Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

Invasive plants can reduce biodiversity, alter ecosystem functions and have considerable
economic impacts. Invasive plant control is therefore the focus of restoration research in …

▪ Abstract In the search to identify factors that make some plant species troublesome
invaders, many studies have compared various measures of native and alien invasive plant …

Plant invasion potentially alters ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. However, the
overall direction and magnitude of such alterations are poorly quantified.• Here, 94 …

Invasion ecology, the study of how organisms spread in habitats to which they are not native,
asks both about the invasiveness of species and the invasibility of habitats: Which species …

Exotic species have become increasingly significant management problems in parks and
reserves and frequently complicate restoration projects. At the same time there may be …

Grasslands used to be vital landscape elements throughout Europe. Nowadays, the area of
grasslands is dramatically reduced, especially in industrial countries. Grassland restoration …

The conservation or restoration of seminatural vegetation often involves measures that
influence the availability of nutrients and consequently the plant species composition. The …

The variability in the type of ecosystem degradation and the specificity of restoration goals
can challenge restorationists' ability to generalize about approaches that lead to restoration …

Soil nitrogen enrichment and consequent vigorous weed growth are thought to hinder the
restoration of tallgrass prairie. Adding carbon to the soil may facilitate prairie restoration by …