Staff profile

Lab Website

www.durhaminvasionscience.org

Research Focus

I am a plant ecologist, and my research is currently focused on the ecology of plant invasions at global, community and individual plant scales. I am particularly interested in understanding how biotic interactions might drive and also respond to plant invasions.

• 2019: Editor-in-Chief: Plant-Environment Interactions (to present)
• 2006: Member: British Ecological Society (to present)

Book review

• Dawson, W. (2018). Book Review: Invasion Dynamics by Cang Hui and David M. Richardson. NeoBiota, 38, 97-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.38.23858

Chapter in book

• Hulme, P., Burslem, D., Dawson, W., Edward, E., Richard, J., & Trevelyan, R. (2013). Aliens in the Arc: Are invasive trees a threat to the montane forests of East Africa?. In L. Foxcroft, P. Pyšek, D. Richardson, & P. Genovesi (Eds.), Plant Invasions in Protected Areas: Patterns, Problems and Challenges (145-165). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7_8

Journal Article

• Holmes, R., Pelser, P., Barcelona, J., Tjitrosoedirdjo, S. S., Wahyuni, I., van Kleunen, M., …Williams, M. (2023). The naturalized vascular flora of Malesia. Biological Invasions, 25(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02989-y
• Liu, D., Semenchuk, P., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Moser, D., Blackburn, T. M., …Dullinger, S. (2023). The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 2090. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37571-0
• Zhang, Z., Yang, Q., Fristoe, T. S., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., …van Kleunen, M. (2023). The poleward naturalization of intracontinental alien plants. Science Advances, 9(40), Article eadi1897. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi1897
• Tichit, P., Roy, H. E., Convey, P., Brickle, P., Newton, R. J., & Dawson, W. (2023). First record of the introduced ladybird beetle, Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus (1758), on South Georgia (sub‐Antarctic). Ecology and Evolution, 13(9), https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10513
• Latombe, G., Seebens, H., Lenzner, B., Courchamp, F., Dullinger, S., Golivets, M., …Essl, F. (2023). Capacity of countries to reduce biological invasions. Sustainability Science, 18(2), 771-789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01166-3
• 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(3), Article e3942. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3942
• Ivison, K., Speed, J. D., Prestø, T., & Dawson, W. (2023). Testing enemy release of non‐native plants across time and space using herbarium specimens in Norway. Journal of Ecology, 111(2), 300-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13998
• Dawson, W., Peyton, J. M., Pescott, O. L., Adriaens, T., Cottier-Cook, E. J., Frohlich, D. S., …Roy, H. E. (2023). Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across United Kingdom Overseas Territories. Conservation Letters, 16(1), Article e12928. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12928
• Yu, H., He, Y., Zhang, W., Chen, L., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., …Ding, J. (2022). Greater chemical signaling in root exudates enhances soil mutualistic associations in invasive plants compared to natives. New Phytologist, 236(3), 1140-1153. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18289
• Lenzner, B., Latombe, G., Schertler, A., Seebens, H., Yang, Q., Winter, M., …Essl, F. (2022). Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6(11), 1723-1732. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1
• Bach, W., Kreft, H., Craven, D., König, C., Schrader, J., Taylor, A., …Weigelt, P. (2022). Phylogenetic composition of native island floras influences naturalized alien species richness. Ecography, 2022(11), Article e06227. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06227
• Hancock, S. C., Essl, F., Kraak, M., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., Pyšek, P., …Lenzner, B. (2022). Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(5), 1073-1081. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13820
• Omer, A., Fristoe, T., Yang, Q., Razanajatovo, M., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H., …van Kleunen, M. (2022). The role of phylogenetic relatedness on alien plant success depends on the stage of invasion. Nature Plants, 8(8), 906-914. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01216-9
• Pouteau, R., Brunel, C., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Lenzner, B., …Kleunen, M. (2022). Environmental and socioeconomic correlates of extinction risk in endemic species. Diversity and Distributions, 28(1), 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13438
• Omer, A., Fristoe, T., Yang, Q., Maurel, N., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H., …van Kleunen, M. (2021). Characteristics of the naturalized flora of Southern Africa largely reflect the non‐random introduction of alien species for cultivation. Ecography, 44(12), 1812-1825. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05669
