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SUBMITTER: Park DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245080 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Daniel S DS Feng Xiao X Maitner Brian S BS Ernst Kacey C KC Enquist Brian J BJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200504 20
Darwin proposed two seemingly contradictory hypotheses regarding factors influencing the outcome of biological invasions. He initially posited that nonnative species closely related to native species would be more likely to successfully establish, because they might share adaptations to the local environment (preadaptation hypothesis). However, based on observations that the majority of naturalized plant species in the United States belonged to nonnative genera, he concluded that the lack of com ...[more]