Are invasive plant species better competitors than native plant species? - evidence from pair-wise experiments

By M. Vilà, J. Weiner. 2004

680 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Petr Pyšek
2. R. Callaway
3. D. Richardson
4. P. Alpert
5. M. Vilà
6. L. Cavieres
7. Urs Schaffner
8. V. Jarošı́k

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Petr Pyšek
2. D. Richardson
3. L. Cavieres
4. M. Vilà
5. R. Callaway
6. P. Alpert
7. S. Lavorel
8. Jan Pergl

In Plant Science

1. Petr Pyšek
2. R. Callaway
3. L. Cavieres
4. D. Richardson
5. P. Alpert
6. M. Vilà
7. H. Schenk
8. J. Klironomos

Citations in the corpus

• Invasion success of alien plants: do habitat affinities in the native distribution range matter? (2009, background): “…stochastic factors, traits associated with the ability to reproduce and disperse (Py ß ek & Richardson, 2007), compete with resident vegetation (Daehler, 2003; Vilà & Weiner, 2004), accommodate and allocate resources or tolerate stressful factors (MacDougall et al ., 2006; Muth & Pigliucci, 2007).”
• The presence of a showy invasive plant disrupts pollinator service and reproductive output in native alpine species only at high densities (2008, positive): “RNE is an adequate index for the analysis of plant interactions because of their statistical properties (Weigelt & Jolliffe 2003).”
• Landscape‐scale positive feedbacks between fire and expansion of the large tussock grass, Ampelodesmos mauritanica in Catalan shrublands (2005, background): “As adding an invader increases community biomass it is plausible to think that the invading species can tolerate the native vegetation and that the invader is utilizing previously unused resources (Vilà & Weiner, 2004).”
• Impact threshold for an alien plant invader, Lantana camara L., on native plant communities (2009, background): “, 2007); displace resident species through direct below and above ground competition for resources, such as space, water, nutrients and light (Walck et al., 1999; Vilà and Weiner, 2004); and modify or ‘engineer’ ecosystem processes and the physical resources of the recipient community, such as sedim”
• Mechanisms of exclusion of native coastal marsh plants by an invasive grass (2006, background): “As for invasive plant species in terrestrial communities (Levine et al. 2003; Vilà & Weiner 2004), exclusion of coastal marsh forbs by Phragmites appears to occur through competitive processes, particularly the impacts of shoots and their eventual breakdown into litter.”
• Do vigour of introduced populations and escape from specialist herbivores contribute to invasiveness? (2005, background): “Several studies have found evidence for increased vigour or competitiveness of introduced plant species in new habitats (Willis & Blossey 1999; Siemann & Rogers 2001; Leger & Rice 2003; Siemann & Rogers 2003; Vilá & Weiner 2004; Wolfe et al .”
• Potential allelopathic effects of Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi, Anacardiaceae) aqueous extract on germination and growth of selected Florida native plants1 (2005, background): “Our results suggest that allelopathy may also be involved, as has been suggested for other plant invasions (Hierro and Callaway 2003, Vila and Weiner 2004).”
• A Comparison of Plastic Responses to Competition by Invasive and Non-invasive Congeners in the Commelinaceae (2006, background): “The devastating economic and ecological effects of invasive plants have stimulated intense interest in understanding why some species are invasive (see, e.g., Pysˇ ek et al. 1995; Williamson and Fitter 1996; Grotkopp et al. 2002; Vila and Weiner 2004 ).”
• Facilitation of the non-native Taraxacum officinale by native nurse cushion species in the high Andes of central Chile: are there differences between nurses? (2007, background): “Much research has been done with the purpose of unravelling the mechanisms responsible for successful invasion, with many of the suggested mechanisms relating to negative interactions among native and exotic species, such as competition (Vilà & Weiner 2004) and allelopathy (Hierro & Callaway 2003).”
• Can more K‐selected species be better invaders? A case study of fruit flies in La Réunion (2007, background): “…snails, Byers (2000) suggested that competitive ability could be an important characteristic of biological invaders, as did Evans (2004) studying ladybirds, and Vila & Weiner (2004) reached the same conclusion based on a review of competition experiments between resident and invasive plants.”
• Invasive species grows faster, competes better, and shows greater evolution toward increased seed size and growth than exotic non-invasive congeners (2012, background): “2005; Pennings and Callaway 1992) and similar effects might be found in the context of exotic replacement of natives during invasion (He et al. 2003, 2009; Skálová and Pyšek 2009; Vilà and Weiner 2004).”
• ENEMY RELEASE? AN EXPERIMENT WITH CONGENERIC PLANT PAIRS AND DIVERSE ABOVE- AND BELOWGROUND ENEMIES (2005, background): “Ultimately, competition experiments must be conducted to fully test the effects of origin and enemies on the success and invasiveness of introduced species (Daehler 2003, Vilà and Weiner 2004).”