Potassium: a neglected nutrient in global change

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Potassium (K) is the second most abundant nutrient in plant photosynthetic tissues after
nitrogen (N). Thousands of physiological and metabolic studies in recent decades have …

Preadaptation and naturalization of nonnative species: Darwin's two fundamental insights into species invasion

MW Cadotte, SE Campbell, S Li… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Predicting which nonnative species become invasive is critical for their successful
management, and Charles Darwin provided predictions based on species' relatedness …

Similarity of introduced plant species to native ones facilitates naturalization, but differences enhance invasion success

J Divíšek, M Chytrý, B Beckage, NJ Gotelli… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
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 …

Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. and Solidago canadensis L. antagonistically affect community stability and community invasibility under the co-invasion condition

C Wang, M Wei, S Wang, B Wu, H Cheng - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The successful invasion of one invasive alien plant (IAP) can generate a favorable habitat in
the invaded communities that beneficial to the successful invasion of the subsequent IAP …

Alien plants invade more phylogenetically clustered community types and cause even stronger clustering

Z Lososová, F de Bello, M Chytrý, I Kühn… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Several hypotheses postulate that species invasion is affected by an interplay between
the phylogenetic position of the invading species and the phylogenetic structure of the …

The functional diversity of native ecosystems increases during the major invasion by the invasive alien species, Conyza canadensis

C Wang, H Cheng, B Wu, K Jiang, S Wang, M Wei… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Invasive alien species can exhibit different degrees of invasion and colonize multiple
districts due to their strong adaptability [eg, the notorious invasive alien species Conyza …

Deconstructing Darwin's Naturalization Conundrum in the San Juan Islands using community phylogenetics and functional traits

HE Marx, DE Giblin, PW Dunwiddie… - Diversity and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Darwin posed a conundrum about species invasions, postulating the importance of
functional distinctiveness from the receiving native community to avoid competition, and, at …

Revisiting Darwin's naturalization conundrum: explaining invasion success of non‐native trees and shrubs in southern Africa

SB Bezeng, JT Davies, K Yessoufou… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species are detrimental ecologically and economically. Their negative impacts in
Africa are extensive and call for a renewed commitment to better understand the correlates …

Reproductive biology and success of invasive Australian acacias in Portugal

M Correia, S Castro, V Ferrero… - Botanical Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Reproductive traits are crucial for the establishment and maintenance of populations in new
areas, and therefore for the invasion process. This work aimed to study the reproductive …

The first initiative of DNA barcoding of ornamental plants from Egypt and potential applications in horticulture industry

H O. Elansary, M Ashfaq, HM Ali, K Yessoufou - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
DNA barcoding relies on short and standardized gene regions to identify species. The
agricultural and horticultural applications of barcoding such as for marketplace regulation …