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Yannelli FA, Roazzi D, Le Roux JJ, J Kollmann. Context dependency of competition outcome during plant invasions.

Saul W-C, Hui C, Le Roux JJ, Richardson DM, Kritzinger-Klopper S, Yannelli FA. The effect of Acacia invasion and vegetation restoration on fynbos ant communities.

Yannelli FA, Barros A, Bane K, Dawes T, Dechoum M, Gioria M, Jäger H, Langdon B, Le Roux J, Lozano V, Maher J, Marciniak de Souza B, Marzialetti F, Pattison Z, Pauchard A, Pergl J, Powell P, Pyšek P, Richardson D, Rossignaud L, San José M, Speed J, Novoa A. Echoes of invasion: Persistent ecological changes following plant invasions.

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Martin T, Arnillas C, Arponen A, Devarajan K, Ehrlich K, Kharouba H, Prado-Valladares AC, Rumpff L, Schnabel F, Winter M, Visakorpi K, Baum J, Cadotte M, Camaclang A, Chamorro J, Chiuffo M, Clark E, Collinge S, Cousens R, Grell-Brisk M, Kariuki R, Klein A-M, Ortiz M, Magel J, McComb S, Moore J, Norman H, Regan H, Stewart D, Soares B, Stotz G, Williams M, Yannelli FA, Hughes LA. With knowledge comes responsibility: increasing conservation scientists’ impact in a time of global crisis. Submitted.

Yannelli FA, Quaglini L, Gandolfi I, Franzetti A, Caronni S, Montagnani C, Carbutt C, Jeschke JM, Citterio S, R Gentili. Better to be naïve: Eco-evolutionary experience better explains invasion success of Senecio inaequidens than soil conditions. Submitted.

Sheppard CS, Brian JI, Dawson W, Dostál P, Essl F, Gruntman M, Heger T, van Kleunen M, Razanajatovo M, Reimann LC, Schurr FM, Vilà M, Yannelli FA, Golivets M. Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions. Submitted.

Published 

2025

31- Rickowski FS, Ruland F, Bodin Ö, Evans T, Fowler MS, Kluger LC, Latombe G, Lenzner B, Macêdo RL, Adriaens T, Arlinghaus R, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Dick JTA, Dickey JWE, Essl F, Gallardo B, Hilt S, Itescu Y, Jarić I, Kimmig S, Kumar L, Novoa A, Oficialdegui FJ, Pérez-Granados C, Pyšek P, Rabitsch W, Richardson DM, Roura-Pascual N, von Schmalensee M, Yannelli FA, Vilà M, Vimercati G, JM Jeschke (2025) A systems perspective: How social-ecological networks can improve our understanding and management of biological invasions. Bioscience.      —– Pre-print https://doi.org/10.32942/X2TW69

30- Barbulescu R, South J, Byrne B, Solomos J, Benson M, Vargas Silva CC, Yemane T, Zambelli E, Anghel RG, Bacher S, Bermudez Torres AM, Bernard-Verdier M, Bibi R, Boatcă M, Bolpagni R, Colon D, Demoule J-P, Dunn AM, Durrant S, Faist T, Finotelli C, Garelli G, Gidley B, Gippet JMW, Gonzalez S, Guareschi S, Heger T, Hill S, Hobbs J, Holmes G, Hulme PE, Jones H, Jacob M-A, Khosa D, Kilkey M, Kusumastuti A, Lavanchy A, Lewis H, Macêdo RL, Mas Giralt R, Musseau CL, Makinejad M, Neira Castro ER, Pattison Z, Probert A, Roberts JD, Ruland F, Saul W-C, Sciortino G, Shackleton RT, Sigona N, Sokolovska S, Souter J, Sun L, Vathi Z, Vieten U, Vimercati G, Waite L, Wilson P, Yannelli FA (2025) Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration. Ethnic and Racial Studies 48: 2496–2501. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2527906

29- South J, Barbulescu R, Macêdo RL, Musseau CL, Guareschi S, Alamenciak T, Alberti G, Allen S, Bacher S, Baker E, Benson M, Bernard-Verdier M, Bibi R, Boatcă M, Bolpagni R, Brown TM, Byrne B, Canavan S, Neira Castro E, Conlon D, Demoule J-P, Dunn AM, Faist T, Garelli G, Gervazoni P, Gidley B, Gippet JMW, Harwood M, Heger T, Henke T, Hill S, Hobbs J, Hodson J, Holmes G, Hulme PE, Jones H, Khosa D, Kilkey M, Kontou D, Lavanchy A, Lewis H, Mas Giralt R, Meyerson LA, Novoa A, Pattison Z, Pipek P, Probert AF, Pyšek P, Ricciardi A, Roberts JD, Ruland F, Saul W-C, Shackleton R, Sigona N, Simberloff D, Solomos J, Sun L, Waite L, Wilson P, Yannelli FA, Vathi Z, Yemane T, Vieten UM, Vimercati G, Zambelli E, Lieurance D (2025) Parallels between biological invasions and human migration are flawed and undermine both disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al. BioScience 2025: biaf073. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf073

28- Ortiz AMD, Huinca Blanco P, Arnillas CA, Arponen A, Cadotte M, Chinga Chamorro JB, Chiuffo M, Collinge S, Devajaran K, Ehrlich K, Grell-Brisk M, Guevara C, Kariuki R, Kharouba H, Martin T, Prado-Valladares AC, Regan H, Santos Dominguez N, Soares B, Stotz GC, Ulloa Caniu I, Visakorpi K, Winter M, FA Yannelli (2025) Listening deeply to Indigenous People: A collaborative perspective of a Mapuche Machi and ecologists. Ecology and Evolution 15(8): e71914. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71914. 

