Demographic amplification is a predictor of invasiveness among plants

Kim Jelbert; Danielle Buss; Jenni McDonald; Stuart Townley; Miguel Franco; Iain Stott; Owen Jones; Roberto Salguero-Gómez; Yvonne Buckley; Tiffany Knight; Matthew Silk; Francesca Sargent; Simon Rolph; Phil Wilson; Dave Hodgson

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13556-w

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Demographic amplification is a predictor of invasiveness among plants

Kim Jelbert,
Danielle Buss,
Jenni McDonald,
Stuart Townley,
Miguel Franco,
Iain Stott,
Owen Jones,
Roberto Salguero-Gómez,
Yvonne Buckley,
Tiffany Knight,
Matthew Silk,
Francesca Sargent,
Simon Rolph,
Phil Wilson,
Dave Hodgson

Affiliations

Kim Jelbert: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Danielle Buss: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Jenni McDonald: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Stuart Townley: Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter
Miguel Franco: School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Plymouth University
Iain Stott: School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln
Owen Jones: Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark
Roberto Salguero-Gómez: University of Oxford, Department of Zoology
Yvonne Buckley: School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Tiffany Knight: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Matthew Silk: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Francesca Sargent: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Simon Rolph: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Phil Wilson: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Dave Hodgson: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13556-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Prior studies have examined fixed traits that correlate with plant invasiveness. Here the authors use a database of population matrices to compare demographic traits of invasive species in their native and invaded ranges, finding that demographic amplification is an important predictor of invasiveness.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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