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  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Botany

Background:

  • Globalization drives increasing plant invasions worldwide, posing significant ecological and economic threats.
  • Understanding invasion success requires integrating multiple drivers and context-specific factors.
  • Current research often focuses on biogeographical patterns, necessitating a community-level perspective.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review community-level frameworks for understanding plant invasion success in terrestrial systems.
  • To explore the roles of intrinsic plant traits, biotic, and abiotic conditions in invasion dynamics.
  • To examine the influence of human-induced changes on current and future plant invasions.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review focusing on community ecology and invasion biology.
  • Synthesis of existing hypotheses and theories on invasion drivers.
  • Analysis of factors influencing species invasiveness and ecosystem invasibility.

Main Results:

  • Intrinsic plant properties significantly determine species invasiveness.
  • Biotic and abiotic ecosystem conditions mediate invasibility and resistance.
  • Human-induced environmental changes are fundamental drivers of plant invasions across scales.

Conclusions:

  • A community-level perspective is crucial for predicting plant invasion success.
  • Integrating plant traits with ecosystem properties and anthropogenic impacts offers robust explanations.
  • Future invasion trajectories will be shaped by ongoing and future human-induced environmental changes.