“…By growing faster in the absence of herbivory, E. crassipes could attain an advantage over native species. However, when consumed in the native environment, E. crassipes undergoes small effects on coverage and biomass maintaining growing populations (Adis & Junk, ; Franceschini, Poi de Neiff & Galassi, ; Gutiérrez, Ruiz, Uribe, & Martinez, ). Furthermore, native herbivores are found in China (Chu et al, ; Ding, Wang, Fu, & Zhang, ); therefore, an enemy release benefit is unlikely to occur in the introduced ranges in China.…”