ReviewBioscience2024
Global proliferation of nonnative plants is a major driver of insect invasions.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Native and non-native ambrosia beetles compete for deadwood resources.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2026Article
- A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
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- Island invasions by the non-native vinegar fly Drosophila suzukii and its parasitoid wasps.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026Article
- Building dense or compact cities without jeopardizing biodiversity: Insights from bird observations in Gothenburg, Sweden.npj urban sustainability · 2026Article
- When the novelty wears off: enemy spillover drives plant invasion success.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- The Parasitoid Complex ofInsects · 2025Article
- Double Trouble: Aquatic Invasive Plants Can Promote Mosquitoes.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Tracing the Invasion ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- First Detection ofInsects · 2025Article
- Together again: the invasive mustardBioControl (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Invasions by nonnative insect species can massively disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic impacts. Previous work has identified propagule pressure as important driver of the trend of increasing numbers of insect invasions worldwide. In the present article, we propose an alternative hypothesis-that insect invasions are being driven by the proliferation of nonnative plants, which create niches for insect specialists and facilitate their establishment outside their native ranges where their hosts are planted or are invasive. We synthesize mechanisms by which plant invasions facilitate insect invasions, macroecological patterns supporting the tight link between plant and insect invasions, and case studies of plant invasions having facilitated subsequent insect establishment. This body of evidence indicates that plant invasions are a major driver of insect invasions. Consequently, the benefits of limiting the spread of nonnative plants include averting the proliferation of nonnative insects and their spillover onto native plant species.
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