Alien species can have massive impacts on native biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and
human livelihoods. Assessing which species from currently cultivated alien floras may …

Predicting the influence of climate change on the potential distribution of naturalised alien
plant species is an important and challenging task. While prioritisation of management …

Invasive alien organisms pose a major threat to global biodiversity. The Cape Peninsula,
South Africa, provides a case study of the threat of alien plants to native plant diversity. We …

Although protected areas (PAs) are declared to provide sanctuaries for biodiversity, they are
increasingly threatened by the synergistic effects of anthropic factors, invasive alien species …

Invasive species are considered a major threat to ecosystem functioning and native
biodiversity. Their negative impacts on ecosystems and the provisioning of ecosystem …

Biological invasions remain one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and livelihoods, and
are predicted to increase due to climate change and globalization. In this study, we …

Ornamental horticulture constitutes a major pathway of alien plant species introductions into
different biogeographic regions globally. Studies increasingly suggest that climate change …

Aim Climate change has increased the risk of biological invasions, particularly by increasing
the climatically suitable regions for invasive alien species. The distribution of many native …

Alien plants invasion has negative impacts on the structure and functionality of ecosystems.
Understanding the determinants of this process is fundamental for addressing …

Biological invasions are one of the most defining features of the Anthropocene. Most studies
on biological invasions focus on the later stages of the invasion process, that is after species …