Citizen science can enhance strategies to detect and manage invasive forest pests and pathogens

JM Hulbert, RA Hallett, HE Roy… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Incorporating a citizen science approach into biological invasion management strategies
can enhance biosecurity. Many citizen science projects exist to strengthen the management …

Invasion frameworks: a forest pathogen perspective

T Paap, MJ Wingfield, TI Burgess, JRU Wilson… - Current Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Within the discipline of invasion science, researchers studying
different taxonomic groups have developed distinct ways of investigating the phenomenon …

Implications of the 2019–2020 megafires for the biogeography and conservation of Australian vegetation

RC Godfree, N Knerr, F Encinas-Viso… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Australia's 2019–2020 'Black Summer'bushfires burnt more than 8 million hectares
of vegetation across the south-east of the continent, an event unprecedented in the last 200 …

A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera

MC Aime, AR McTaggart - Fungal systematics and evolution, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
The rust fungi (Pucciniales) with 7000+ species comprise one of the largest orders of Fungi,
and one for which taxonomy at all ranks remains problematic. Here we provide a taxonomic …

[HTML][HTML] Foliar pathogens of eucalypts

PW Crous, MJ Wingfield, R Cheewangkoon… - Studies in Mycology, 2019 - Elsevier
Species of eucalypts are commonly cultivated for solid wood and pulp products. The
expansion of commercially managed eucalypt plantations has chiefly been driven by their …

The world's ten most feared fungi

KD Hyde, AMS Al-Hatmi, B Andersen, T Boekhout… - Fungal Diversity, 2018 - Springer
An account is provided of the world's ten most feared fungi. Within areas of interest, we have
organized the entries in the order of concern. We put four human pathogens first as this is of …

Firerelated threats and transformational change in Australian ecosystems

DA Keith, SP Allen, RV Gallagher… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Megafire events generate immediate concern for wildlife and human wellbeing, but
their broader ecological impacts likely extend beyond individual species and single fire …

Unprecedented extinction of tree species by fungal disease

RJ Fensham, J Radford-Smith - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Myrtle rust is caused by the fungus Austropuccinia psidii and impacts some species in the
extremely large and mostly Gondwanic plant family, the Myrtaceae. Given the location of its …

Non-native forest insects and pathogens in Australia: Establishment, spread, and impact

HF Nahrung, AJ Carnegie - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Geographic isolation, unique native flora, and a robust biosecurity system have resulted in
Australia remaining free from many of the devastating exotic pests found in other countries …

Approaches to forecasting damage by invasive forest insects and pathogens: a cross-assessment

KF Raffa, EG Brockerhoff, JC Grégoire, RC Hamelin… - Bioscience, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Nonnative insects and pathogens pose major threats to forest ecosystems worldwide,
greatly diminishing the ecosystem services trees provide. Given the high global diversity of …