Impacts of invasive Australian acacias: implications for management and restoration

DC Le Maitre, M Gaertner, E Marchante… - Diversity and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The biophysical impacts of invasive Australian acacias and their effects on ecosystem
services are explored and used to develop a framework for improved restoration practices …

Plant invasions in Africa

DM Richardson, ABR Witt, J Pergl, W Dawson… - Global plant …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter reviews the current status of invasions of non-native plants in Africa. It draws on
the most comprehensive global database of naturalized plant species (GloNAF) to provide a …

An assessment of the effectiveness of a large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa

BW van Wilgen, GG Forsyth, DC Le Maitre… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Seed banks of invasive Australian Acacia species in South Africa: role in invasiveness and options for management

DM Richardson, RL Kluge - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Despite impressive efforts at clearing stands of invasive Australian Acacia species in South
Africa, insufficient attention has been given to understanding the role of seed banks in the …

Alien plant invasions and native plant extinctions: a six-threshold framework

PO Downey, DM Richardson - AoB plants, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Biological invasions are widely acknowledged as a major threat to global biodiversity.
Species from all major taxonomic groups have become invasive. The range of impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] 消落带研究进展

程瑞梅, 王晓荣, 肖文发, 郭泉水 - 林业科学, 2010 - html.rhhz.net
结合国内外消落带研究成果, 分别对消落带概念, 分类, 功能进行描述, 以及对消落带动态研究
进行综述, 包括人为活动干扰下所产生的生态环境问题, 消落带土地开发利用模式和保护措施 …

[PDF][PDF] Towards site-specific management of invasive alien trees based on the assessment of their impacts: the case of Robinia pseudoacacia

J Sádlo, M Vítková, J Pergl, P Pyšek - NeoBiota, 2017 - neobiota.pensoft.net
Robinia pseudoacacia L.(black locust) is a North American tree, considered controversial
because of the conflict between multiple uses by humans and negative environmental …

河岸植被缓冲带主要生态服务功能研究的现状与展望

郭二辉, 孙然好, 陈利顶 - 生态学杂志, 2011 - cje.net.cn
河岸植被缓冲带是河流生态系统和陆地生态系统之间的生态交错带, 具有独特的生态系统结构和
服务功能, 也是近年来生态学和环境科学研究的热点之一. 本文对河岸带的生态系统结构及其在 …

A river runs through it: land-use and the composition of vegetation along a riparian corridor in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

CS Meek, DM Richardson, L Mucina - Biological Conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Riparian zones are important for the many ecosystem services they supply. In settled areas,
the vegetation of such zones is shaped by human land-use; this often creates conditions …

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of invasive alien plant clearing: a case study from South Africa

MM McConnachie, RM Cowling, BW Van Wilgen… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Conservation projects spend billions of dollars clearing invasive alien plants, yet few studies
have measured the cost-effectiveness of doing this, especially over larger spatial and …