Local adaptation may facilitate range expansion during invasions, but the mechanisms promoting destructive invasions remain unclear. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), native to Eurasia and Africa, has invaded globally, with particularly severe impacts in western North America. We aimed to identify mechanisms and consequences of local adaptation in the North American cheatgrass invasion. We...
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Diana Gamba, Megan Vahsen, Toby Matthew Maxwell, Nikki Pirtel, Seth Romero, Justin J. Van Ee, Amanda Penn, Aayudh Das, Rotem Ben-Zeev, Owen W. Baughman, C. Sean Blaney, Randy Bodkins, Shanta Budha-Magar, Stella M Copeland, Shannon L. Davis-Foust, Alvin Diamond, Ryan C. Donnelly, Peter W. Dunwiddle, David J. Ensing, Thomas A. Everest, Holly Hoitink, Martin C. Holdrege, Ruth A. Hufbauer, Sigitas Juzenas, Jesse M. Kalwij, Ekaterina Kashirina, Sang-Tae Kim, Marcin Klisz, Alina Klyueva, Michel Langeveld, Samuel Lutfy, Daniel Martin, Christopher L. Merkord, J. P. J. Morgan, Dávid U. Nagy, Jacqueline P. Ott, Radoslaw Puchalka, Lysandra A. Pyle, Leonid Rasran, Brian G. Rector, Christoph Rosche, Marina Sadykova, Robert K. Shriver, Alexandr Stanislavschi, Brian M. Starzomski, Rachel L. Stone, Kathryn G. Turner, Alexandra K. Urza, Acer VanWallendael, Carl-Adam Wegenschimmel, Justin Zweck, Cynthia S. Brown, Elizabeth A. Leger, Dana M. Blumenthal, Matthew Germino, Lauren M. Porensky, Mevin B. Hooten, Peter B. Adler, Jesse R. Lasky