• Kalusová, V., Padullés Cubino, J., Fristoe, T. S., Chytrý, M., Kleunen, M., Dawson, W., …Sandel, B. (2021). Phylogenetic structure of alien plant species pools from European donor habitats. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(12), 2354-2367. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13387
• Chong, K., Corlett, R., Nunez, M., Chiu, J., Courchamp, F., Dawson, W., …Wardle, D. (2021). Are Terrestrial Biological Invasions Different in the Tropics?. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52, 291-314. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021-095454
• Pouteau, R., Biurrun, I., Brunel, C., Chytrý, M., Dawson, W., Essl, F., …van Kleunen, M. (2021). Potential alien ranges of European plants will shrink in the future, but less so for already naturalized than for not yet naturalized species. Diversity and Distributions, 27(11), 2063-2076. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13378
• Lenzner, B., Magallón, S., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., König, C., Pergl, J., …Essl, F. (2021). Role of diversification rates and evolutionary history as a driver of plant naturalization success. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2998 - 3008. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17014
• Seebens, H., Bacher, S., Blackburn, T. M., Capinha, C., Dawson, W., Dullinger, S., …Essl, F. (2021). Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050. Global Change Biology, 27(5), 970-982. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15333
• Pinheiro, A. M., Silva Matos, D. M., Dawson, W., & Xavier, R. O. (2021). Effect of rhizome exposure to contrasting abiotic conditions on the performance of the invasive macrophyte Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig (Zingiberaceae). Plant Ecology, 222(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-020-01112-2
• Wohlwend, M., Craven, D., Weigelt, P., Seebens, H., Winter, M., Kreft, H., …Knight, T. (2021). Data Descriptor: Pacific Introduced Flora (PaciFLora). Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, Article e67318. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e67318
• Fristoe, T., Chytry, M., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Heleno, R., Kreft, H., …van Kleunen, M. (2021). Dimensions of invasiveness: links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021173118
• Stewart, P., Hill, R., Stephens, P., Whittingham, M., & Dawson, W. (2021). Impacts of invasive plants on animal behaviour. Ecology Letters, 24, 891-907. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13687
• Delavaux, C. S., Weigelt, P., Dawson, W., Essl, F., van Kleunen, M., König, C., …Bever, J. D. (2021). Mycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants. Communications Biology, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02649-2
• Gioria, M., Carta, A., Baskin, C. C., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., …Pyšek, P. (2021). Persistent soil seed banks promote naturalisation and invasiveness in flowering plants. Ecology Letters, 24(8), https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13783
• Yang, Q., Weigelt, P., Fristoe, T. S., Zhang, Z., Kreft, H., Stein, A., …van Kleunen, M. (2021). The global loss of floristic uniqueness. Nature Communications, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27603-y
• Pyšek, P., Hulme, P. E., Simberloff, D., Bacher, S., Blackburn, T. M., Carlton, J. T., …Richardson, D. M. (2020). Scientists' warning on invasive alien species. Biological Reviews, 95(6), 1511-1534. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12627
• 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(10), 1017-1029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.04.015
• Hughes, K. A., Pescott, O. L., Peyton, J., Adriaens, T., Cottier‐Cook, E. J., Key, G., …Roy, H. E. (2020). Invasive non‐native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Global Change Biology, 26(4), 2702-2716. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14938
• Sande, M. T., Bruelheide, H., Dawson, W., Dengler, J., Essl, F., Field, R., …Knight, T. M. (2020). Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(2), 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13027
• König, C., Weigelt, P., Taylor, A., Stein, A., Dawson, W., Essl, F., …Kreft, H. (2020). Source pools and disharmony of the world's island floras. Ecography, 44(1), 44-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05174
• van Kleunen, M., Xu, X., Yang, Q., Maurel, N., Zhang, Z., Dawson, W., …Fristoe, T. S. (2020). Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 3201. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16982-3
• Pyšek, P., Guo, W., Štajerová, K., Moora, M., Bueno, C. G., Dawson, W., …Zobel, M. (2019). Facultative mycorrhizal associations promote plant naturalization worldwide. Ecosphere, 10(11), Article e02937. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2937
