Traits Associated with Invasiveness in Alien Plants: Where Do we Stand?

By Petr Pyšek, D. Richardson. 2008

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Subfields: Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Invasive Species, Environmental Change and Management, and Health (2010, background): “Whether or not they succeed depends on how their biological traits equip them for dealing with the rigors of the new environment, whether they are able to reproduce, disperse, and successfully compete with resident biota in local communities (11, 12), but also on the habitat and climate match betwee”
Invaders among locals: Alien species decrease phylogenetic and functional diversity while increasing dissimilarity among native community members (2018, background): “Aliens also have a longer flowering period (Pyšek & Richardson, 2007).”
Defining invasiveness and invasibility in ecological networks (2016, background): “pressure, and foraging/reproduction/dispersal traits (Pyšek and Richardson 2007).”
The Ecology and Evolution of Alien Plants (2018, positive): “Although most studies on traits associated with invasiveness have compared invasive alien to native species (Pyšek & Richardson 2007, van Kleunen et al. 2010b, Davidson et al. 2011), this cannot reveal why alien species differ in invasiveness.”
Early bird catches the worm: germination as a critical step in plant invasion (2016, background): “…traits such as large seed production and high germination, as well as a capacity to germinate under a broad range of environmental conditions characterize many invasive and weedy species (Baker 1974; Colautti et al. 2006; Grime et al. 2007; Pyšek and Richardson 2007; Moravcová et al. 2010, 2015).”
Functional differences between native and alien species: a global-scale comparison: Functional differences of native and alien plants (2010, background): “Third, we assess whether the trait composition of co-occurring native and alien spe- cies supports either the idea of phenotypic convergence (and thus of habitat filtering and common constraints) or the idea of phenotypic divergence (and thus of limiting similar- ity and empty niches).”
Timing is everything: does early and late germination favor invasions by herbaceous alien plants? (2016, positive): “A capacity for early germination has long been regarded as an important trait conferring weediness or invasiveness (Baker 1974; Pyšek and Richardson 2007).”
Prediction and validation of the potential global distribution of a problematic alien invasive species — the American bullfrog (2007, background): “For instance, climatic similarity between native and target regions is considered a basic requirement for successful invasions (Panetta & Mitchell, 1991; Mack, 1996; Welk et al ., 2002; Robertson et al ., 2004; Thuiller et al ., 2005; Richardson & Thuiller, 2007).”
Rapid evolution in introduced species, ‘invasive traits’ and recipient communities: challenges for predicting invasive potential (2008, background): “…specific taxa and specific habitats or regions (reviewed in Mack et al ., 2000; Kolar & Lodge, 2001; Sakai et al ., 2001; Rejmánek et al ., 2005; © 2008 The Authors 572 Diversity and Distributions , 14 , 569–580, Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Py Í ek & Richardson, 2007).”