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Selected Publications

2025

Paudel, R., Fristoe, T.S., Kinlock, N.L., Davis, A.J.S., Zhao, W., van Calster, H., Chytry, M., Danihelka, J., Decocq, G., Ehrendorder-Schratt, L., Guo, K., Guo, W.-Y., Kaplan, Z., Pierce, S., Wild, J., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., Winter, M., van Kleunen, M. (2025). Many plants naturalized as aliens abroad have also become more common within their native regions. Nature Communications, 16, 8227 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63293-6

Stewart, P.S., Hill, R.A., Oduor, A.M., Stephens, P.A., Whittingham, M.J. & Dawson, W. (2025). Multi-species impacts of invasive Opuntia Cacti on Mammal Habitat Use. Ecology Letters, 28, e70163 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70163

Ivison, K., Howard, C., Baldini, L., Pysek, P., Dawson, W. & Speed, J.D.M. (2025). Horizon scanning of potential invasive alien plant species and their distribution in Norway under a changing climate. Ecography, 8, e07604 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.07604

Copeland, A.I. & Dawson, W. (2025). The introduced and invasive flora of Bermuda. Biological Invasions, 27, 102 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03559-8

2024

Ivison, K., van Kleunen, M., Speed, J.D.M, Vange, V., Pujana S., Boch, S., Enters, D., Groom, Q., Janovsky, Z., Jeschke, K.M., Joshi, J., Kolb, A., Kollmann, J., Koubek, T., Lemke, T., Matthies, D., Raabova, J., Tielborger, K. & Dawson, W. (2024). Non-native, non-naturalised plants suffer less herbivory than native plants across european botanical gardens. Diversity and Distributions, 30, e13938 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13938

Ivison, K., Vange, V., Speed, J.D.M. & Dawson, W. (2024). Invasive plants grow taller under experimental warming, but mediated effects of biotic interactions are species-specific. Oikos, e10932 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10932

2023

Dawson, W., Peyton, J.M., Pescott, O.L., Adriaens, T., Cottier-Cook, E.J., Frohlich, D.S., Key, G., Malumphy, C., Martinou, A.F., Minchin, D., Moore, N., Rabitsch, W., Rorke, S.L., Tricarico, E., Turvey, K.M.A., Winfield, I.J., Barnes, D.K.A., Baum, D., Bensusan, K., Burton, F.J., Carr, P., Convey, P., Copeland, A.I., Fa, D.A., Fowler L., Garcia-Berthou, E., Gonzalez, A., Moreno, P.-G., Gray, A., Griffiths, R. W., Guillem, R., Guzman, A.N., Haakonsson, J., Hughes, K.A., James, R., Linares, L., Maczey, N., Mailer, S., Naqqi Manco, B., Martin, S., Monace, A., Moverley, D.G., Rose-Smyth, C., Shanklin, J., Stevens, N., Stewart, A.J., Vaux, A.G.C., Warr, S.J., Werenkaut, V. & Roy, H.E. (2022). Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across United Kingdom Overseas Territories. Conservation Letters, 16, e12928 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12928

Stewart, P.S., Stephens, P.A., Hill, R.A., Whittingham, M.J. & Dawson, W. (2023). Model selection in occupancy models: inference versus prediction. Ecology, 104, e3942 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3942

2022

Bach, W., Kreft, H., Craven, D., Konig, C., Schrader, J., Taylor, A., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Marx, E., Meyer, C., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., van Kleunen, M., Winter, M. & Weigelt, P. (2022). Phylogenetic composition of native island floras influences naturalized alien species richness. Ecography, e06227. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06227

Hancock, S.C., Essl, F., Kraak, M-J., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., Pysek, P., Pergl, J., van Kleunen, M., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Gartner, G. & Lenzner, B. (2022). Introducing the combined atlas framework for large-scale web-based data vizualisation: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion. Methods in Ecology & Evolution, 13, 1073-1081. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13820

Ivison, K., Speed, J.D.M., Prestø, T. & Dawson, W. (2022). Testing enemy release of non-native plants across time and space using herbarium specimens in Norway. Journal of Ecology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13998

Latombe, G., Seebens, H., Lenzner, B., Courchamp, F., Dullinger, S., Golivets, M., Kuhn, I., Leung, B., Roura-Pascual, N., Cebrian, E., Dawson, W., Diagne, C., Jeschke, J.M., Perez-Granados, C., Moser, D., Turbelin, A., Visconti, P. & Essl, F. (2022). Capacity of countries to reduce biological invasions. Sustainability Science, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01166-3

Lenzner, B., Latombe, G., Schertler, A., Seebens, H., Yang, Q., Winter, M., Weigelt, P., van Kleunen, M., Pysek, P., Pergl, J., Kreft, H., Dawson, W., Dullinger, S. & Essl, F. (2022). Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism. Nature Ecology & Evolution, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1

Omer, A., Fristoe, T., Yang, Q., Razanajatovo, M., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H., Dawson, W., Dullinger, S., Essl, F., Pergl, J., Pysek, P. & van Kleunen, M. (2022). The role of phylogenetic relatedness on alien plant success depends on the stage of invasion. Nature Plants, 8, 906-914. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01216-9

Stewart, P.S., Voskamp, A., Santini, L., Biber, M.F., Devenish, A.J.M., Hof, C., Willis, S.G. & Tobias, J.A. (2022). Global impacts of climate change on avian functional diversity. Ecology Letters, 25, 673-685. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13830

Tichit P., Zhou, T., Kjer, H.M., Andersen Dahl, V., Bjorholm Dahl, A. & Baird, E. (2022). InSegtCone: Interactive Segmentation of crystalline Cones in compound eyes. BMC Zoology.

