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Tracing the origins and tracking the movements of invasive rubber vines (Cryptostegia spp., Apocynaceae)
Cryptostegia grandiflora and C. madagascariensis (Apocynaceae) are the only two species of this Madagascan plant genus. Both have been transported around the world as ornamentals …
Clarification and guidance on the use of the Socio-Economic Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (SEICAT) framework
Understanding the ways in which alien taxa threaten human well-being, beyond purely monetary costs, can be difficult as impacts differ vastly across social, cultural, and economic…
Ökologie, Taxonomie und Verbreitung der nichtmarinen Ostrakoden-Gattung Scottia im Quartär von Europa
Scottia browniana (Jones 1850) Brady & Norman 1889 war bisher als einziger Vertreter der Gattung Scottia aus dem Quartär von Europa bekannt. Die Art wurde zuerst fossil in Sedimen…
A multi-taxa assessment of aquatic non-indigenous species introduced into Iberian freshwater and transitional waters
Aquatic ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the introduction of non-indigenous species (NIS), leading to multi-faceted ecological, economic and health impacts worldwide. The…
Historical evidence for context-dependent assessment of Erigeron canadensis invasions in an 18th-century European land…
Understanding the historical roots of invasion science provides insights into early perceptions of invasive species, allows us to trace the evolution of the discipline over time, …
Vergleich der Aussagekraft von SAR- und anderen Fernerkundungsdaten für Landnutzung und Geologie im humiden und ariden …
Aufgrund der Allwettertauglichkeit, der Unabhängigkeit von Sonnenlicht sowie der - wenn auch beschränkt - Eindringfähigkeit stellt das Radar-Verfahren, das ursprünglich für Lokali…
Mining biodiversity databases establishes a global baseline of cosmopolitan Insecta mOTUs: a case study on Platygastro…
In the past decade, several species of platygastroid wasps were found to be adventive in North America and Europe while under evaluation in quarantine as biological control agents…
Invasive alien plants in South Asia: Impacts and management
South Asia is home to an immense diversity of flora and fauna, which makes it one of the global biodiversity hotspots. Plant invasions are one of several factors that threaten Sou…
Kurfürstendamm und Champs-Élysées
Weltstädte haben häufig innerhalb ihrer hochkonzentrierten Bereiche Leitlinien (Weltstraßen) entwickelt, die in ihrem Erscheinungsbild internationale Züge tragen und mit ihrer eng…
Running rampant: the alien ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Cyprus
Biological invasions are considered a major driver of biodiversity loss, particularly on islands. Invasive alien ants can often have severe consequences on native biodiversity. He…
Prioritisation of quarantine pest list for the Caribbean using a multi-criteria decision approach
Quarantine plant pests are socially, economically and environmentally important due to their impact on food security, human health, global trade and crop production costs. The inc…
Assessing the invasion risk of traded alien ferns using species distribution models
Risk analysis plays a crucial role in regulating and managing alien and invasive species but can be time-consuming and costly. Alternatively, combining invasion and impact history…
Emerging tree diseases are accumulating rapidly in the native and non-native ranges of Holarctic trees
Emerging infectious diseases threaten natural and managed trees worldwide – causing reduced vigour, increased mortality and, occasionally, extirpation – yet we have little underst…
Testing a modified version of the EPPO decision-support scheme for release of classical biological control agents of p…
The 6/04 standard of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) on the safe use of biological control is a decision-support scheme (DSS) for the import an…
Capsaicin-treated bait is ineffective in deterring non-target mammals from trap disturbance during invasive lizard cont…
Excluding non-target species from invasive species control efforts can be challenging due to non-target attraction to trap structure, baits, and lures. Various methods have been u…
Soil greenhouse gas fluxes following conventional selective and reduced-impact logging in a Congo Basin rainforest
Selective logging is among the main causes of tropical forest degradation, but little is known about its effects on greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from highly weathered Ferralsol soi…
Weed wide web: characterising illegal online trade of invasive plants in Australia
Invasive plants seriously impact our environmental, agricultural and forestry assets, and the ornamental plant trade is a major introduction pathway. The variety and extent of the…
Comparative mitogenomics of native European and alien Ponto-Caspian amphipods
European inland surface waters are home to a rich diversity of native amphipod crustaceans, many of which face threats from invasive Ponto-Caspian counterparts. In this study, we …
Regeneration vegetativer Teilchen von »Braunmoosen«
Die Regenerationsfähigkeit vegetativer Sproßteilchen von sechs "Braunmoosen" wurde untersucht. Dabei zeigten sich bei allen Arten Teile des Hauptstämmchens und Ästchen sowohl vom …
High abundance but low diversity of floral visitors on invasive Heracleum mantegazzianum (Apiaceae)
Currently, plant invasions affect native ecosystems across the Earth. Although much attention has already been paid to their effect on local communities, we still lack basic infor…
Assessing the risk of invasion by a vineyard moth pest guild
Biological invasions are most effectively managed when identified in their early stages, which often hinges on robust surveillance programs. The recent invasion of the European gr…
lydemapr: an R package to track the spread of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula, White 1845) (Hemipte…
A crucial asset in the management of invasive species is the open-access sharing of data on the range of invaders and the progression of their spread. Such data should be current,…
The use of species traits in invasive seaweed research: a systematic review
Species traits have been used extensively in invasion science, providing common metrics across taxa and ecosystems that enable comparisons based on the functional responses and ef…
Consequences of regularizing the Sawyer–Eliassen equation in balance models for tropical cyclone behaviour
The consequences of regularizing the Sawyer–Eliassen equation to calculate the stream function for the axisymmetric secondary circulation of a tropical cyclone are explored. Regul…
Alien ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on a quest to conquer Greece: a review including an updated species checklist and…
Biological invasions represent one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss with adverse impacts on human societies, economies and public health. More than 500 ant species have be…
HELLAS-ALIENS. The invasive alien species of Greece: time trends, origin and pathways
The current paper presents the first effort to organize a comprehensive review of the Invasive Alien Species (IAS) of Greece. For this purpose, a database was developed with field…
The relationship between naturalized alien and native plant species: insights from oceanic islands of the south-east P…
Aim: The relationship between native and naturalized alien species has been widely studied, particularly across large geographic scales. However, our knowledge of the spatial and …
Which features at home make a plant prone to become invasive?
