Ren, H.; Guo, Q.; Liu, H.; Li, J.; Zhang, Q.; Xu, H., and Xu, F., 2014. Patterns of alien plant invasion across coastal bay areas in southern China. Journal of Coastal Research, 30(3), 448–455. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. An understanding of the ways in which levels of invasions by alien species are correlated with environmental factors is helpful to manage the negative impacts of ...

The distributions of naturalised alien plant species that have invaded natural or semi-natural habitat are often geographically restricted by the environmental conditions in their new range, implying that alien species with similar environmental requirements and tolerances may form assemblages and characterise particular areas. The aim of this study was to use objective numerical techniques to ...

1. During the last centuries many alien species have established and spread in new regions, where some of them cause large ecological and economic problems. As one of the main explanations of the spread of alien species, the enemy-release hypothesis is widely accepted and frequently serves as justification for biological control. 2. We used a global fungus–plant host distribution data set for 1...

Invasive alien plant species negatively impact native plant communities by out-competing species or changing abiotic and biotic conditions in their introduced range. River systems are especially vulnerable to biological invasions, because waterways can function as invasion corridors. Understanding interactions of invasive and native species and their combined effects on river dynamics is essent...

Identification of invasion hotspots that support multiple invasive alien species (IAS) is a pre-requisite for control and management of invasion. However, till recently it remained a methodological challenge to precisely determine such invasive hotspots. We identified the hotspots of alien species invasion in India through Ecological Niche Modelling (ENM) using species occurrence data from the ...

Riparian zones are very rich in species but subjected to strong anthropogenic changes and extremely prone to alien plant invasions, which are considered to be a serious threat to biodiversity. Our aim was to determine the spatial distribution of Chenopodium ficifolium, a species demonstrating strong confinement to large river valleys in Central Europe and an indicator of annual pioneer nitrophi...

Road and railway networks are pervasive elements of all environments, which have expanded intensively over the last century in all European countries. These transportation infrastructures have major impacts on the surrounding landscape, representing a threat to biodiversity. Roadsides and railways may function as corridors for dispersal of alien species in fragmented landscapes. However, only f...

Abstract Compositae family comprises the largest number of species invasive alien plants (IAPs) in China. Two IAPs can co-invade same habitat. Drought alter litter decomposition and soil enzyme activities. This study aims to estimate independent combined effects two composite (Bidens pilosa Solidago canadensis) on activities under drought. A polyethylene litterbags experiment (5 g litters B. pi...

Invasive alien plant species (IAPS) are one of the biggest challenges in European ecosystems, displacing local vegetation, destroying agricultural land, and causing billions dollars damage to economy every year. Many them removed daily mainly burned. In this work, we investigated possibilities using plants as feedstock for paper production. Papers made from three invasive plants, i.e., Knotweed...

Mapping and tracking invasive alien plant species (IAPS) their invasiveness can be achieved using remote sensing (RS) geographic information systems (GIS). Continuous monitoring RS, GIS modelling are fundamental tools for informing invasion management strategies. Using systematic comparisons, we look at three imagery platforms how accurately they classified within the Vhembe biosphere reserve, ...