Invasive alien plant species: Their impact on environment, ecosystem services and human health

PK Rai, JS Singh - Ecological indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecological perturbations caused by biotic invasion have been identified as a growing threat
to global sustainability. Invasive alien plants species (IAPS) are considered to be one of the …

Prospects and challenges of implementing DNA metabarcoding for high-throughput insect surveillance

AM Piper, J Batovska, NOI Cogan, J Weiss… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Trap-based surveillance strategies are widely used for monitoring of invasive insect species,
aiming to detect newly arrived exotic taxa as well as track the population levels of …

Biological invasions are as costly as natural hazards

AJ Turbelin, RN Cuthbert, F Essl, PJ Haubrock… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural hazards—such as storms, floods, and wildfires—can be disastrous phenomena and
so can biological invasions, for which impacts are often irrevocable and insidious. Yet …

Invasive plants as potential sustainable feedstocks for biochar production and multiple applications: A review

Q Feng, B Wang, M Chen, P Wu, X Lee… - Resources, Conservation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Invasive plants harm ecosystems and human health due to their strong environmental
adaptability, fast reproduction and spreading capabilities. Management of invasive plants …

Invasive alien species on islands: impacts, distribution, interactions and management

JC Russell, JY Meyer, ND Holmes… - Environmental …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Invasive alien species (IASs) on islands have broad impacts across biodiversity, agriculture,
economy, health and culture, which tend to be stronger than on continents. Across small …

Detection of introduced and resident marine species using environmental DNA metabarcoding of sediment and water

LE Holman, M de Bruyn, S Creer, G Carvalho… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys are increasingly being used for biodiversity monitoring,
principally because they are sensitive and can provide high resolution community …

Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates

ND Holmes, DR Spatz, S Oppel, B Tershy, DA Croll… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Invasive alien species are a major threat to native insular species. Eradicating invasive
mammals from islands is a feasible and proven approach to prevent biodiversity loss. We …

Climatic niche shifts in introduced species

OK Bates, C Bertelsmeier - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Predictions of future biological invasions often rely on the assumption that introduced
species establish only under climatic conditions similar to those in their native range. To …

Two centuries for an almost complete community turnover from native to non‐native species in a riverine ecosystem

PJ Haubrock, F Pilotto, G Innocenti… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐native species introductions affect freshwater communities by changing community
compositions, functional roles, trait occurrences and ecological niche spaces …

Microbial invasions in terrestrial ecosystems

MP Thakur, WH Van der Putten, MMP Cobben… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Human travel and global trade have tremendously increased the spread of invasive
microorganisms in new regions. Experimental and observational studies in terrestrial …