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Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species
Standardized tools are needed to identify and prioritize the most harmful non-native species (NNS). A plethora of assessment protocols have been developed to evaluate the current …
Differential germination strategies of native and introduced populations of the invasive species Plantago virginica
Germination strategies are critically important for the survival, establishment and spread of plant species. Although many plant traits related to invasiveness have been broadly s…
Assessing the environmental impacts of invasive alien plants: a review of assessment approaches
Assessing the impacts of alien plant species is a major task in invasion science and vitally important for supporting invasion-related policies. Since 1993, a range of assessment …
Research on the social perception of invasive species: a systematic literature review
We conducted a systematic literature review of the current state of research on the social perceptions of invasive species, aiming to provide guidance towards transdisciplinary re…
Low and high input agricultural fields have different effects on pest aphid abundance via different invasive alien weed…
We conducted field surveys to detect the population density of the most important invasive weed species and their associated virus vectoring aphids in crops grown under high input…
Assessing the association between pathways of alien plant invaders and their impacts in protected areas
Protected areas face mounting pressures, including invasion by alien plant species. Scientifically sound information is required to advise invasive species management strategies, …
Sample size for inspection intended to manage risk within mixed consignments
The identification of a lot, and the size of the random sample taken for plant products, is justified by appeal to International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 31, “Meth…
Identifying thresholds and ceilings in plant community recovery for optimal management of widespread weeds
A substantial body of work underlies the theory and practice of early intervention in the management of invasive alien plants, but less attention has been paid to the strategic ma…
Global environmental and socio-economic impacts of selected alien grasses as a basis for ranking threats to South Africa
Decisions to allocate management resources should be underpinned by estimates of the impacts of biological invasions that are comparable across species and locations. For the same…
Undelivered risk: A counter-factual analysis of the biosecurity risk avoided by inspecting international mail articles
International mail articles present an important potential vector for biosecurity and other regulatory risk. Border intervention is a key element in Australia’s biosecurity strate…
Environmental harshness drives spatial heterogeneity in biotic resistance
Ecological communities often exhibit greater resistance to biological invasions when these communities consist of species that are not closely related. The effective size of this …
Provenance of invaders has scale-dependent impacts in a changing wetland ecosystem
Exotic species are associated with a variety of impacts on biodiversity, but it is unclear whether impacts of exotic species differ from those of native species with similar growt…
Forecasting the global extent of invasion of the cereal pest Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a crop pest native to the Americas, which has invaded and spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa within two years. Recent estimates of 20–50…
Assessing the relative potential ecological impacts and invasion risks of emerging and future invasive alien species
Invasive alien species (IAS) cause myriad negative impacts, such as ecosystem disruption, human, animal and plant health issues, economic damage and species extinctions. There are…
Patterns and traits associated with invasions by predatory marine crabs
Predatory crabs are considered amongst the most successful marine invasive groups. Nonetheless, most studies of these taxa have been descriptive in nature, biased towards specific…
Time to cut: population models reveal how to mow invasive common ragweed cost-effectively
Roadsides are an important habitat for invasive common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., by facilitating seed dispersal. Reducing the size of roadside populations is therefore …
Impact of alien plants in Turkey assessed by the Generic Impact Scoring System
In this paper, we present the impact categorizations of 51 alien plant species in Turkey, which were determined using the Generic Impact Scoring System (GISS). The evidence on env…
Even well-studied groups of alien species might be poorly inventoried: Australian Acacia species in South Africa as a c…
Understanding the status and extent of spread of alien plants is crucial for effective management. We explore this issue using Australian Acacia species (wattles) in South Africa …
Models of alien species richness show moderate predictive accuracy and poor transferability
Robust predictions of alien species richness are useful to assess global biodiversity change. Nevertheless, the capacity to predict spatial patterns of alien species richness rema…
The relevance of using various scoring schemes revealed by an impact assessment of feral mammals
Impact scoring schemes are useful for identifying to what extent alien species cause damage. Quantifying the similarity and differences between impact scoring schemes can help det…
Patterns of occurrence of semi-aquatic reptiles in highly invaded Mediterranean rivers
The fluvial systems in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula are highly disturbed habitats, with widespread occurrence of alien species. Previous studies have shown that alien s…
Prevention of microbial species introductions to the Arctic: The efficacy of footwear disinfection measures on cruise s…
Biosecurity measures are commonly used to prevent the introduction of non-native species to natural environments globally, yet the efficacy of practices is rarely tested under ope…
The Homogocene: a research prospectus for the study of biotic homogenisation
In an era of global change, the process of biotic homogenisation by which regional biotas become more similar through time has attracted considerable attention from ecologists. He…
Facilitation, competition and parasitic facilitation amongst invasive and native liana seedlings and a native tree seed…
Lianas are prevalent in gaps and edges of forests where they compete intensely with trees, reducing growth and recruitment. Invasive lianas have the potential to be particularly h…
