Plant pathogens have played an important role in weed biological control since the 1970s.
So far, 36 fungal pathogens have been authorized for introduction across 18 countries for …

We review key issues, available approaches and analyses to encourage and assist
practitioners to develop sound plans to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control …

Invasive alien plants have serious economic and ecological impacts, for example, by
displacing native plants and invertebrates, and their management is often costly and …

Classical biological control (the introduction of exotic natural enemies) is often advocated as
a tool for managing invasive species. Here, we review the effectiveness of biocontrol and …

Practitioners of classical biological control of invasive weeds are confronted with a dual
expectation: to achieve successful control of plant invaders and to avoid damage to …

A dataset of weed biocontrol agents released in New Zealand was used to review the
importance of several factors that have been hypothesized to be predictors of agent impact …

Various factors can influence the population dynamics of phytophages post introduction, of
which climate is fundamental. Here we present an approach, using a mechanistic modelling …

Considerable progress has been made towards the successful classical biological control of
many of Australia's exotic weeds over the past decade. Some 43 new arthropod or pathogen …

Evolution has contributed to the successful invasion of exotic plant species in their
introduced ranges, but how evolution affects particular control strategies is still under …

The development of the field of biological control of weeds in Australia is described, from the
first attempts in 1903 to the present day. The interest sparked by the obvious success of …