Prickly Pear (Opuntia spp.) as an Invasive Species and a Potential Fodder Resource for Ruminant Animals

N Sipango, KE Ravhuhali, NA Sebola, O Hawu… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, the invasiveness of Opuntia spp. and its impact on various ecosystem services
has been recognised especially in semi-arid areas where rainfall is erratic. The semi-arid …

Global proliferation of nonnative plants is a major driver of insect invasions

C Bertelsmeier, A Bonnamour, EG Brockerhoff… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Invasions by nonnative insect species can massively disrupt ecological processes, often
leading to serious economic impacts. Previous work has identified propagule pressure as …

CO2 sequestration by propagation of the fast-growing Azolla spp.

HZ Hamdan, AF Houri - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
Azolla is a group of aquatic floating plants that can achieve very high growth rates compared
to other aquatic macrophytes, with a doubling time of 2–5 days under optimal growing …

Establishment, spread and early impacts of the first biocontrol agent against an invasive plant in continental Europe

FA López-Núñez, E Marchante, R Heleno… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Classical biocontrol is key for the successful management of invasive alien plants; yet, it is
still relatively new in Europe. Although post-release monitoring is essential to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Fighting neobiota with neobiota: Consider it more often and do it more rigorously

Y Sun, H Müller-Schärer, U Schaffner - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Invasive non-native plants (INNP) cause severe impacts on nature and human well-being,
and these are predicted to increase. While management tools have been developed to …

Predicting non-target impacts

Q Paynter, ID Paterson, RM Kwong - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Non-target impacts of weed biocontrol are rare and reducing in frequency and
severity.•Indirect non-target impacts are difficult to predict and require more …

Estimating economic benefits of biological control of Ambrosia artemisiifolia by Ophraella communa in southeastern France

R Mouttet, B Augustinus, M Bonini, B Chauvel… - Basic and Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The North American common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, which produces
highly allergenic pollen, is invasive in different parts of the world, including Europe. In 2013 …

Comparing biocontrol and herbicide for managing an invasive non‐native plant species: Efficacy, non‐target effects and secondary invasion

PG Peterson, MF Merrett, SV Fowler… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, invasive non‐native plants are an increasing threat to indigenous biodiversity and
ecosystems, but management can be compromised by poor efficacy of control methods …

Using problem formulation for fit‐for‐purpose pre‐market environmental risk assessments of regulated stressors

Y Devos, W Craig, RH Devlin, A Ippolito… - EFSA …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pre‐market/prospective environmental risk assessments (ERA s) contribute to risk analyses
performed to facilitate decisions about the market introduction of regulated stressors. Robust …

Knowledge and perceptions of invasive plant biocontrol in Europe versus the rest of the world

H Marchante, E Marchante, L Verbrugge… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biological control (BC) of invasive alien plants (IAP) can be an effective environmental
management approach. It has only very recently been adopted in Europe and is …