The role of propagule pressure in biological invasions

D Simberloff - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Although most studies of factors contributing to successful establishment and spread of non-
native species have focused on species traits and characteristics (both biotic and abiotic) …

The ecology and biodiversity of urban ponds

C Hassall - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has demonstrated that ponds contribute a great deal to biodiversity at a
regional level as networks of habitat patches that also act as 'stepping stones' to facilitate the …

Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

P Pyšek, V Jarošík, PE Hulme, I Kühn… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The accelerating rates of international trade, travel, and transport in the latter half of the
twentieth century have led to the progressive mixing of biota from across the world and the …

[HTML][HTML] Coral reef population genomics in an age of global change

ML Pinsky, RD Clark, JT Bos - Annual Review of Genetics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Coral reefs are both exceptionally biodiverse and threatened by climate change and other
human activities. Here, we review population genomic processes in coral reef taxa and their …

Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes

MA Albins, MA Hixon - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2008 - int-res.com
The Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans, introduced to Florida waters in the early 1990s, is
currently spreading rapidly throughout the Caribbean region. This invasive carnivore may …

Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities

MA Albins, MA Hixon - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2013 - Springer
The Pacific red lionfish has recently invaded Western Atlantic and Caribbean coral reefs,
and may become one of the most ecologically harmful marine fish introductions to date …

[HTML][HTML] Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions: Implications for policy and management

H Ojaveer, BS Galil, JT Carlton, H Alleway… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The human-mediated introduction of marine non-indigenous species is a centuries-if not
millennia-old phenomenon, but was only recently acknowledged as a potent driver of …

Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean

IM Côté, SJ Green, MA Hixon - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
The invasion of western Atlantic marine habitats by two predatory Indo-Pacific lionfish,
Pterois volitans and P. miles, has recently unfolded at an unprecedented rate, with …

Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago

JA Morris, JL Akins - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2009 - Springer
Feeding ecology of the lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species in the Western North
Atlantic, was examined by collecting stomach content data from fishes taken throughout the …

Global change and marine communities: alien species and climate change

A Occhipinti-Ambrogi - Marine pollution bulletin, 2007 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic influences on the biosphere since the advent of the industrial age are
increasingly causing global changes. Climatic change and the rising concentration of …