Summary 1. The search for appropriate management strategies to control invasive plants is an important theme in environmental management. However, the recovery of the resident community species complement does not necessarily respond predictably to restoration efforts. Increasing restoration success requires an understanding of the resistance and resilience of the invaded community and the…
Questions: What is the significance of climate and land-use management as determinants of plant species composition of Scotland’s soft coasts, and how are these determinants spatially scaled? What is the relative contribution of different community assembly processes in governing the coastal plant communities of an important national resource? Location: Scotland, UK. Methods: We used na…