Determining the factors that pre-adapt plant species to successfully establish and spread outside of their native ranges constitutes a powerful approach with great potential for m…
Diskussionspapier zur guten fachlichen Praxis der landwirtschaftlichen Moorbodennutzung
Abstract: In Germany, more than 70% of peat soils are used for agriculture. Due to drainage and utilization, these peat soils have considerable environmental impact. Drainage-…
Halyomorpha halys and its egg parasitoids Trissolcus japonicus and T. mitsukurii: the geographic dimension of the inte…
Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) was accidentally introduced to North America and Europe, becoming a key pest of many important crops. In its native range, it is…
A century of weed change in New Zealand’s forage seed multiplication industry
International seed trading provides a significant introductory pathway for weed seeds, and many globally established weeds originated as contaminants in agricultural seed lots. Ma…
Investigating beetle communities in and around entry points can improve surveillance at national and international sca…
Beetles are commonly moved among continents with international trade. Baited traps set up in and around entry points are commonly used to increase chances of early-detection of in…
The effect of site conditions and type of ramet clusters on sexual and asexual ramets of Solidago × niederederi (Aster…
Spontaneous hybrids between alien and native plant species are alien taxa and they threaten native biodiversity due to their high competitive ability or introgression. Thus, we te…
Non-native fish species expand tacitly but rapidly toward upstream oxbow lakes along the longitudinal gradient
The introduction of non-native fish species poses a threat to native assemblages in floodplain systems. Establishing oxbow lake-based conservation areas has been proposed as a pra…
Die bisherigen Ergebnisse von C14-Messungen und paläolithischen Untersuchungen für die Gliederung und Chronologie des J…
Das Letzte Interglazial (Riß/Würm oder Warthe/Weichsel = Eem-Interglazial) ist pollenanalytisch und durch die marine Eem-Fauna, auf dem Lande durch die letzte Antiquus- und Banati…
Where in Europe is Chrysomya albiceps? Modelling present and future potential distributions
Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819), a species of blowfly (Diptera, Calliphoridae), historically distributed throughout Southern Europe, has recently dispersed to cooler regions …
The rise of the Functional Response in invasion science: a systematic review
Predicting which non-native species will negatively impact biodiversity is a longstanding research priority. The Functional Response (FR; resource use in relation to availability)…
Negative and positive impacts of alien macrofungi: a global scale database
Advances in ecological research during the last decades have led to an improved understanding of the impacts of alien species. Despite that, the effects of alien macrofungi have o…
Native plant community characteristics explain alien species success in post-industrial vegetation
Biological invasions are one of the major challenges to the restoration of post-mining sites. Most post-mining sites are under technical reclamation with only a few left to sponta…
Modelling the invasion dynamics of the African citrus psyllid: The role of human-mediated dispersal and urban and peri…
The African citrus psyllid, Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio) (Hemiptera, Triozidae), is native to tropical Africa and invasive species in North America and Europe. The main host plan…
Eradication programs against non-native pests and pathogens of woody plants in Europe: which factors influence their s…
When a non-native species succeeds in establishing in a new habitat, one of the possible responses is to attempt its eradication. In the present study, we analysed European eradic…
Ice Aggregation in Low‐Level Mixed‐Phase Clouds at a High Arctic Site: Enhanced by Dendritic Growth and Absent Close to…
Low‐level mixed‐phase clouds (MPCs) occur extensively in the Arctic, and are known to play a key role for the energy budget. While their characteristic structure is nowadays well …
Citizen science at school increases awareness of biological invasions and contributes to the detection of exotic ambro…
The serious and growing threat posed by biological invasions to biodiversity and livelihoods means that public engagement in dealing with problems of invasive alien species is eve…
Worldwide tests of generic attractants, a promising tool for early detection of non-native cerambycid species
A large proportion of the insects which have invaded new regions and countries are emerging species, being found for the first time outside their native range. Being able to detec…
Pining away and at home: global utilisation of Pinus radiata by native and non-native insects
Pinus radiata (radiata pine or Monterey pine) is threatened in its native range in California and, at the same time, one of the most widely-planted tree species worldwide, especia…
Jewels on the go: exotic buprestids around the world (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
Buprestidae (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) is one of the three wood-borer beetle groups of major phytosanitary interest worldwide, together with Cerambycidae and Scolytinae (Curculion…
The evolution of metazoan α-carbonic anhydrases and their roles in calcium carbonate biomineralization
The carbonic anhydrase (CA; EC 4.2.1.1) superfamily is a class of ubiquitous metallo-enzymes that catalyse the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. The α-CA family, presen…
Cosmopolitan Scolytinae: strong common drivers, but too many singularities for accurate prediction
Many scolytine beetle species have been expanding in new territories, travelling with wood and plants for planting, sometimes with a high impact on plant health. Here, we attempt …
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