Ecological restoration after management of invasive alien plants

K Singh, C Byun - Ecological Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The impacts of plant invasion on biodiversity are substantially visible and concerning.
Despite the numerous studies conducted on the management of invasive alien plants …

Kentucky bluegrass invasion in the northern Great Plains and prospective management approaches to mitigate its spread

R Palit, G Gramig, ES DeKeyser - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) is one of the most aggressive grasses invading
Northern Great Plains (NGP) grasslands, resulting in substantial native species losses …

Exotic fishes that are phylogenetically close but functionally distant to native fishes are more likely to establish

M Xu, S Li, JTA Dick, D Gu, M Fang… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since Darwin's time, degree of ecological similarity between exotic and native species has
been assumed to affect the establishment success or failure of exotic species. However, a …

Moving away from limiting similarity during restoration: Timing of arrival and native biomass are better proxies of invasion suppression in grassland communities

FA Yannelli, C MacLaren, J Kollmann - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A challenge in many restoration projects, in particular when establishing de novo
communities, is the arrival and later dominance of invasive alien plants. This could …

Germination performance of alien and native species could shape community assembly of temperate grasslands under different temperature scenarios

G Trotta, M Vuerich, E Petrussa, FR Hay, S Assolari… - Plant Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Rising temperatures due to climate change are expected to interplay with biological
invasions, and may enhance the spread and growth of some alien species upon arrival in …

Linking Darwin's naturalisation hypothesis and Elton's diversity–invasibility hypothesis in experimental grassland communities

Y Feng, TD Fouqueray, M van Kleunen - Journal of Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Darwin's naturalisation hypothesis posing that phylogenetic distance of alien species to
native residents predicts invasion success, and Elton's diversity–invasibility hypothesis …

Biological trait profiles discriminate between native and non-indigenous marine invertebrates

F Quell, M Schratzberger, O Beauchard… - Aquatic …, 2021 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
The increasing rate of marine invasions to Western Europe in recent decades highlights the
importance of addressing the central questions of invasion biology: what allows an invader …

Dominant species establishment may influence invasion resistance more than phylogenetic or functional diversity

AR Ernst, RS Barak, MC Glasenhardt… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenetic and functional diversity are theorised to increase invasion resistance.
Experimentally testing whether plant communities higher in these components of diversity …

Competitive trait hierarchies of native communities and invasive propagule pressure consistently predict invasion success during grassland establishment

S Rojas-Botero, J Kollmann, LH Teixeira - Biological Invasions, 2022 - Springer
Invasive non-native plants challenge ecosystems restoration, and understanding the factors
that determine the establishment of invasive plants is crucial to improve restoration …

Seed density is more effective than multi‐trait limiting similarity in controlling grassland resistance against plant invasions in mesocosms

FA Yannelli, G Karrer, R Hall… - Applied Vegetation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Question Disturbed areas offer great opportunities for restoring native biodiversity, but they
are also prone to invasion by alien plants. Following the limiting similarity hypothesis, we …