Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary
research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological and evolutionary …

Despite the urgent demand for sustainable mining, the revegetation and rehabilitation of
areas degraded by mining activities remain challenging. Uncertainties about species …

Elton's biotic resistance hypothesis, which posits that diverse communities should be more
resistant to biological invasions, has received considerable experimental support. However …

Urban environments are often seen as unique or degraded habitats that both present
hardships for some sensitive species and provide opportunities to others. Non-indigenous …

Plant–pathogens and insect pests, hereafter pests, play an important role in structuring
ecological communities, yet both native and introduced pests impose significant pressure on …

Predicting which nonnative species become invasive is critical for their successful
management, and Charles Darwin provided predictions based on species' relatedness …

Determining the drivers of non-native plant invasions is critical for managing native
ecosystems and limiting the spread of invasive species,. Tree invasions in particular have …

Invasive alien species (IAS) poses a significant threat to plant biodiversity globally and even
considered one of the largest threats to biodiversity, second to habitat loss. They behave as …

Darwin proposed two seemingly contradictory hypotheses regarding factors influencing the
outcome of biological invasions. He initially posited that nonnative species closely related to …

There is increasing awareness of invasion in microbial communities worldwide, but the
mechanisms behind microbial invasions remain poorly understood. Specifically, we know …