Greater phylogenetic distance from native oaks predicts escape from insect leaf herbivores by non-native oak saplings.
Xoaquín MoreiraCarla Vázquez-GonzálezManuel Encinas-ValeroFelisa CoveloBastien CastagneyrolLuis Abdala-RobertsPublished in: American journal of botany (2019)
This study contributes to a better understanding of how evolutionary relationships (relatedness) between native and non-native plant species determine the latter's success in novel environments via locally shared enemies, and encourages more work investigating the plant traits that mediate the effects of phylogenetic distance on enemy escape.