Phylogenies are essential to studies investigating the effect of evolutionary history on
assembly of species in ecological communities and geographical and ecological patterns of …

Human activities have caused the exchange of species among different parts of the world.
When introduced species become naturalized and invasive, they may cause great negative …

Aim Studies focusing on relatively small spatial scales have shown that alien plants are
more likely to invade phylogenetically clustered communities, and that the introduction of …

Aim The introduction of alien species may be influenced by the phylogenetic structure of the
native assemblage, while at the same time altering that structure. Understanding these …

Plant species can show considerable morphological and functional variation along
environmental gradients. This intraspecific trait variation (ITV) can have important …

Phylogenetic diversity indices are widely used to characterize the structure and diversity of
ecological communities. Most indices are based on a metric that is expected to vary with …

One of the key hypothesized drivers of community assembly and dynamics is environmental
filtering, where environmental stress limits species migration and survival as a result of …

Invasive species may pose significant threats to biodiversity and ecosystem structure and
functioning. The number of introduced species that have become invasive is substantial and …

Dense and species-rich understory communities have been commonly found in old or
abandoned stands of Eucalyptus plantations in the Cerrado domain presenting plant …

Abstract Aim One hypothesis of Darwin's naturalization conundrum, the pre‐adaptation
hypothesis, proposed that exotics that are more closely related to species in native …