• Essl, F., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., van Kleunen, M., …Winter, M. (2019). Drivers of the relative richness of naturalized and invasive plant species on Earth. AoB PLANTS, 11(5), Article plz051. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz051
• Klonner, G., Wessely, J., Gattringer, A., Moser, D., Dullinger, I., Hülber, K., …Dullinger, S. (2019). Effects of climate change and horticultural use on the spread of naturalized alien garden plants in Europe. Ecography, 42(9), 1548-1557. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04389
• Haeuser, 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(3), 1328-1342. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13101
• van Kleunen, M., Pyšek, P., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., …Winter, M. (2019). The Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) Database. Ecology, 100(1), Article e02542. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2542
• Canavan, S., Meyerson, L., Packer, J., Pysek, P., Maurel, N., Lozano, V., …Wilson, J. (2019). Tall-statured grasses: a useful functional group for invasion science. Biological Invasions, 123, 37-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1815-z
• Delavaux, C. S., Weigelt, P., Dawson, W., Duchicela, J., Essl, F., van Kleunen, M., …Bever, J. D. (2019). Mycorrhizal fungi influence global plant biogeography. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0823-4
• Guo, W., van Kleunen, M., Pierce, S., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., …Pyšek, P. (2019). Domestic gardens play a dominant role in selecting alien species with adaptive strategies that facilitate naturalization. Global Ecology and Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12882
• Pysek, P., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Seebens, H., …Winter, M. (2019). Contrasting patterns of naturalized plant richness in the Americas: Numbers are higher in the North but expected to rise sharply in the South. Global Ecology and Biogeography,
• Razanajatovo, M., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Pergl, J., …Weigelt, P. (2018). Autofertility and self-compatibility moderately benefit island colonization of plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(3), 341-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12854
• Guo, W., van Kleunen, M., Winter, M., Weigelt, P., Stein, A., Pierce, S., …Pyšek, P. (2018). The role of adaptive strategies in plant naturalization. Ecology Letters, 21(9), 1380-1389. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13104
• van Kleunen, M., Essl, F., Pergl, J., Brundu, G., Carboni, M., Dullinger, S., …Dehnen-Schmutz, K. (2018). The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions. Biological Reviews, 93(3), 1421-1437. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12402
• Moser, D., Lenzner, B., Weigelt, P., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., …Essl, F. (2018). Remoteness promotes biological invasions on islands worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(37), 9270-9275. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804179115
• Malecore, E., Dawson, W., Kempel, A., Müller, G., & van Kleunen, M. (2018). Non-linear effects of phylogenetic distance on early-stage establishment of experimentally introduced plants in grassland communities. Journal of Ecology, 107(2), 781-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13059
• Haeuser, E., Dawson, W., Thuiller, W., Dullinger, S., Block, S., Bossdorf, O., …van Kleunen, M. (2018). European ornamental garden flora as an invasion debt under climate change. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(5), 2386-2395. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13197
• van Kleunen, M., Bossdorf, O., & Dawson, W. (2018). The ecology and evolution of alien plants. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 49(1), 25-47. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110617-062654
• Seebens, H., Blackburn, T. M., Dyer, E. E., Genovesi, P., Hulme, P. E., Jeschke, J. M., …Essl, F. (2018). Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(10), E2264-E2273. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719429115
• Kalusová, V., Chytrý, M., van Kleunen, M., Mucina, L., Dawson, W., Essl, F., …Pyšek, P. (2017). Naturalization of European plants on other continents: The role of donor habitats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(52), 13756-13761. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705487114
• Mayer, K., Haeuser, E., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., …van Kleunen, M. (2017). Naturalization of ornamental plant species in public green spaces and private gardens. Biological Invasions, 19(12), 3613-3627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1594-y
