Kudzu (Pueraria montana): History, Physiology, and Ecology Combine to Make a Major Ecosystem Threat

IN Forseth, AF Innis - Critical reviews in plant sciences, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Kudzu, Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. variety lobata (Willd.) was introduced into the United
States at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA. Subsequently, it was planted …

Benefits of classical biological control for managing invasive plants

TW Culliney - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
As a result of the rapid expansion in international travel and trade over the past few
decades, invasive plants have become a problem of global proportions. Plant invasions …

Naturalization and invasion of alien plants: concepts and definitions

DM Richardson, P Pyšek, M Rejmanek… - Diversity and …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Much confusion exists in the English‐language literature on plant invasions concerning the
terms 'naturalized'and 'invasive'and their associated concepts. Several authors have used …

Invasions

M Williamson - Ecography, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Because of the damage some do, including threatening biodiversity, invasive species are a
current focus of interest, particularly outside Europe. Yet invasion biology is still struggling to …

Native and alien plant species richness in relation to spatial heterogeneity on a regional scale in Germany

K Deutschewitz, A Lausch, I Kühn… - Global Ecology and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of our study was to reveal relationships between richness patterns of native vs.
alien plant species and spatial heterogeneity across varying landscape patterns at a …

Assessing the risk of potentially invasive plant species in central Europe

E Weber, D Gut - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2004 - Elsevier
A risk assessment system was developed to assess the invasion potential of new
environmental weeds in central Europe. A pre-evaluation step excludes species that are …

Land-use and socio-economic correlates of plant invasions in European and North African countries

M Vilà, J Pujadas - Biological conservation, 2001 - Elsevier
Biological invasions are causing significant ecological impacts and economical costs world-
wide. Human activities are the primary cause of this conservation and environmental …

Predicting and explaining plant invasions through analysis of source area floras: some critical considerations

P Pyšek, DM Richardson… - Diversity and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Comparing species that become invasive with others from the same regional species pool
that do not invade raises several issues about the accuracy of analyses attempting to define …

Invasion biology 1958-2005: the pursuit of science and conservation

MA Davis - Conceptual ecology and invasion biology: reciprocal …, 2006 - Springer
) N 4HE) NTERNATIONAL 5NION OF" IOLOGICAL 3CIENCES HELD ITS fiRST" IOLOGICAL
3CIENCES 3YMPOSIUM PART OF WHAT WAS TO BE A SERIES OF SUCH MEETINGS …

Restoration of natural and semi‐natural wetland systems in Central Europe: progress and predictability of developments

F Klötzli, AP Grootjans - Restoration ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
After almost 40 years of experience in wetland restoration in Central Europe in which
vegetation changes have been monitored by means of permanent plots or vegetation maps …