Rapid evolution of invasive weeds under climate change: present evidence and future research needs

DR Clements, VL Jones - Frontiers in Agronomy, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although evolution has been often seen as a gradual process through a Darwinian lens, far
more rapid evolutionary change has been observed in recent times. Recent examples …

Invasive alien plant species—raising awareness of a threat to biodiversity and Ecological Connectivity (EC) in the Adriatic-Ionian Region

I Gazoulis, N Antonopoulos, P Kanatas, N Karavas… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improving ecological connectivity (EC) within landscapes by establishing corridors and
ecological networks has been proposed to counteract the negative effects of habitat …

Polyploidy‐promoted phenolic metabolism confers the increased competitive ability of Solidago canadensis

X Yang, J Cheng, B Yao, H Lu, Y Zhang, J Xu, X Song… - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Allelopathy plays an important role in the successful invasion of alien invasive plants.
Phenolic compounds are one of the primary classes of secondary metabolites with strong …

Does competitive asymmetry confer polyploid advantage under changing environments?

W Guo, N Wei, GY Hao, SJ Yang, ZY Zhu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Competitive interactions drive critical ecological processes in plant communities. Yet, how
competitive interactions are influenced by polyploidy that has a widespread incidence in …

Autopolyploidy‐driven range expansion of a temperate‐originated plant to pan‐tropic under global change

J Cheng, J Li, Z Zhang, H Lu, G Chen… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Angiosperms are believed to have emerged initially in the tropics and expanded their
distribution range poleward through diverse mechanisms, for example polyploidization …

The potential for synthesized invasive plant biochar with hydroxyapatite to mitigate allelopathy of Solidago canadensis

W Xu, X Huang, J Yuan, Y Wang, M Wu… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Few studies tried to explore the mitigation effect and underlying mechanisms of biochar and
their complex for negative allelopathy from invasive plants, which may provide a new way in …

Polyploidization‐enhanced effective clonal reproduction endows the successful invasion of Solidago canadensis

D Feng, J Cheng, X Yang, Z Tian, Y Liu… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Clonality and ploidy levels are positively associated with plant invasiveness. However, there
is still no consensus on whether polyploidization can promote the invasion of alien plants by …

Cytogeography of Naturalized Solidago canadensis Populations in Europe

Z Tian, J Cheng, J Xu, D Feng, J Zhong, X Yuan… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autopolyploidization has driven the successful invasion of Solidago canadensis in East
Asia. However, it was believed that only diploid S. canadensis invaded Europe, whereas …

Polyploidization‐driven differentiation of freezing tolerance in Solidago canadensis

H Lu, L Xue, J Cheng, X Yang, H Xie… - Plant, cell & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solidago canadensis, originating from the temperate region of North America, has expanded
southward to subtropical regions through polyploidization. Here we investigated whether …

Niche shift and localized competitive dynamics influence the persistence and distribution of polyploids in the genus Achillea (Asteraceae)

WX Lu, WQ Tu, D Chen, ZZ Wang, YP Guo - Annals of Botany, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Competition with sympatric diploid progenitor (s) hinders the
persistence of polyploids. The hypothesis that polyploids escape from competition through …