ArticleNature ecology & evolution2020
Evolution of an inferior competitor increases resistance to biological invasion.
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- Integrating eco-evolutionary dynamics and modern coexistence theory.Ecology letters · 2022Article
- Evolution of plasticity prevents postinvasion extinction of a native forb.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Historical contingency and the role of post-invasion evolution in alternative community states.Ecology · 2022Article
- Shift in competitive ability mediated by soil biota in an invasive plant.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- The evolution of niche overlap and competitive differences.Nature ecology & evolution · 2021Article
- Competitive history shapes rapid evolution in a seasonal climate.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
Biodiversity is imperilled by the spatial homogenization of life on Earth. As new species invade ecological communities, there is urgent need to understand when native species might resist or succumb to interactions with new species. In the California Floristic Province, a global biodiversity hotspot, we show that populations of a native grass (Vulpia microstachys) have evolved to resist the competitive impacts of a dominant European invader (Bromus hordeaceus). Contrary to classic theory, which predicts that competing species co-evolve to differentiate their niches, our evidence is instead most consistent with the native species having evolved to better compete for those resources used by the invader, curtailing the invader's spread. Evolution to resist an invader was achieved despite populations interacting within a diverse background community (22 species 0.5 m
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