• Pyšek, P., Pergl, J., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Dawson, W., Kreft, H., …Kleunen, M. V. (2017). Naturalized alien flora of the world. Preslia, 89(3), 203-274. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2017.203
• Dawson, W., Moser, D., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., …Essl, F. (2017). Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, Article 0186. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0186
• Klonner, G., Dullinger, I., Wessely, J., Bossdorf, O., Carboni, M., Dawson, W., …Dullinger, S. (2017). Will climate change increase hybridization risk between potential plant invaders and their congeners in Europe?. Diversity and Distributions, 23(8), 934-943. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12578
• Dawson, W., Hör, J., van Kleunen, M., & Pester, M. (2017). A small number of low-abundance bacteria dominate plant species-specific responses during rhizosphere colonisation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article 975. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00975
• Haeuser, E., Dawson, W., & van Kleunen, M. (2017). The effects of climate warming and disturbance on the colonization potential of ornamental alien plant species. Journal of Ecology, 105(6), 1698-1708. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12798
• Seebens, H., Blackburn, T., Dyer, E., Genovesi, P., Hulme, P., Jeschke, J., …Essl, F. (2017). No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide. Nature Communications, 8, Article 14435. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14435
• Dullinger, I., Wessely, J., Bossdorf, O., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Gattringer, A., …Dullinger, S. (2017). Climate change will increase naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12512
• Liu, Y., Dawson, W., Prati, D., Haeuser, E., Feng, Y., & van Kleunen, M. (2016). Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded?. Annals of Botany, 118(7), 1329-1336. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw180
• Razanajatovo, M., Maurel, N., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., …van Kleunen, M. (2016). Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13313. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13313
• Müller, G., Horstmeyer, L., Rönneburg, T., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2016). Alien and native plant establishment in grassland communities is more strongly affected by disturbance than above- and below-ground enemies. Journal of Ecology, 104(5), 1233-1242. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12601
• Dawson, W., & Schrama, M. (2016). Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions. Journal of Ecology, 104(5), 1211-1218. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12619
• Dellinger, A., Essl, F., Hojsgaard, D., Kirchheimer, B., Klatt, S., Dawson, W., …Dullinger, S. (2016). Niche dynamics of alien species do not differ among sexual and apomictic flowering plants. New Phytologist, 209(3), 1313-1323. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13694
• Mueller, G., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2016). Commonness and rarity of alien and native plant species - the relative roles of intraspecific competition and plant - soil feedback. Oikos, 125(10), 1458-1466. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.02770
• Seebens, H., Essl, F., Dawson, W., Fuentes, N., Moser, D., Pergl, J., …Blasius, B. (2015). Global trade will accelerate plant invasions in emerging economies under climate change. Global Change Biology, 21(11), 4128-4140. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13021
• Dawson, W. (2015). Release from belowground enemies and shifts in root traits as interrelated drivers of alien plant invasion success: a hypothesis. Ecology and Evolution, 5(20), 4505-4516. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1725
• van Kleunen, M., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Pergl, J., Winter, M., Weber, E., …Pyšek, P. (2015). Global exchange and accumulation of non - native plants. Nature, 525(7567), 100-103. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14910
• Lemmermeyer, S., Lörcher, L., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2015). Testing the Plant Growth-Defense Hypothesis Belowground: Do Faster-Growing Herbaceous Plant Species Suffer More Negative Effects from Soil Biota than Slower-Growing Ones?. The American Naturalist, 186(2), 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1086/682005
• Hulme, P., Pauchard, A., Pysek, P., Vila, M., Alba, C., Blackburn, T., …Winter, M. (2015). Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(23), E2988 - E2989. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506517112
• van Kleunen, M., Dawson, W., & Maurel, N. (2015). Characteristics of successful alien plants. Molecular Ecology, 24(9), 1954-1968. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13013
