Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain biotic resistance of a recipient plant
community based on reduced niche opportunities for invasive alien plant species. The …

The search for traits associated with plant invasiveness has yielded contradictory results, in
part because most previous studies have failed to recognize that different traits are important …

Aim Darwin's naturalization hypothesis states that dissimilarity to native species may benefit
alien species establishment due to empty niches and reduced competition. We here add a …

Concerns over the ecological impacts of invasive alien plant species have generated great
research interest in understanding the mechanisms that underlie the capacity of such plants …

Two contradictory hypotheses have been put forth to forecast alien invasiveness: being
either functionally similar, or dissimilar, to resident natives along environmental gradients …

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 …

Aim Theory suggests that introduced species that are phylogenetically distant from their
recipient communities should be more successful than closely related introduced species …

Biotic resistance represents an important natural barrier to potential invaders throughout the
world, yet the underlying mechanisms that drive such resistance are still debated. In theory …

Darwin's naturalisation hypothesis posing that phylogenetic distance of alien species to
native residents predicts invasion success, and Elton's diversity–invasibility hypothesis …

Biodiversity can provide some resistance to alien species in some cases, but not in others.
The observed paradoxical results may be related to several reasons, including variations in …