Technical Abstract: The role soil nutrient availability plays in our ability to restore invasive plant dominated systems is not as straightforward as it initially appears. The objectives of this chapter are to: 1) Examine current paradigms and assumptions about how nutrient availability influences the relative performance of invasive and native plants. 2) Develop the argument that the influence of nutrient availability on species performance is mediated by life history traits and stressors such as drought and herbivory. 3) Describe how these principles that determine species performance in different nutrient environments can be used to develop more effective invasive plant management strategies.