Light intensity and seed density differentially affect the establishment, survival, and biomass of an exotic invader and three species of native competitors.

Pik, D., Lucero, J. E., Lortie, C. J., Braun, J., (2020). Community Ecology 21(3), 259-272. Springer Nature Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland. English language

Shrubs facilitate native forb re-establishment in an invaded arid shrubland.

Liczner, A. R., Filazzola, A., Westphal, M., Lortie, C. J., (2019). Journal of Arid Environments 170, 103998. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

Experimental admixture among geographically disjunct populations of an invasive plant yields a global mosaic of reproductive incompatibility and heterosis.

Irimia, R. E., Hierro, J. L., Branco, S., Sotes, G., Cavieres, L. A., Eren, Ö., Lortie, C. J., French, K., Callaway, R. M., Montesinos, D., (2021). Journal of Ecology (Oxford) 109(5), 2152-2162. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Positive associations with native shrubs are intense and important for an exotic invader but not the native annual community across an aridity gradient.

Lucero, J. E., Seifan, M., Callaway, R. M., Lortie, C. J., (2020). Diversity and Distributions 26(9), 1177-1197. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Species specificity challenges the predictability of facilitation along a regional desert gradient.

Filazzola, A., Lortie, C. J., Westphal, M. F., Michalet, R., (2020). Journal of Vegetation Science 31(5), 887-898. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Establishment of a desert foundation species is limited by exotic plants and light but not herbivory or water.

Filazzola, A., Brown, C., Westphal, M., Lortie, C. J., (2020). Applied Vegetation Science 23(4), 586-597. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

The dark side of facilitation: native shrubs facilitate exotic annuals more strongly than native annuals.

Lucero, J. E., Noble, T., Haas, S., Westphal, M., Butterfield, H. S., Lortie, C. J., (2019). NeoBiota(44), 75-93. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. English language

Biogeographic differences in the allelopathy of leaf surface extracts of an invasive weed.

Irimia, R. E., Lopes, S. M. M., Sotes, G., Cavieres, L. A., Eren, Ö., Lortie, C. J., French, K., Hierro, J. L., Rosche, C., Callaway, R. M., Pinho e Melo, T. M. V. D., Montesinos, D., (2019). Biological Invasions 21(10), 3151-3168. Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands. English language

Indirect interactions in terrestrial plant communities: emerging patterns and research gaps.

Sotomayor, D. A., Lortie, C. J., (2015). Ecosphere 6(6), art103. Ecological Society of America Publications (ESA), Ithaca, USA. English language