Jack of all trades, master of some? On the role of phenotypic plasticity in plant invasions.

By C. Richards, O. Bossdorf, Norris Z. Muth, J. Gurevitch, M. Pigliucci. Ecology Letters, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Differences in plasticity between invasive and native plants from a low resource environment (2008, background): “In a recent review of the existing literature, Richards et al. (2006) concluded that the ability to capitalize on increased resource availability is a prevalent trait among invasive species.”
Timing is everything: does early and late germination favor invasions by herbaceous alien plants? (2016, positive): “Phenotypic plasticity is considered to play a major role in determining the success of many invasive plants (Nicotra et al. 2010; Pyšek and Richardson 2007; Richards et al. 2006), by affecting both the short-term response of plant populations to environmental variation and their long-term persistenc”
Home site advantage in two long‐lived arctic plant species: results from two 30‐year reciprocal transplant studies (2012, background): “Genotypes that exhibit phenotypic plasticity, and hence have an extensive niche breadth, may have greatest success in novel environments (Bradshaw 1965; Van Valen 1965; Sultan & Spencer 2002; Richards et al. 2006).”
The role of eco-evolutionary experience in invasion success (2013, positive): “Plasticity (e.g. in behaviour or morphology) resulting from adaptation to unstable environmental conditions in previous times may play an important role here (Nussey et al. 2005, Richards et al. 2006, Sol et al. 2008, Engel et al. 2011).”
Invasive plant species are locally adapted just as frequently and at least as strongly as native plant species (2016, background): “Given that short residence time and founder effects may constrain adaptive evolution in invasive plants, a frequent default has been to associate invasiveness of alien plants to other mechanisms such as phenotypic plasticity (Baker 1965; Williams, Mack & Black 1995; Lambrinos 2004; Richards et al. 2”
Geographical variation in vegetative growth and sexual reproduction of the invasive Spartina alterniflora in China (2016, background): “In other cases, phenotypic plasticity of exotics may allow them to colonize a wide variety of habitats (Richards et al. 2006; Davidson, Jennions & Nicotra 2011; Castillo et al. 2014).”
Introduction history and species characteristics partly explain naturalization success of North American woody species in Europe (2009, background): “Nevertheless, the positive effect of precipitation tolerance supports the hypothesis that environmental tolerance increases invasiveness (Baker 1974; Richards et al. 2006).”
Is rapid evolution common in introduced plant species? (2011, background): “…of dispersal ability (Cody & Overton 1996; Cheptou et al. 2008) and reproductive output (Ridley & Ellstrand 2009) as well as phenotypic plasticity (Richards et al. 2006), size (Blossey & Notzold 1995; Siemann & Rogers 2001; Bossdorf et al. 2004), vegetative reproduction (Lavergne & Molofsky…”
Narrow genetic and apparent phenetic diversity in Jatropha curcas : initial success with generating low phorbol ester interspecific hybrids (2009, background): “A pronounced phenotypic plasticity is in itself a genotypic trait that allows the plant to respond to different environments through morphological and physiological changes for its survival (Richards et al., 2006).”
Do invasive species show higher phenotypic plasticity than native species and, if so, is it adaptive? A meta-analysis. (2011, background): “It is usually proposed that the evolutionary response would be very rapid and occur during the establishment stage (Richards et al. 2006).”
Adaptive versus non‐adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the potential for contemporary adaptation in new environments (2007, background): “2003; Parsons & Robinson 2006), and (iii) the lessons learned have direct application to understand the processes that occur in biological invasions (e.g. Sexton, McKay & Sala 2002; Lambrinos 2004; Dybdahl & Kane 2005; Richards et al. 2006; Strauss, Lau & Carroll 2006).”
The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions. (2012, background): “Phenotypic plasticity Plant performance and invasion success are believed to be enhanced by high phenotypic plasticity (Baker, 1965; Richards et al., 2006; Davidson et al., 2011), and the same has been suggested for polyploid success.”
Divergence from the growth–survival trade‐off and extreme high growth rates drive patterns of exotic tree invasions in closed‐canopy forests (2010, background): “These mechanisms include plasticity in resource allocation (Claridge & Franklin 2002;Richards et al. 2006; Funk&Vitousek 2007), allelopathy and ‘novel weapons’ (e.g. Callaway & Ridenour 2004), and evolutionary factors (e.g. founder effects; Lambrinos 2004).”