Plant introductions outside their native ranges by humans have led to substantial ecological
consequences. While we have gained considerable knowledge about intercontinental …

All around the globe, humans have greatly altered the abiotic and biotic environment with
ever-increasing speed. One defining feature of the Anthropocene epoch, is the erosion of …

Previous studies on alien species establishment in the United States and around the world
have drastically improved our understanding of the patterns of species naturalization …

Abstract Although South America is the fourth largest continent, it houses about 60% of the
global terrestrial life and the highest number of plant species. Besides its great native …

With increasing availability of plant distribution data, the information about global plant
diversity is improving rapidly. Recently, Ulloa Ulloa et al.(2017) presented the first …

Aim This paper reviews the main geographical determinants of naturalization in plants.
Location Global. Methods Comparative studies of large data sets of alien floras are the main …

Darwin's naturalization conundrum describes two seemingly contradictory hypotheses
regarding whether alien species closely or distantly related to native species should be …

Humans have exchanged plant species beyond their native borders since millennia. The
pathways of exchange and their relative importance have differed among regions, times and …

Naturalization (the establishment of a self-sustaining population for at least a decade) is a
fundamental precondition for plant invasion and so compiling a complete inventory of …

The paper by Alexander et al.(1) provides an elegant explanation for global patterns of alien
species richness in mountain regions. These authors conclude that evolutionary factors such …