27- Yannelli FA, Visakorpi K, Arponen A, Arnillas C, Chinga Chamorro J, Chiuffo MC, Collinge SK, Cousens R, Devarajan K, Ehrlich K, grell-brisk marilyn, Kariuki RW, Kharouba HM, Ortiz AMD, Prado-Valladares A, Regan H, Schnabel F, Soares BE, Stotz GC, Williams M, MW Cadotte (2025) Ecology for a social revolution: Re-defining the role of ecological and environmental science professionals and their responsibilities towards society. Research Ideas and Outcomes 11: e152859. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e152859

26- Quaglini LA, Yannelli FA, Fasano F, Montagnani C, Citterio S, R Gentili (2025) Assessing local and global ecological impacts of the alien plant Senecio inaequidens across different environmental conditions and applying EICAT. Weed research 65(3): e70019. https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.70019

25- Quaglini LA, Yannelli FA, Fasano F, Montagnani C, Caronni S, Citterio S, R Gentili (2025) Abiotic and biotic factors shape the invasion success of the alien plant species Senecio inaequidens (Asteraceae) in Northern Italy. Journal of Plant Ecology: rtaf035. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf035

24- Yannelli FA, Dawson W, van Kleunen M, Jeschke JM, T Heger (2025) Hypothesis Descriptions: Darwin’s Naturalization Hypothesis. RIO 11: e140548. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e140548

23- Yannelli FA, Keet J-H, Kritzinger-Klopper S, JJ Le Roux (2025) Out of sight out of mind? Legacy effects of an invasive legume more strongly impact bacterial than plant communities in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management 373: 123802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123802

2024

22- Arnillas CA, Stotz GC, Chinga Chamorro JB, Collinge S, Chiuffo MC, Kariuki RW, Norman H, Ortiz AMD, Regan H, Visakorpi K, Devarajan K, Klein AM, Schnabel F, Arponen A, Cadotte MW, Cousens R, Ehrlich K, Grell-Brisk M, Hughes L, Kharouba HM, Martin TG, Rumpff L, Soares BE, Prado-Valladares AC, Williams M, Winter M, Yannelli FA, Beyene M, Fernando S, Hart T, Santaoja M, Santos Domínguez N (2024) The Conguillío Statement on the values and responsibilities of ecologists. EcoEvoRxiv. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2B90T

21- Wang G, Zhang X, Yannelli FA, Li J-J, Shi S, Zhang T, Bie X, Chen X, Peng P-H, Jiang L (2024) The impact of species phylogenetic relatedness on invasion varies distinctly along resource versus non-resource environmental gradients. Journal of Applied Ecology 61: 869–883. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14607

2023

20- Bernard-Verdier M, Heger T, Mietchen D, Musseau CL, Brinner M, Hillig A, Kraker P, Lokatis S, Nunes AL, Scheidweiler N, Stocker M, Vial R, Vogt L, Bacher S, Baklouti E, Gupta HB, Beisel J-N, Bertolino S, Briski E, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Courchamp F, Daly E, Dawson W, Dickey J, Evans T, Itescu Y, Koenig-Ries B, Kumar L, Kumschick S, Meyerson LA, Pattison Z, Pfadenhauer W, Renault D, Rickowski F, Ruland F, Schittko C, Straka T, Yannelli FA, Jeschke JM (2023) Building an atlas of knowledge for invasion biology and beyond! 2nd enKORE-INAS Workshop. Research Ideas and Outcomes 9: e115395.

2022

19- Yannelli FA, Bazzichetto M, Conradi T, Pattison Z, Andrade B, Anibaba QA, , Bonari G, Chelli S,  Cuk M, Damasceno G, Fantinato E, Geange S, Guuroh R, Musa Holle MJ, Küzmič F, Lembrechts J, Mosyaftiani A, Šikuljak T, Teixeira J, Tordoni E, , Pérez-Valladares CX, Sperandii MG. Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science: A horizon scan by Early Career Researchers. Journal of Vegetation Science 3 (1): e13119. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13119

2021

18- Yannelli FA. Applying competition theory for the ecological restoration of communities to prevent plant invasions. Biodiversity: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2021.1905548

2020

17- Yannelli FA, Saul W-C (2020) The lockdown walk that inspired an experiment. Nature.*(*Guest piece, not peer-reviewed)

