Biological invasions impose ecological and economic problems on a global scale, but also
provide extraordinary opportunities for studying contemporary evolution. It is critical to …

Non‐native plants are typically released from specialist enemies but continue to be attacked
by generalists, albeit at lower intensities. This reduced herbivory may lead to less investment …

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 …

The relationship between herbivory and latitude may differ between native and introduced
populations of invasive plants, which can generate latitudinal heterogeneity in the strength …

Abstract The Enemy Release Hypothesis (ERH) predicts that the escape from natural
enemies, such as specialist herbivores, may explain the invasiveness of some invasive alien …

Invasive plants typically escape specialist herbivores but are often attacked by generalist
herbivores in their introduced ranges. The shifting defense hypothesis suggests that this will …

Current unprecedented declines in biodiversity have galvanized efforts to understand how
changes in biodiversity affect disease risk. Empirical evidence is mixed in understanding the …

Invasive plant species pose a major threat to native flora, in part due to the allelopathic
effects of root exudates. The Novel Weapon Hypothesis (NWH) implicates root exudates as …

Post-introduction evolution of plant defense traits is fundamental to several important
theories for plant invasiveness. Research on chemical defense traits of invasive plants has …

There is conflicting evidence from studies on the fitness consequences of plant kin
interactions, suggesting that kinship is not the only important factor in determining the …