Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is a widely distributed carcinogenic fern, to whose toxins
human populations are exposed through multiple routes. Animals are also affected by …

The subject of biological invasions is well-recognized, especially due to the associated
impacts, but different interpretations exist about the concept of invasive species. These are …

The neotropical bracken fern Pteridium arachnoideum (Kaulf.) Maxon.(Dennstaedtiaceae) is
described as an aggressive pioneer plant species. It invades abandoned or newly burned …

Pteridium aquilinum acts as an important ecological filters in dominated communities. A
study to investigate the effects of its dominance in the vegetation of Nyungwe was …

Climate and land-use changes have driven the dominance of native herbaceous plants in
degraded tropical forests, leading to losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services …

There is a need for management strategies to control dominant perennial weeds and restore
seminatural communities. We compared the effects of five weed control treatments on dense …

In the tropical dry forest of the Yucatan Peninsula in southern Mexico, as in many parts of the
Neotropics, deforested areas have been colonized by the highly competitive invasive …

Tropical montane forests are threatened by human-induced fires, resulting in forest patches
surrounded by disturbed habitats frequently dominated by bracken fern (Pteridium spp.). In …

There has been paucity of information and inadequate studies on the invasive potentials of
ferns as most invasive ecological studies have so far focused on higher plants across the …

Although fire occurrence plays a central role in the dominance of the super-dominant
bracken fern Pteridium arachnoideum in Neotropical forests, it is unclear whether this …