but few studies have quantified the direct effects of invasions on native community …

Seedling recruitment limitations create a demographic bottleneck that largely determines the
viability and structure of plant populations and communities, and pose a core restriction on …

Globally, temperate deciduous forests are threatened by invasion of non‐native (exotic)
plant species. In the eastern United States, Rosa multiflora is a dominant shrub invader in …

Most research on dynamics and impacts of plant invasions has evaluated patterns and
effects over brief time periods (ie< 4 years). As such, little is known about the persistence of …

The invasive grass Microstegium vimineum is widely distributed in closed-canopy forests,
but often is patchily distributed under uniform canopy conditions. We hypothesized that the …

Non-native grass invasions have the potential to change natural and prescribed fire regimes
by altering fuels, which in turn may promote further invasion. We examined if invasion by …

Many invasive species are too widespread to realistically eradicate. For such species, a
viable management strategy is to slow the rate of spread. However, to be effective, this will …

Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) is a non-native weed whose rapid invasion
threatens native diversity and regeneration in forests. Using data from a 4 year experiment …

Aim The greatest biodiversity impact of non‐native plant species is caused by rapid
expansion of colonist populations. Unfortunately, invasion has rarely been documented in …