Trace element pollution has emerged as an increasingly severe environmental challenge
owing to human activities, particularly in urban ecosystems. In farmlands, invasive species …

Invasions by eukaryotes dependent on environmentally acquired bacterial mutualists are
often limited by the ability of bacterial partners to survive and establish free-living …

The spread of invasive species can be limited or promoted by the distributions of mutualists,
which presents an opportunity for managing biological invasions. However, the ways in …

Functional trait values and phenotypic plasticity are the two main factors associated with the
invasiveness of exotic plants. In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of plant …

Invasive Australian acacias cause substantial biodiversity impacts in South Africa's Core
Cape Subregion (CCR) via positive plant-soil feedbacks, driven by high growth rates and …

The over-representation of legumes in the world's alien floras has been partly attributed to
their ability to form mutualistic interactions with nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia …

Although most invasive species engage in mutualism, we know little about how mutualism
evolves as partners colonize novel environments. Selection on cooperation and standing …

Plant–soil interactions can be important drivers of biological invasions. In particular, the
symbiotic relationship between legumes and nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria (ie rhizobia) may …

The term 'invasion syndrome'refers to a combination of pathways, alien species' traits and
characteristics of the recipient ecosystem which collectively result in (invasions with) …

Acacia is the largest and most widespread genus of plants in the Australian flora, occupying
and often dominating a wide range of habitats on that continent and exhibiting an equally …