Unraveling the ecological threads: How invasive alien plants influence soil carbon dynamics

A Raheem, P Yohanna, G Li, NJ Noh, B Iqbal… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Invasive alien plants (IAPs) pose significant threats to native ecosystems and biodiversity
worldwide. However, the understanding of their precise impact on soil carbon (C) dynamics …

Which factor contributes most to the invasion resistance of native plant communities under the co-invasion of two invasive plant species?

C Wang, Y Yu, H Cheng, D Du - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Two invasive plant species (IPS) can co-invade the same plant community. As the number of
IPS increases under the co-invasion of two IPS, plant taxonomic and functional diversity …

Invasion stage and competition intensity co-drive reproductive strategies of native and invasive saltmarsh plants: Evidence from field data

J Zhang, Y Ning, J Li, Z Shi, Q Zhang, L Li… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological invasion poses a significant threat to biodiversity conservation and also results in
substantial economic loss including the excessive cost of management to control it. Still, its …

Temporal development in the impacts of plant invasions: search for the underlying mechanisms

P Dostál - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Many invasive plants have negative impacts on native populations and communities, but
there remains much uncertainty about how these impacts develop over time. In this review, I …

Microplastic diversity increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil

YF Wang, YJ Liu, YM Fu, JY Xu, TL Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The impact of microplastics on antibiotic resistance has attracted widespread attention.
However, previous studies primarily focused on the effects of individual microplastics. In …

Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) invasion reshapes the pattern of plant communities and edaphic properties across the north-western Himalayan landscape

A Sharma, A Kaur, RK Kohli, HP Singh, DR Batish - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Development and economic growth, coupled with climate change and other
environmental shifts, have made the unique and pristine mountainous regions vulnerable to …

Contrasted Impacts of Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) on Plant Diversity in Tidal Wetlands within Its Native and Invaded Distribution Ranges

B Gallego-Tévar, BJ Grewell, CR Whitcraft, JC Futrell… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
We conducted an intercontinental biogeographic survey to analyze the effects of an invasive
plant species in its native and invaded ranges. Our study system included tidal wetlands …

No consistencies in abundance–impact relationships across herbaceous invasive species and ecological impact metrics

A Fenesi, Z Botta‐Dukát, Z Miholcsa… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The general shape (from linear to complex curve), direction (negative and positive) and
strength (steepness of the slope) of abundance–impact relationships for different impact …

Invasive Wedelia trilobata Performs Better Than Its Native Congener in Various Forms of Phosphorous in Different Growth Stages

D Hu, IU Khan, J Wang, X Shi, X Jiang, S Qi, Z Dai… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
At present, many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanism of alien plants'
successful invasion; the resource fluctuations hypothesis indicates that nutrient availability is …

Long-term grazing improved soil chemical properties and benefited community traits under climatic influence in an alpine typical steppe

YW Zhang, ZC Peng, SH Chang, ZF Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grazing and climate change both contribute to diversity loss and productivity fluctuations.
Sensitive climate conditions and long-term grazing activities have a profound influence on …