Naturalisation to invasion: how do naturalised plants become successful invaders?

入侵植物在澳大利亚具有巨大的环境、经济和社会影响，显著影响生物多样性和生态系统进程、农业生产力和娱乐设施。这项研究将大大有助于我们理解引种植物从驯化到入侵的过程。通过确定使归化植物物种成为入侵害虫的关键因素，这项研究将使最有可能威胁澳大利亚生物多样性和农业生产力的植物物种被识别出来，并优先进行筛选和根除。

Invasive plants have enormous environmental, economic and social impacts in Australia, significantly affecting biodiversity and ecosystem processes, agricultural productivity and recreational amenity. This research will contribute substantially to our understanding of the processes that underlie the transition from naturalised to invasive for introduced plants. By identifying the key factors enabling naturalised plant species to become invasive pests, this research will enable plant species most likely to threaten Australia's biodiversity and agricultural productivity to be identified and prioritized for screening and eradication.