16- Yannelli FA, MacLaren CA, J Kollmann (2020) Moving away from limiting similarity during restoration: Timing of arrival and native biomass are better proxies of invasion suppression in grassland communities. Frontiers in ecology and evolution: 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00238

15- Le Roux JJ, Leishman MR, Cinantya AP, Gufu GD, Hirsch H, Keet J-H, Manea A, Saul W-C, Tabassum S, Warrington S, Yannelli FA, Ossola A (2020) The future of plant biodiversity in the face of global change. Current biology 30(9): R390-R391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.066

14- Enders M, (…), Yannelli FA, Jeschke JM (2020) A conceptual map of invasion biology: integrating hypotheses into a consensus network. Global ecology and Biogeography 29: 978– 991. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13082

13- Novoa A, (…), Yannelli FA, JRU Wilson (2020) Invasion syndromes: An approach for achieving generalizations in invasion science. Biological Invasions 22: 1801–1820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02220-w

12- Teixeira LH, Yannelli FA, Attayde JL, Ganade G, J Kollmann (2020) Functional diversity and invasive species influence soil fertility in experimental grassland. Plants 9(1): 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010053

2019

11- Yannelli FA, Novoa A, Lorenzo P, Rodriguez J, JJ Le Roux (2020) No evidence for novel weapons: Biochemical recognition modulates early ontogenetic processes of both native and invasive Acacia species. Biological invasions 22 (2): 549-562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02110-w

10- Le Roux JJ, Hui C, Castillo ML, Iriondo JM, Keet J-H, Khapugin AA, Médail F, Rejmanek M, Theron GL, Yannelli FA, Hirsch H (2019) Anthropocene plant extinctions differ between biodiversity hotspots and coldspots. Current biology: 29:2912-2918.e2912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063

9- Latombe G, Canavan S, Hirsch H, Hui C, Kumschick S, Nsikani M, Potgieter L, Saul W-C, Turner S, Wilson J, Yannelli FA, Richardson D (2019) A four-component classification of uncertainties in biological invasions: implications for management. Ecosphere 10:e02669. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2669

2018

8- Le Roux JJ, Ellis AG, van Zyl L-M, Hosking ND, Keet J-H, and FA Yannelli (2018) Importance of soil legacy effects and successful mutualistic interactions during Australian acacia invasions in nutrient poor environments. Journal of Ecology 106(5): 2071-2081. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12965

7- Yannelli FA, Karrer G, Hall R, Kollmann J, Heger T (2018) Seed density is more effective than multi-trait limiting similarity in controlling grassland resistance against plant invasions in a mesocosms study. Journal of Applied Vegetation Science 21(3): 411-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12373

2017

6- Saul W-C., Shackleton RT, Yannelli FA (2017) Ecologists Winning Arguments: Ends Don’t Justify the Means. A Response to Begon. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32(10): 772-773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.005

5- Yannelli FA, Koch C, Jeschke JM, Kollmann J (2017). Limiting similarity and Darwin’s naturalization hypothesis: understanding the drivers of biotic resistance against invasive plant species. Oecologia: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3798-8

4- Yannelli FA, Hughes P, Kollmann J (2017). Preventing plant invasions at early stages of revegetation: The role of limiting similarity in seed size and seed density. Ecological Engineering 100: 286-290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.12.001

2016

3- Tabeni S, Yannelli FA, Vezzani N, Mastrantonio LE  (2016) Indicators of landscape organization and functionality in semi-arid former agricultural lands under a passive restoration management over two periods of abandonment. Ecological Indicators 66: 488-496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.019

2015

2- Staab K*, Yannelli FA*, Lang M, Kollmann J (2015) Bioengineering effectiveness of seed mixtures for road verges: Functional composition as a predictor of grassland diversity and invasion resistance Ecological Engineering 84:104 – 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.07.016

(*These authors contributed equally to this work)

2014

1- Yannelli FA, Tabeni S, Mastrantonio LE, Vezzani N (2014) Assessing degradation of abandoned farmlands for conservation of the Monte Desert biome in Argentina. Environmental Management 53 (1): 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-013-0176-8

Other contributions

The conversation contribution in English: https://theconversation.com/plants-are-going-extinct-up-to-350-times-faster-than-the-historical-norm-122255?fbclid=IwAR34h3XkJ37GbgFRUrvzZffmyDZ_t1wZo6Hum8G9k734PNZqxUW6UHVwafUhtt

The conversation contribution in Spanish: https://theconversation.com/estamos-extinguiendo-plantas-350-veces-mas-rapido-de-lo-normal-126156?fbclid=IwAR2czb3QhvVHwQ_ZOsIH6fKZL8ZjBMAPQ-SZxrGwZNQJ2Z29tOt9gXBEFWQ

In the quest of designing grassland communities resistant to invasions during ecological restoration. Post contribution to JVS-AVS blog. See here: https://jvsavsblog.org/2018/10/12/in-the-quest-of-designing-grassland-communities-resistant-to-invasions-during-ecological-restoration/?fbclid=IwAR0eIyAtRQqXYgCQUqTuc87PC8MSO8aQGUEEwDuyJQBEA0j2lMymIBDgWQ4