Yu, H., He, Y., Zhang, W., Chen, L., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., Dawson, W. & Ding, J. (2022). Greater chemical signaling in root exudates enhances soil mutualistic associations in invasive plants compared to natives. New Phytologist, 236, 1140-1153. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18289

2021

Chong, K.Y., Corlett, R.T., Nuñez, M.A., Chiu, J.H., Courchamp, F., Dawson, W., Kuebbing, S., Liebhold, A.M., Padmanaba, M., Souza, L., Andersen, K.M., Fei, S., Lee, B.P.Y-H., Lum, S., Luskin, M.S., Ngo, K.M. & Wardle, D. (2021). Are terrestrial biological invasions different inthe tropics? Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, 52, 291-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021-095454

Gioria, M., Carta, A., Baskin, C.C., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., van Kleunen, M., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Pyšek, P. (2021). Persistent soil seed banks promotes naturalisation and invasiveness in flowering plants. Ecology Letters, 24, 1655-1667. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13783

Jezeera, M., Tichit, P., Balamurali, G.S., Baird, E., Kelber, A. & Somanathan, H. (2021). Spatial resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 1-14.

Stewart, P.S., Hill, R.A., Stephens, P.A., Whittingham, M.J. & Dawson, W. (2021). Impacts of invasive plants on animal behaviour. Ecology Letters, 24, 891–907. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13687

2020

Baird, E., Tichit, P. & Guiraud, M. (2020). The neuroecology of bee flight behaviours. Current Opinion in Insect Science, doi:10.1016/j.cois.2020.07.005.

Brunel, C., Pouteau, R., Dawson, W., Pester, M., Ramirez, K.S., van Kleunen, M. (2020). Towards unraveling macroecological patterns in rhizosphere microbiomes. Trends in Plant Science, 25, 1017-1029. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.04.015

Funk, J.L., Parker, I.M., Matzek, V., Flory, S.L., Aschehoug, E.T., D’Antonio, C.M., Dawson, W., Thomson, D.M. & Valliere, J. (2020). Keys to enhancing the value of invasion ecology research for management. Biological Invasions, 22, 2431-2445. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02267-9

Tichit, P., Alves-dos-Santos, I., Dacke, M. & Baird, E. (2020). Accelerated landings in stingless bees are triggered by visual threshold cues. Biology Letters, 16.

Tichit, P., Alves-Dos-Santos, I., Dacke, M. & Baird, E. (2020). Accelerated landing in a stingless bee and its unexpected benefits for traffic congestion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287.

van Kleunen, M., Xu, X., Yang, Q., Maurel, N., Zhang, Z., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Weigelt, P., Moser, D., Lenzner, B. & Fristoe, T.S. (2020). Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success. Nature Communications, 11, 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16982-3

2019

Essl, F., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., van Kleunen, M., Weigelt, P., Mang, T., Dullinger, S., Lenzner, B., Moser, D., Maurel, N., Seebens, H., Stein, A., Weber, E., Chatelain, C., Genovesi, P., Kartesz, J., Morozova, O., Nishino, M, Nowak, P.M., Pagad, S., Shu, W.-S. & Winter, M. (2020). Drivers of the relative richness of naturalized and invasive plant species on Earth. AoB Plants, 11, plz051. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz051

Haueser, E., Dawson, W. & van Kleunen, M. (2019). Introduced garden plants are strong competitors of native and alien residents under simulated climate change. Journal of Ecology, 107, 1328-1342. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13101

Malecore, E.M., Dawson, W., Kempel, A., Müller, G. & van Kleunen, M. (2019). Nonlinear effects of phylogenetic distance on early‐stage establishment of experimentally introduced plants in grassland communities. Journal of Ecology, 107, 781-793. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13059

Taylor, G.J., Tichit, P., Schmidt, M.D., Bodey, A.J., Rau, C., Baird, E. (2019). Bumblebee visual allometry results in locally improved resolution and globally improved sensitivity. Elife, 8.

2018

Haueser, E., Dawson, W., Thuiller, W., Dullinger, S., Block, S., Bossdorf, O., Carboni, M., Conti, L., Dullinger, I., Essl, F., Klonner, G., Moser, D., Münkemüller, T., Parepa, M., Talluto, M.V., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Hermy, M., van der Veken, S., Roguet, C., van Kleunen, M. (2018). European ornamental garden flora as an invasion debt under climate change. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 2386-2395. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13197

Moser, D., Lenzner, B., Weigelt, P., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., van Kleunen, M., Winter, M., Capinha, C., Cassey, P., Dullinger, S., Economo, E.P., Garcia-Diaz, P., Guénard, B., Hofhansl, F., Mang, T., Seebens, H. & Essl, F. (2018). Remoteness promotes biological invasions on islands worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 115, 9270-9275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804179115

van Kleunen, M., Bossdorf, O. & Dawson, W. (2018). The ecology and evolution of alien plants. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, 49, 25-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110617-062654

2017

Dawson, W., Moser, D., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Lenzner, B., Blackburn, T.M., Dyer, E.E., Cassey, P., Scrivens, S.L., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Capinha, C., Seebens, H., Garcia-Diaz, P., Nentwig, W., Garcia-Berthou, E., Casal, C., Mandrak, N.E., Fuller, P., Meyer, C. & Essl, F. (2017). Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1, 0186. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0186

Dawson, W., Hör, J., Egert, M., van Kleunen, M. & Pester, M. (2017). A small number of low-abundance bacteria dominate plant species-specific responses during rhizosphere colonization. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 975. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00975