Katy Ivison (formerly a PhD student in the lab), had double success recently, with publications from her PhD in Oikos and in Diversity & Distributions (DDI).

The Oikos study was a complex multi-species experiment, assessing the effects of artifical warming, reduced herbivory and native competition on introduced plant performance in Norway. Find out more by reading the paper here.

The DDI study assessed the levels of herbivory experienced by native versus introduced plants (naturalised or not) planted in 15 European botanic gardens. Interestingly, introduced species that haven’t naturalised suffered less herbivory than native plant species. This suggests that escape from herbivory is unlikely to play much of a role in naturalisation success. This study happened as a result of covid, leading to Katy’s fieldwork being curtailed. We needed a new PhD chapter, and with the help, support and data from colleagues across Europe, this was the result! Find out more by reading the paper here.