• Keser, L., Visser, E., Dawson, W., Song, Y., Yu, F., Fischer, M., …van Kleunen, M. (2015). Herbaceous plant species invading natural areas tend to have stronger adaptive root foraging than other naturalized species. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6, Article 273. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00273
• Dawson, W., Maurel, N., & van Kleunen, M. (2015). A new perspective on trait differences between native and invasive exotic plants: comment. Ecology, 96(4), 1150-1152. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1315.1
• Dawson, W., Burslem, D., & Hulme, P. (2015). Consistent effects of disturbance and forest edges on the invasion of a continental rainforest by alien plants. Biotropica, 47(1), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12183
• König, J., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2015). No consistent legacy effects of invasion by Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) via soil biota on native plant growth. Journal of Plant Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtv054
• Dawson, W., Bottini, A., Fischer, M., van Kleunen, M., & Knop, E. (2014). Little evidence for release from herbivores as a driver of plant invasiveness from a multi-species herbivore-removal experiment. Oikos, 123(12), 1509-1518. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01485
• Kundel, D., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2014). Invasion by Solidago species has limited impacts on soil seed bank communities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 15(7), 573-580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2014.08.009
• Keser, L., Dawson, W., Song, Y., Yu, F., Fischer, M., Dong, M., & van Kleunen, M. (2014). Invasive clonal plant species have a greater root - foraging plasticity than non - invasive ones. Oecologia, 174, 1055-1064. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2829-y
• van Kleunen, M., Dawson, W., Bossdorf, O., & Fischer, M. (2014). The more the merrier: Multi-species experiments in ecology. Basic and Applied Ecology, 15(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.10.006
• Dawson, W., Keser, L., Winter, M., Pyšek, P., Kartesz, J., Nishino, M., …van Kleunen, M. (2013). Correlations between global and regional measures of invasiveness vary with region size. NeoBiota, 16, 59-80. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.16.4351
• Dostál, P., Allan, E., Dawson, W., van Kleunen, M., Bartish, I., & Fischer, M. (2013). Enemy damage of exotic plant species is similar to that of natives and increases with productivity. Journal of Ecology, 101(2), 388-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12037
• Song, Y., Yu, F., Keser, L., Dawson, W., Fischer, M., Dong, M., & van Kleunen, M. (2013). United we stand, divided we fall: a meta-analysis of experiments on clonal integration and its relationship to invasiveness. Oecologia, 171(2), 317-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2430-9
• Dostál, P., Dawson, W., van Kleunen, M., Keser, L., & Fischer, M. (2013). Central European plant species from more productive habitats are more invasive at a global scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22(1), 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00754.x
• Kumschick, S., Bacher, S., Dawson, W., Heikkilä, J., Sendek, A., Pluess, T., …Kuehn, I. (2012). A conceptual framework for prioritization of invasive alien species for management according to their impact. NeoBiota, 15, 69-100. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.15.3323
• Dawson, W., Fischer, M., & van Kleunen, M. (2012). Common and rare plant species respond differently to fertilisation and competition, whether they are alien or native. Ecology Letters, 15(8), 873-880. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01811.x
• Dawson, W., Rohr, R., van Kleunen, M., & Fischer, M. (2012). Alien plant species with a wider global distribution are better able to capitalize on increased resource availability. New Phytologist, 194(3), 859-867. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04104.x
• Dawson, W., Burslem, D., & Hulme, P. (2011). The comparative importance of species traits and introduction characteristics in tropical plant invasions. Diversity and Distributions, 17(6), 1111-1121. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00796.x
• van Kleunen, M., Dawson, W., & Dostal, P. (2011). Research on invasive-plant traits tells us a lot. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.019
• Dawson, W., Fischer, M., & van Kleunen, M. (2011). Maximum relative growth rate of common UK plant species is positively associated with their global invasiveness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20(2), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00599.x
• Chun, Y., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2010). The role of enemy release, tolerance and resistance in plant invasions: linking damage to performance. Ecology Letters, 13(8), 937-946. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01498.x
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