Adding insult to injury: Light competition and allelochemical weapons interact to facilitate grass invasion

• Published in: Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) Vol. 14; no. 3
• Main Authors: Morrison, Colin R., Rhodes, Aaron C., Bowman, Elizabeth A., Plowes, Robert M., Sedio, Brian E., Gilbert, Lawrence E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Acids; Africa; Allelopathy; biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; biomass; Competition; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem services; ecosystems; Flora; Grasses; Grasslands; greenhouse experimentation; growth; Guinea grass; height; Hypotheses; Indigenous species; introduced; Invasive species; Megathyrsus maximus; metabolome; metabolomics; Native species; Nonnative species; plant establishment; Plant extracts; recruitment; secondary metabolites; Seedlings; shade; species recruitment; Texas; toxicity; United States > US; Texas; Africa

Biological invasions are a leading ecological issue of the 21st century because of their worldwide contributions to biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. Answering general questions about the mechanisms facilitating the spread of successful invasives is key to understanding how to...