Rapid and repeated evolution of increased competitive ability in a global invader
Dávid U. Nagy, Ragan M. Callaway, S. Luke Flory, Christopher D. Barratt, Walter Durka, Ylva Lekberg, Marilia S. Lucas, Stefan G. Michalski, Renske E. Onstein, Robert W. Pal, Julian Selke, Arpad E. Thoma, Mohammad M. Al-Gharaibeh, Ali A. Al-Namazi, Guadalupe Andraca-Gómez, Pål Axel Olsson, Shukherdor · 2026
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Dávid Nagy and a very large team of co-authors test whether invading plants evolve into tougher rivals again and again, in a 2026 paper. Weeds that conquer new continents sometimes grow feistier there, freed from old enemies. Whether that boost is a general rule, and what drives it, stayed murky in small past studies.
The team sampled one global invader across much of its range, untangling family ties so look-alike ancestry would not fake the pattern. The title reports the outcome: competitive ability rose quickly and repeatedly in the invaded ranges. Such findings tilt control strategy: the enemy abroad is not the plant that left home, but a stronger descendant.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dávid U. Nagy, Ragan M. Callaway, S. Luke Flory, Christopher D. Barratt, Walter Durka, Ylva Lekberg, Marilia S. Lucas, Stefan G. Michalski, Renske E. Onstein, Robert W. Pal, Julian Selke, Arpad E. Thoma, Mohammad M. Al-Gharaibeh, Ali A. Al-Namazi, Guadalupe Andraca-Gómez, Pål Axel Olsson, Shukherdor |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |