Abstract Background Invasive plants pose a major threat to global biodiversity, yet the molecular and genomic mechanisms underlying their success remain poorly understood.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• A BIOGEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE IMPACTS AND IMPORTANCE OF RODENT GRANIVORY ON NATIVE VS. INVASIVE PLANTS (2017)

  One of the most well-known explanations for the success of invasive plants in novel environments is enemy release, which predicts that 1) invasive plants are limited by natural enemies in the native range but not the non-native range, and 2) native competitors in recipient communities remain limited by their natural enemies.

  Keywords: native invasive plants limited natural enemies range well known explanations success novel environments enemy release
• Environmental filters shape alien plant community composition in fragmented native shrublands (2026) · doi

  Abstract Habitat fragmentation is a major contributor to alien plant invasions, yet little is known regarding the role of environmental filtering in determining the identity of species invading ecosystem fragments.

  Keywords: abstract habitat fragmentation major contributor alien plant invasions little known regarding role environmental filtering determining
• Disparate introduction histories but similar climatic distribution patterns among congeneric invasive anurans (2026) · doi

  Commonly shared patterns of introduction and spread into new environmental conditions are often poorly understood, even though a better understanding of invasion history and niche dynamics among closely related invasive species could give practitioners valuable information to prevent and mitigate the impact of biological invasions.

  Keywords: commonly shared patterns introduction spread environmental conditions often poorly understood even though better understanding invasion
• Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics in Phragmites australis reveal the association of B chromosomes with plant invasiveness (2026) · doi

  Abstract Background Invasive plants pose a major threat to global biodiversity, yet the molecular and genomic mechanisms underlying their success remain poorly understood.

  Keywords: abstract background invasive plants pose major threat global biodiversity molecular genomic mechanisms underlying success remain