A competition experiment of an invasive alien grass and two native species: are functionally similar species better competitors?

Moving Away From Limiting Similarity During Restoration: Timing of Arrival and Native Biomass Are Better Proxies of Invasion Suppression in Grassland Communities

“…According to this, alien species would only be able to invade communities consisting of ecologically dissimilar species, a concept described by the "limiting similarity hypothesis" (Shea and Chesson, 2002;Funk et al, 2008). Several studies have explored this concept by using a set of plant functional traits for comparing native and invasive species with respect to ecological similarity (Byun et al, 2013;Yannelli et al, 2018;Catford et al, 2019;Fagúndez and Lema, 2019). There is some evidence that trait similarity between native and invasive species can modulate invasion success, particularly in artificial communities, but results have been conflicting so far (Price and Pärtel, 2013;Yannelli et al, 2018).…”

Kentucky Bluegrass Invasion in the Northern Great Plains and Prospective Management Approaches to Mitigate Its Spread

“…However, exotic species’ performance largely relies on traits of those species and the surrounding native species [ 108 ]. According to the limiting similarity hypothesis, species with similar functional traits are better competitors for available resources [ 109 , 110 ]. For example, competition for available water, nutrients, and light during the seedling development stage is the determining factor for species success, and species with similar functional traits such as root structure and resource uptake mechanisms are better competitors [ 109 , 111 , 112 ].…”

“…According to the limiting similarity hypothesis, species with similar functional traits are better competitors for available resources [ 109 , 110 ]. For example, competition for available water, nutrients, and light during the seedling development stage is the determining factor for species success, and species with similar functional traits such as root structure and resource uptake mechanisms are better competitors [ 109 , 111 , 112 ]. A previous study found that invasive grasses (Kentucky bluegrass and smooth brome) were equally competitive with a few native grasses, including Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) and Pascopyrum smithii (western wheatgrass), under variable available moisture [ 113 ].…”

Pyrolysis technology for Cortaderia selloana invasive species. Prospects in the biomass energy sector

“…& Graebn., commonly known as pampa grass, was used as renewable energy source. This plant, originally from Latin America (Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay) [6,7] is currently one of the main invasive species in southern Europe [8] colonizing disturbing places in a short time [9] and generating large vegetative tussocks and tall, persisting flowering heads [10]. This way, the use of this species aerial parts for energy purposes could be an attractive option.…”