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When weeds team up: biocontrols to curb invasive plants might be helping them instead

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By Melissa Lyne, Stephen Bonser
| UNSW Newsroom
Trying to curb invasive plants with natural predators such as insects and other herbivores could be helping weeds form unexpected alliances – making them even harder to manage, new research suggests. A new study by UNSW Sydney researchers suggests that introducing herbivorous insects or animals to control invasive weeds might be triggering a cooperative response among the plants, allowing them to thrive rather than decline.
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The biocontrol paradox

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By Stephen Bonser, Karen Zeng, Angela Moles, Violaine Gabriel
| Cell Press Verified
Keywords cooperative and competitive strategies growth defence trade-off invasive species shade avoidance syndrome Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Thomas, M.B. ∙ Reid, A.M. Are exotic natural enemies an effective way of controlling invasive plants? Trends Ecol. Evol. 2007; 22:447-453 2. Clewley, G.D. ... The effectiveness of classical biological control of invasive plants J. Appl. Ecol. 2012; 49:1287-1295 3. Stiling, P. ∙ Cornelissen, T.
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Introduced species shed friends as well as enemies - Scientific Reports

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By Zoe A. Xirocostas, Jeff Ollerton, Begoña Peco, Eve Slavich, Stephen Bonser, Meelis Pärtel
| Nature Verified
Abstract Many studies seeking to understand the success of biological invasions focus on species’ escape from negative interactions, such as damage from herbivores, pathogens, or predators in their introduced range (enemy release). However, much less work has been done to assess the possibility that introduced species might shed mutualists such as pollinators, seed dispersers, and mycorrhizae when they are transported to a new range.
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