Human-mediated species invasions are a significant component of current global
environmental change. There is every indication that the rate at which locations are …

Invasive alien species come from most taxonomic groups, and invasion biology is searching
for robust cross-taxon generalizations and principles. An analysis of 2670 papers dealing …

Rosaceae, Amaranthaceae, Pinaceae), some under-represented (eg Euphorbiaceae,
Rubiaceae), whereas the one richest in naturalized species, Compositae, reaches a value …

A tenet of macroecology is that physiological processes of organisms are linked to large-
scale geographical patterns in environmental conditions. Species at higher latitudes …

No species occurs everywhere. Indeed, the majority are absent from most places, and where
they do occur they are usually quite rare. Gaston discusses the structure of these …

With the advent of the Anthropocene, biological invasions have reached an unprecedented
level, and the number of species introductions is still increasing in an ever‐changing world …

Species introductions of anthropogenic origins are a major aspect of rapid ecological
change globally. Research on biological invasions has generated a large literature on many …

The widely held hypothesis that enlarged brains have evolved as an adaptation to cope with
novel or altered environmental conditions lacks firm empirical support. Here, we test this …

Alien microbes, fungi, plants and animals occur on most of the sub-Antarctic islands and
some parts of the Antarctic continent. These have arrived over approximately the last two …

This book looks at the world's naturalised (successfully introduced) species of bird. Many
species have been introduced to countries outside their natural range by people, either …