Invasion science: a horizon scan of emerging challenges and opportunities

A Ricciardi, TM Blackburn, JT Carlton, JTA Dick… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
We identified emerging scientific, technological, and sociopolitical issues likely to affect how
biological invasions are studied and managed over the next two decades. Issues were …

The emerging science of linked plant–fungal invasions

IA Dickie, JL Bufford, RC Cobb… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Invasions of alien plants are typically studied as invasions of individual species, yet
interactions between plants and symbiotic fungi (mutualists and potential pathogens) affect …

The pollen virome: a review of pollen‐associated viruses and consequences for plants and their interactions with pollinators

AM Fetters, TL Ashman - American Journal of Botany, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The movement of pollen grains from anthers to stigmas, often by insect pollinator vectors, is
essential for plant reproduction. However, pollen is also a unique vehicle for viral spread …

Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens

BA Sikes, JL Bufford, PE Hulme, JA Cooper… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Global trade and the movement of people accelerate biological invasions by spreading
species worldwide. Biosecurity measures seek to allow trade and passenger movements …

Plant–soil feedback contributes to predicting plant invasiveness of 68 alien plant species differing in invasive status

A Aldorfová, P Knobová, Z Münzbergová - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding what species characteristics allow some alien plants to become invasive
while others fail is critical to our understanding of community assembly processes. While …

Fourteen New Species of Foliar Colletotrichum Associated with the Invasive Plant Ageratina adenophora and Surrounding Crops

Z Yu, X Jiang, H Zheng, H Zhang, M Qiao - Journal of fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ageratina adenophora is one of the most invasive weeds in China. Following an outbreak in
Yunnan in the 1960s, A. adenophora has been spreading in Southwest China at …

Ecological disequilibrium drives insect pest and pathogen accumulation in non-native trees

CJ Crous, TI Burgess, JJ Le Roux, DM Richardson… - AoB Plants, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Non-native trees have become dominant components of many landscapes, including urban
ecosystems, commercial forestry plantations, fruit orchards and as invasives in natural …

Virulence and community dynamics of fungal species with vertical and horizontal transmission on a plant with multiple infections

K Fang, J Zhou, L Chen, YX Li, AL Yang… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The virulence evolution of multiple infections of parasites from the same species has been
modeled widely in evolution theory. However, experimental studies on this topic remain …

Patterns and drivers of the global diversity of non‐native macrofungi

M Monteiro, L Reino, MT Ferreira, F Essl… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To uncover the biogeography of non‐native macrofungal diversity worldwide, by
analysing patterns and drivers of (1) regional variation in species richness,(2) compositional …

Quantifying the sharing of foliar fungal pathogens by the invasive plant Ageratina adenophora and its neighbours

L Chen, J Zhou, T Zeng, YF Miao, L Mei… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Local pathogens can accumulate as asymptomatic endophytes, making it difficult to detect
the impacts of invasive species as propagators of disease in the invaded range. We used …