Invasive alien plant species—raising awareness of a threat to biodiversity and Ecological Connectivity (EC) in the Adriatic-Ionian Region

I Gazoulis, N Antonopoulos, P Kanatas, N Karavas… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improving ecological connectivity (EC) within landscapes by establishing corridors and
ecological networks has been proposed to counteract the negative effects of habitat …

Rapid evolution of a floral trait following acquisition of novel pollinators

CR Mackin, JF Peña, MA Blanco, NJ Balfour… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in the pollinator assemblage visiting a plant can have consequences for
reproductive success and floral evolution. We studied a recent plant trans‐continental range …

Rapid evolution of latitudinal clines in growth and defence of an invasive weed

Y Yang, M Liu, Y Pan, H Huang, X Pan, A Sosa… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Re‐establishment of heritable latitudinal clines in growth‐related traits has been recognised
as evidence for adaptive evolution in invasive plants. However, less information is known …

Role of diversification rates and evolutionary history as a driver of plant naturalization success

B Lenzner, S Magallón, W Dawson, H Kreft… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human introductions of species beyond their natural ranges and their subsequent
establishment are defining features of global environmental change. However, naturalized …

Polyploidization‐enhanced effective clonal reproduction endows the successful invasion of Solidago canadensis

D Feng, J Cheng, X Yang, Z Tian, Y Liu… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Clonality and ploidy levels are positively associated with plant invasiveness. However, there
is still no consensus on whether polyploidization can promote the invasion of alien plants by …

Inconsistent expression of the gigas effect in polyploid Oxalis

FW Becker, KC Oberlander… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Premise It is well‐known that whole genome duplication (WGD) has played a significant role
in the evolution of plants. The best‐known phenotypic effect of WGD is the gigas effect, or …

Complex cytogeographical patterns reveal a dynamic tetraploid–octoploid contact zone

M Castro, S Castro, A Figueiredo, B Husband… - AoB Plants, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The distribution of cytotypes in mixed-ploidy species is crucial for evaluating ecological
processes involved in the establishment and evolution of polyploid taxa. Here, we use flow …

History vs. legend: Retracing invasion and spread of Oxalis pes-caprae L. in Europe and the Mediterranean area

A Papini, MA Signorini, B Foggi, E Della Giovampaola… - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Oxalis pes-caprae L. is a South African geophyte that behaves as an invasive in the
eurimediterranean area. According to a long-established hypothesis, O. pes-caprae may …

Home and away and home again: discovery of a native reproductive strategy of the globally invading sea anemone Diadumene lineata (Verrill, 1869) in a satellite …

K Newcomer, MM Flenniken, JT Carlton - Biological Invasions, 2019 - Springer
Reproductive strategies, whether sexual or asexual, are critical aspects of introduction
success and spread for non-indigenous species. The Western Pacific Diadumene lineata …

Phenotypic plasticity in resource allocation to sexual trait of alligatorweed in wetland and terrestrial habitats

J Zhang, W Huang, J Ding - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental heterogeneity in resource availability affects invasive plant reproductive
strategies and resource allocation to reproduction. Here, we conducted two field surveys to …