Giving recipient communities a greater head start and including productive species boosts early resistance to invasion

• Published in: Applied vegetation science Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 340 - 352
• Main Authors: Hess, Manon Célia Morgane, Buisson, Elise, Fontes, Hugo, Bacon, Léo, Sabatier, Florent, Mesléard, François, Marrs, Rob
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2020; Wiley
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Ambrosia artemisiifolia; assembly; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biomass; biomass production; biotic resistance; Bothriochloa barbinodis; coexistence; colonizing ability; Composition; Cortaderia selloana; Density; ecological invasion; Emergence; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Global Changes; Herbivores; historical contingencies; Indigenous plants; Indigenous species; Introduced species; Invasive species; land restoration; Monoculture; multistate models; Plant species; plants (botany); Polyculture; priority effects; restoration; Revegetation; Seeding; seedling emergence; Seedlings; Seeds; soil; sowing; Species composition; species diversity; Success; Survival

Questions Giving a time advance to restored native plant species has recently been considered a promising way to improve their persistence and reduce invasion success (i.e., through priority effects). However, little is known about the influence of the elapsed time between seeding and invasion and i...