International imports and climatic filtering drive compositional variation in non‐native insect establishments

T Yamanaka, RM Turner, C Bertelsmeier… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Invasions of non‐native insects can have substantial impacts on agriculture, forestry,
human health and biodiversity with considerable economic and environmental …

Field studies of the ecological impacts of invasive plants in Europe

M Vilà, A Trillo, P Castro Díez, B Gallardo… - NeoBiota, 90, 139-159 …, 2024 - idus.us.es
The impacts of invasive species can vary widely across invaded sites and depend on the
ecological variable of study. In this paper, we describe the first harmonised database that …

[PDF][PDF] Emerging tree diseases are accumulating rapidly in the native and non-native ranges of Holarctic trees

AV Gougherty - NeoBiota, 2023 - neobiota.pensoft.net
Emerging infectious diseases threaten natural and managed trees worldwide–causing
reduced vigour, increased mortality and, occasionally, extirpation–yet we have little …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the complex pre-adaptations of invasive plants to anthropogenic disturbance: a call for integration of archaeobotanical approaches

G Bellini, K Schrieber, W Kirleis… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Pre-adaptation to anthropogenic disturbance is broadly considered key for plant invasion
success. Nevertheless, empirical evidence remains scarce and fragmentary, given the …

Naturalized alien flora of Uzbekistan: species richness, origin and habitats

T Makhkamov, A Kortz, M Hejda, G Brundu, P Pyšek - Biological Invasions, 2024 - Springer
This is the first study providing an up-to-date account of the alien flora in Uzbekistan and
analyzing the relationship between the invasion status (casual, naturalized, invasive) of …

Interconnected disaster risks 2023: Risk tipping points

C Eberle, J O'Connor, L Narvaez, M Mena Benavides… - 2023 - collections.unu.edu
The 2023 Interconnected Disaster Risks report examines six immediate and increasing risks
across the world: the accelerating extinctions of species, the depletion of groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] Colonial policy, ecological transformations, and agricultural “improvement”: comparing agricultural yields and expansion in the Spanish and US Philippines …

DM Findley, N Amano, I Biong, G Bankoff… - Humanities and Social …, 2024 - nature.com
Burgeoning global trade and colonial policies promoted transformations in land use and
agriculture throughout tropical regions in the 19 th and 20 th centuries, but the local and …

Alien flora of Mongolia: species richness, introduction dynamics and spatial patterns

G Vanjil, A Kortz, B Lenzner, J Chuluunbat… - Biological …, 2024 - Springer
We present the updated checklist of the alien flora of Mongolia, with information on species
status, taxonomy, distribution, habitats, and economic use. In total, we recorded 154 taxa of …

Constructing a database of alien plants in the Himalaya to test patterns structuring diversity

SK Rana, B Dangwal, GS Rawat… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Differences in the number of alien plant species in different locations may reflect climatic and
other controls that similarly affect native species and/or propagule pressure accompanied …

Drivers of asymmetrical insect invasions between three world regions

R Isitt, AM Liebhold, RM Turner, A Battisti… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The geographical exchange of non-native insects can be highly asymmetrical, with some
world regions 'exporting'or 'importing'more species than others. Several hypotheses have …