The number of non-native plant species established outside of cultivation in the New
Zealand archipelago is higher than for any other islands worldwide. Faced with this scale of …

Native plant communities, woodlands and landscapes in the UK and across the world are
suffering from pathogens introduced by human activities. Many of these pathogens arrive on …

This paper presents an assessment of a large, national-scale alien plant control program
that has operated in South Africa for 15years. We reviewed data from three national-level …

This book is the first comprehensive global review of all aspects of alien plant invasions in
protected areas. It provides insights into advances in invasion ecology emanating from work …

Many alien weeds pose significant environmental and/or economic threats across the globe,
and methods to assess the potential risk of species introductions are key components in the …

Screening systems for predicting invasive plants have been independently developed for
the non-indigenous floras of North America, the South African fynbos, and Australia. To …

1. The introduction of non‐native species continues to cause ecological concern globally,
but there have been no published reviews of their effects in the UK. Impacts in the UK are …

International actions to combat the threat posed by invasive alien species (IAS) to crops and
biodiversity have intensified in recent years. The formulation of 15 guiding principles on IAS …

Executive summary Alien species (weeds and pest animals) are acknowledged as the
second greatest cause of biodiversity decline, after habitat loss. Despite this, there is a lack …

The trade in plants for planting (P4P) is one of the major pathways for the introduction of
pests. The strong increase in world trade in the past decades appears to have led to an …