Co‐introduction vs ecological fitting as pathways to the establishment of effective mutualisms during biological invasions

What is it about?

Plants often lack mutualistists when introduced into new environments. Non-native legumes can either be accompanied by their mutualistic nitrogen-fixing bacteria or can find new bacteria in their new ranges. We argue that these two distinct pathways can have strong effects on the rate of legume invasions and the extent of their impacts.

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