Plant invasion is among the most serious of global challenges, affecting ecological
processes and threatening biodiversity. With alien plant species (APS) continuously …

Based on plant occurrence data covering all parts of Germany, we investigated changes in
the distribution of 2136 plant species between 1960 and 2017. We analyzed 29 million …

Roadsides are preferential migration corridors for invasive plant species and can act as
starting points for plant invasions into adjacent habitats. Rapid spread and interrupted …

To become invasive, exotic species have to succeed in the consecutive phases of
introduction, naturalization, and invasion. Each of these phases leaves traces in genetic …

Invasive species often evolve rapidly in response to the novel biotic and abiotic conditions in
their introduced range. Such adaptive evolutionary changes might play an important role in …

Most seeds of most plant species are dispersed over distances shorter than a few dozen
metres, and only very few seeds travel over long distances. While the long-distance …

Biological invasions are a major component of global environmental change, threatening
biodiversity and human well-being. These invasions have their origin in the human …

Experimental evidence on the bio-ecological effects of microplastics on terrestrial plants is
still lacking. In this study, we hypothesized that soil polluted with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) …

Activated carbon has become a widely used tool to investigate root-mediated allelopathy of
plants, especially in plant invasion biology, because it adsorbs and thereby neutralizes root …

The introduction and further spread of many alien species have been a result of trade and
transport. Consequently, alien species are often found close to traffic infrastructure and …