The prioritisation of a short list of alien plants for risk analysis within the framework of the Regulation (EU) No. 11…
Thirty-seven alien plant species, pre-identified by horizon scanning exercises were prioritised for pest risk analysis (PRA) using a modified version of the EPPO Prioritisation Pr…
Alien flora of Turkey: checklist, taxonomic composition and ecological attributes
The paper provides an updated checklist of the alien flora of Turkey with information on its structure. The alien flora of Turkey comprises 340 taxa, among which there are 321 ang…
An assessment of the evolution, costs and effectiveness of alien plant control operations in Kruger National Park, Sout…
Alien plants were first recorded in 1937 in the 2 million ha Kruger National Park (KNP, a savanna protected area in South Africa), and attempts to control them began in the mid-19…
Towards site-specific management of invasive alien trees based on the assessment of their impacts: the case of Robinia …
Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) is a North American tree, considered controversial because of the conflict between multiple uses by humans and negative environmental impact…
Managing for biodiversity: impact and action thresholds for invasive plants in natural ecosystems
Some studies examining the impacts of invasive plant species in native plant communities have demonstrated non-linear damage functions, whereby community components, such as speci…
Biotic constraints on the establishment and performance of native, naturalized, and invasive plants in Pacific Northwes…
Factors that cause differential establishment among naturalized, invasive, and native species are inadequately documented, much less often quantified among different communities. …
Taxonomic perils and pitfalls of dataset assembly in ecology: a case study of the naturalized Asteraceae in Australia
The value of plant ecological datasets with hundreds or thousands of species is principally determined by the taxonomic accuracy of their plant names. However, combining existing …
Patterns of selectivity in introductions of mammal species worldwide
Humans have an extremely long history of transporting and introducing mammal species outside their native geographic ranges. The characteristics of the species introduced (taxonom…
Range expansion drives the evolution of alternate reproductive strategies in invasive fire ants
Many species are expanding their ranges in response to climate changes or species introductions. Expansion-related selection likely drives the evolution of dispersal and reproduct…
Heterogeneity in patterns of survival of the invasive species Ipomoea carnea in urban habitats along the Egyptian Nile …
Plant traits are critical for understanding invasion success of introduced species, yet attempts to identify universal traits that explain invasion success and impact have been un…
Impact assessment with different scoring tools: How well do alien amphibian assessments match?
Classification of alien species’ impacts can aid policy making through evidence based listing and management recommendations. We highlight differences and a number of potential di…
Small details of big importance: Carbon mass determination in the invasive cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov, 189…
Carbon mass of the non-indigenous predatory fishhook water flea Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov, 1891) from the eastern Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea, was for the first time measur…
Evaluating simplistic methods to understand current distributions and forecast distribution changes under climate chang…
Invasive species provide a unique opportunity to evaluate factors controlling biogeographic distributions; we can consider introduction success as an experiment testing suitabilit…
Quantifying errors and omissions in alien species lists: The introduction status of Melaleuca species in South Africa a…
Introduced species lists provide essential background information for biological invasions research and management. The compilation of these lists is, however, prone to a variety …
Traits related to biological invasion: A note on the applicability of risk assessment tools across taxa
Biological invasions are occurring frequently and with great impact to agricultural production and other ecosystem services. In response to this, the Australian Weed Risk Assessme…
The European Alien Species Information Network on the Convention on Biological Diversity pathways categorization
The adoption of a consistent alien species pathways categorization, hierarchy and terminology is crucial for increasing the interoperability of different online databases. In the …
Troubling travellers: are ecologically harmful alien species associated with particular introduction pathways?
Prioritization of introduction pathways is seen as an important component of the management of biological invasions. We address whether established alien plants, mammals, freshwat…
A cost-benefit analysis of controlling giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) in Germany using a choice experiment ap…
Since first of January 2015, the EU-regulation 1143/2014 obligates all member states to conduct cost-benefit analyses in preparation of control programs for invasive alien species…
Corrigendum: A subcontinental view of forest plant invasions
Due to an oversight during the review process, an incorrect figure in Oswalt et al. (2015) was printed as Fig. 2. The mapped species represented in Oswalt et al. (2015) is Triadic…
Confronting the wicked problem of managing biological invasions
The Anthropocene Epoch is characterized by novel and increasingly complex dependencies between the environment and human civilization, with many challenges of biodiversity managem…
Biological invasions and natural colonisations are different – the need for invasion science
In a recent Discussion Paper, Hoffmann and Courchamp (2016) posed the question: are biological invasions and natural colonisations that different? This apparently simple question …
Is it worth the effort? Spread and management success of invasive alien plant species in a Central European National Pa…
The management of invasive alien species (IAS) in protected areas has become increasingly important in recent years. In this study, we analyse IAS management in the bilateral Nati…
The economic cost of managing invasive species in Australia
Like most jurisdictions, Australia is managing a broad range of invasive alien species. Here, we provide the first holistic quantification of how much invasive species impact Aust…
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