Recurrent bridgehead effects accelerate global alien ant spread

C Bertelsmeier, S Ollier, AM Liebhold… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Biological invasions are a major threat to biological diversity, agriculture, and human health.
To predict and prevent new invasions, it is crucial to develop a better understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic data is missing for many highly invasive species, restricting our preparedness for escalating incursion rates

P Matheson, A McGaughran - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Biological invasions drive environmental change, potentially threatening native biodiversity,
human health, and global economies. Population genomics is an increasingly popular tool …

Major perturbations in the Earth's forest ecosystems. Possible implications for global warming

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Forests are among the most important terrestrial ecological systems in terms of the multitude
of ecosystem functions and services they provide. These biotic systems are vital not only for …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity, distribution and drivers of alien flora in the Indian Himalayan region

SA Wani, R Ahmad, R Gulzar, I Rashid, AH Malik… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Himalaya–a global biodiversity hotspot–harbors diverse flora and fauna, but
increasingly beset with multiple threats, including biological invasion by alien species. Here …

Big data for weed control and crop protection

FK Van Evert, S Fountas, D Jakovetic… - Weed …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Farmers have access to many data‐intensive technologies to help them monitor and control
weeds and pests. Data collection, data modelling and analysis, and data sharing have …

Double trouble: the implications of climate change for biological invasions

TB Robinson, N Martin, TG Loureiro, P Matikinca… - 2020 - scholar.sun.ac.za
The implications of climate change for biological invasions are multifaceted and vary along
the invasion process. Changes in vectors and pathways are likely to manifest in changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the performance of different OBIA software approaches for mapping invasive alien plants along roads with remote sensing data

P Lourenço, AC Teodoro, JA Gonçalves… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Roads and roadsides provide dispersal channels for non-native invasive alien plants (IAP),
many of which hold devastating impacts in the economy, human health, biodiversity and …

Are terrestrial biological invasions different in the tropics?

KY Chong, RT Corlett, MA Nuñez… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Most biological invasion literature—including syntheses and meta-analyses and the
resulting theory—is reported from temperate regions, drawing only minimally from the tropics …

Biology and management of the invasive weed Ageratina adenophora (Asteraceae): current state of knowledge and future research needs

AS Poudel, PK Jha, BB Shrestha… - Weed research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasion is increasing worldwide and the management of invasive species is
becoming an important priority for vegetation managers. Success of invasive species …

Tracing the role of human civilization in the globalization of plant pathogens

A Santini, A Liebhold, D Migliorini… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Co-evolution between plants and parasites, including herbivores and pathogens, has
arguably generated much of Earth's biological diversity. Within an ecosystem, coevolution of …