Dr Wayne Dawson's Outputs (6)

Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized (2016)
Journal Article
Razanajatovo, M., Maurel, N., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., …van Kleunen, M. (2016). Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13313. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13313

Many plant species have established self-sustaining populations outside their natural range because of human activities. Plants with selfing ability should be more likely to establish outside their historical range because they can reproduce from a s... Read More about Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized.

Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded? (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Dawson, W., Prati, D., Haeuser, E., Feng, Y., & van Kleunen, M. (2016). Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded?. Annals of Botany, 118(7), 1329-1336. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw180

Background and Aims It is frequently assumed that phenotypic plasticity can be very advantageous for plants, because it may increase environmental tolerance (fitness homeostasis). This should, however, only hold for plastic responses that are adaptiv... Read More about Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded?.

Climate change will increase naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe (2016)
Journal Article
Dullinger, I., Wessely, J., Bossdorf, O., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Gattringer, A., …Dullinger, S. (2017). Climate change will increase naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12512

Aim: Plant invasions often follow initial introduction with a considerable delay. The current non-native flora of a region may hence contain species that are not yet naturalized but may become so in the future, especially if climate change lifts limi... Read More about Climate change will increase naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe.

Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions (2016)
Journal Article
Dawson, W., & Schrama, M. (2016). Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions. Journal of Ecology, 104(5), 1211-1218. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12619

Understanding how invasions by exotic plant species occur has been and still is a fundamental goal in the field of invasion ecology. Recently, research focus has shifted to below-ground mechanisms of invasion, which has provided valuable insights int... Read More about Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions.

Alien and native plant establishment in grassland communities is more strongly affected by disturbance than above- and below-ground enemies (2016)
Journal Article
Müller, G., Horstmeyer, L., Rönneburg, T., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2016). Alien and native plant establishment in grassland communities is more strongly affected by disturbance than above- and below-ground enemies. Journal of Ecology, 104(5), 1233-1242. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12601

Summary Understanding the factors that drive commonness and rarity of plant species and whether these factors differ for alien and native species are key questions in ecology. If a species is to become common in a community, incoming propagules must... Read More about Alien and native plant establishment in grassland communities is more strongly affected by disturbance than above- and below-ground enemies.

Commonness and rarity of alien and native plant species - the relative roles of intraspecific competition and plant - soil feedback (2016)
Journal Article
Mueller, G., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2016). Commonness and rarity of alien and native plant species - the relative roles of intraspecific competition and plant - soil feedback. Oikos, 125(10), 1458-1466. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.02770

The success of invasive alien and common native species may be explained by the same underlying mechanisms. Differences in intraspecific competition as well as differences in plant–soil feedback have been put forward as potential determinants of plan... Read More about Commonness and rarity of alien and native plant species - the relative roles of intraspecific competition and plant - soil feedback.