Bottlenecks in population size can reduce fitness and evolutionary potential, yet introduced
species often become invasive. This poses a dilemma referred to as the genetic paradox of …

Invasions by alien plants provide a unique opportunity to examine competitive interactions
among plants. While resource competition has long been regarded as a major mechanism …

Trade plays a key role in the spread of alien species and has arguably contributed to the
recent enormous acceleration of biological invasions, thus homogenizing biotas worldwide …

Biological invasions present a global problem underlain by an ecological paradox that
thwarts explanation: how do some exotic species, evolutionarily naïve to their new …

Climate change and biological invasions are key processes affecting global biodiversity, yet
their effects have usually been considered separately. Here, we emphasise that global …

Humans are altering the composition of biological communities through a variety of activities
that increase rates of species invasions and species extinctions, at all scales, from local to …

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) …

Detailed knowledge about the geographical pathways followed by propagules from their
source to the invading populations—referred to here as routes of invasion—provides …

Aim Shifts in species ranges are a predicted and realized effect of global climate change;
however, few studies have addressed the rates and consequence of such shifts, particularly …

Here, we outline a conceptual framework for biodiversity dynamics following environmental
change. The model incorporates lags in extinction and immigration, which lead to extinction …