Increased genetic variation and evolutionary potential drive the success of an invasive grass

By S. Lavergne, Jane Molofsky. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Reconstructing routes of invasion using genetic data: why, how and so what? (2010, background): “…variability (or at least a high level of additive genetic variation) is expected to favour adaptation in remote territories and, thus, the settlement and spread of the introduced propagules (Facon et al. 2006, 2008; Kolbe et al. 2004; Lavergne & Molofsky 2007; Lee 2002; Roman & Darling 2007).”
An inventory of invasive alien species in China (2012, background): “In this context, it is often suggested that rapid evolutionary change is supported by standing genetic variance or genetic mixing (intra- or inter-specific; Lavergne and Molofsky 2007, Prentis et al. 2008, Dormontt et al. 2011).”
The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions. (2012, background): “Clear evidence for rapid evolutionary change in invasive plants has been repeatedly found when intraspecific hybridization (admixture) between previously allopatric lineages occurs in the invasive range(s) (e.g. Hurka et al., 2003; Lavergne and Molofsky, 2007; Keller and Taylor, 2010).”
Predicting potential distributions of invasive species: where to go from here? (2010, background): “…of slow niche evolution by demonstrating that some invasive species have rapidly evolved during the course of invasion because of genome size reduction (Lavergne & Molofsky, 2007), genetic bottleneck, converging selection, mutations (Phillips et al., 2008b) or hybridization (Hall et al., 2006).”
Invasive species distribution models – how violating the equilibrium assumption can create new insights (2012, background): “This could be due to increased genetic variation from multiple introductions generating genetic novelties through recombination (e.g. Lavergne & Molofsky, 2007), genome characteristics for rapid adaptation (e.g. neopolyploidy; Ramsey & Schemske, 2002) or hybridization with adapted native congeneric…”
Evidence for climatic niche and biome shifts between native and novel ranges in plant species introduced to Australia (2010, background): “Rapid evolutionary adjustments to novel environments may also contribute to the successful spread of invasive species (Broennimann et al. 2007; Lavergne & Molofsky 2007) and can occur within < 20 generations (Prentis et al. 2008).”
Out of South America: multiple origins of non‐native apple snails in Asia (2008, background): “This former pattern is often correlated with the successful establishment and invasiveness of non-native species (Barrett & Husband, 1990; Lavergne & Molofsky, 2007).”
Phylogeographic consequences of different introduction histories of invasive Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Fabaceae) in South Africa (2011, background): “Multiple introductions can help overcome the negative effects of founder events and genetic bottlenecks so that newly established populations can, and often do, harbour similar levels of genetic diversity to that in native populations (Lavergne & Molofsky, 2007).”
Climate change and weed adaptation: can evolution of invasive plants lead to greater range expansion than forecasted? (2011, background): “…arundinacea L. (reed canary grass) exhibits greater genetic variation at the 2011 The Authors Weed Research 2011 European Weed Research Society Weed Research 51, 227–240 limit of its range (Lavergne & Molofsky, 2007), with the implication that more rapid evolution could occur in these regions.”
Hybridization of invasive Phragmites australis with a native subspecies in North America (2009, background): “Recently published literature has highlighted the role of increased genetic variation in the success of biological invasions and in the resultant loss of native species (e.g., Ellstrand and Schierenbeck 2000; Lavergne and Molofsky 2007; Hufbauer 2008; Ayres et al. 2008).”
The elephant in the room: the role of failed invasions in understanding invasion biology (2013, background): “Phalaris arundinacea is also a native wetland grass in North America that became invasive after previously isolated non-native genotypes combined to create a novel genotype (Lavergne and Molofsky 2007).”
Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward. (2013, neutral): “Furthermore, molecular meth-ods increasingly reveal that what had been regarded as ‘invasion’ might instead result from new genotypes from distant sources [29].”
Ecological Genetics of Plant Invasion: What Do We Know? (2008, background): “Lavergne and Molofsky (2007) also detected plasticity in the expression of several phenotypic traits in genetically diverse invasive populations of reed canary grass.”
The role of intraspecific hybridization in the evolution of invasiveness: a case study of the ornamental pear tree Pyrus calleryana (2009, background): “We are still at an early stage in understanding how frequently intraspecific hybridization leads to invasiveness but the cases identified so far (Lavergne and Molofsky 2004, 2007; Williams et al. 2005, 2007; Culley and Hardiman 2007) indicate that it can occur in several unrelated species.”
Ecological and evolutionary responses of Mediterranean plants to global change. (2014, positive): “…et al., 2008), phenological and life-history traits (Blair and Wolfe, 2004; Maron et al., 2004; Dlugosch and Parker, 2008), and reproductive traits (Lavergne and Molofsky, 2007; see Bossdorf et al., 2005; Matesanz et al., 2010 for further references on evolutionary changes between native and…”