The domestic garden–Its contribution to urban green infrastructure

RWF Cameron, T Blanuša, JE Taylor… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2012 - Elsevier
Domestic gardens provide a significant component of urban green infrastructure but their
relative contribution to eco-system service provision remains largely un-quantified.'Green …

How well do we understand the impacts of alien species on ecosystem services? A pan‐European, cross‐taxa assessment

M Vilà, C Basnou, P Pyšek, M Josefsson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent comprehensive data provided through the DAISIE project (www. europe‐aliens. org)
have facilitated the development of the first pan‐European assessment of the impacts of …

Biological invasion of European tomato crops by Tuta absoluta: ecology, geographic expansion and prospects for biological control

N Desneux, E Wajnberg, KAG Wyckhuys, G Burgio… - Journal of pest …, 2010 - Springer
The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a devastating
pest of tomato originating from South America. After its initial detection in eastern Spain in …

[HTML][HTML] Economics of invasive species policy and management

RS Epanchin-Niell - Biological invasions, 2017 - Springer
This article examines the use of economic analysis to inform bioinvasion management, with
particular focus on forest resources. Economics is key for understanding invasion processes …

Ecology and management of the soybean aphid in North America

DW Ragsdale, DA Landis, J Brodeur… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, has become the single most important
arthropod pest of soybeans in North America. Native to Asia, this invasive species was first …

The anthropocene biosphere

M Williams, J Zalasiewicz, PK Haff… - The Anthropocene …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The geological record preserves evidence for two fundamental stages in the evolution of
Earth's biosphere, a microbial stage from~ 3.5 to 0.65 Ga, and a metazoan stage evident by …

Controlling established invaders: integrating economics and spread dynamics to determine optimal management

RS Epanchin‐Niell, A Hastings - Ecology letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 528–541 Abstract We review studies that address economically
optimal control of established invasive species. We describe three important components for …

Current mismatch between research and conservation efforts: the need to study co-occurring invasive plant species

SE Kuebbing, MA Nuñez, D Simberloff - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Though biological invasion studies have proliferated in recent decades, a consistent
emphasis remains on the study of single-species invasions. Here, we juxtapose the number …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of the International Phytosanitary Standard ISPM No. 15 on reducing wood borer infestation rates in wood packaging material entering the …

RA Haack, KO Britton, EG Brockerhoff, JF Cavey… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Numerous bark-and wood-infesting insects have been introduced to new countries by
international trade where some have caused severe environmental and economic damage …

Releasing natural enemies and applying microbial and botanical pesticides for managing Tuta absoluta in the MENA region

R Mansour, A Biondi - Phytoparasitica, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a key insect pest, seriously
damaging tomato crops and inducing tremendous yield and economic losses. The area of …