Invasion science has not been developed without controversies. Two questions that are still
unsolved are: what is an invasive species?, and are invasive species an inherent …

Distribution patterns of species are a consequence of long evolutionary histories.
Biogeographical barriers have resulted in separate developments of biota with specific …

Despite several decades of research, the field of invasion ecology has not been very
successful in developing reliable generalizations regarding the mechanisms and …

This article introduces the complexities of framing the policy debate over invasive alien
species or, more generally, bioinvasion. It suggests that there are six principal framing …

We recently published an opinion article that recognized the negative impacts of non-native
species, but which also explicitly called for greater recognition, consideration, and …

Living organisms have flowed across the face of the Earth for hundreds of millions of years.
Continents have come together through collisions and land bridges; oceans have come …

In answering, we conclude that its categorical meaning and significance both dissolve under
scrutiny. Biotic nativeness is theoretically weak and internally inconsistent, allowing familiar …

We thank Vitule et al.(2012) for responding to our re view" The Potential Conservation Value
of Non-Native Species for Conservation." Although scientists have long known that non …

The link between species invasions and the extinction of natives is widely accepted by
scientists as well as conservationists, but available data supporting invasion as a cause of …