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Alien plant species with a wider global distribution are better able to capitalize on increased resource availability

Dawson, Wayne ; Rohr, Rudolf P. ; Kleunen, Mark van ; Fischer, Markus

In: New Phytologist, 2012, vol. 194, no. 3, p. 859–867

A high ability of alien plant species to capitalize on increases in resource availability has been suggested as an explanation for being globally successful. Here, we tested this hypothesis meta-analytically using existing data from experiments manipulating plant resources (light, water and nutrients).From these studies we extracted the response to resource increase of biomass, as an indicator of...