The study of invasion ecology usually focuses on the negative impacts of alien species,
while potential positive impacts are often overlooked. Understanding of biotic interactions …

Aim To review some of the applications in ecology and conservation biogeography of
datasets derived from atlas projects. We discuss data applications and data quality issues …

Technical note prepared by IUCN for the European Commission. This note has been drafted
by a team of experts under the supervision of IUCN within the framework of the contract No …

Similar to the process seen in invasion biology, urbanized environments lead to biotic
homogenization with a few species, often alien, dominating the urban habitat. We …

Highlights•Species vary in their tendency to forage innovatively but it is not known why.•We
compared noisy miners and Indian mynas on an innovative problem-solving task.•Mynas …

“The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range: it now occurs in these latitudes
on both sides of the Cordillera, across the continent. I saw it in unfrequented spots in Chile …

As in other parts of the world, urban ecosystems in South Africa have large numbers of alien
species, many of which are invasive. Whereas invasions in South Africa's natural systems …

In this chapter we review the current knowledge on terrestrial vertebrate invasions in South
Africa. Thirty species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians are considered to have …

Resource competition is one potential behavioral mechanism by which invasive species can
impact native species, but detecting this competition can be difficult due to the interactions …

The dynamic, multi‐season occupancy model framework has become a popular tool for
modeling open populations with occupancies that change over time through local …