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Uncontrolled admixture and loss of genetic diversity in a local Vietnamese pig breed

Berthouly-Salazar, C.; Thevenon, S.; Thu Nhu, V.; Binh Trong, N.; Lan Doan, P.; Cuong Vu, C.; Maillard, J.-C. (Blackwell Publishing, 2012)

The expansion of intensive livestock production systems in developing countries has increased the introduction of highly productive exotic breeds facilitating indiscriminate crossbreeding with local breeds. In this study, ...

Unlocking the potential of Google Earth as a tool in invasion science

Visser, V.; Langdon, B.; Pauchard, A.; Richardson, D.M. (Springer, 2014)

Distribution data are central to many invasion science applications. The shortage of good information on the distribution of alien species and their spatial dynamics is largely attributable to the cost, effort and expertise ...

Using network theory to understand and predict biological invasions

Frost, C.M.; Allen, W.J.; Courchamp, F.; Jeschke, J.M.; Saul, W.C.; Wardle, D.A. (2019)

Understanding and predicting biological invasions is challenging because of the complexity of many interacting players. A holistic approach is needed with the potential to simultaneously consider all relevant effects and ...

Using public surveys to reliably and rapidly estimate the distributions of multiple invasive species on the Andaman archipelago

Mohanty, N.P.; Sachin, A.; Selvaraj, G.; Vasudevan, K. (The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 2018)

To effectively manage multiple biological invasions, information on their distributions must be generated rapidly and over large spatial scales. Using public surveys in a false-positive occupancy framework, we reliably ...

Variation in scorpion metabolic rate and rate–temperature relationships: implications for the fundamental equation of the metabolic theory of ecology

Terblanche, J.S.; Janion, C.; Chown, S.L. (Blackwell, 2007)

The fundamental equation of the metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) indicates that most of the variation in metabolic rate are a consequence of variation in organismal size and environmental temperature. Although evolution ...

We object to bad science: poor research practices should be discouraged!

Mothapo, P.N.; Phiri, E.E.; Maduna, T.L.; Malgas, R.; Richards, R.; Sylvester, T.T.; Nsikani, M.; Boonzaaier-Davids, M.K.; Moshobane, M.C. (2020)

What determines the impact of alien birds and mammals in Europe?

Kumschick, S.; Bacher, S.; Blackburn, T.M. (Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2013)

An often-cited reason for studying the process of invasion by alien species is that the understanding sought can be used to mitigate the impacts of the invaders. Here, we present an analysis of the correlates of local ...

Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings

Jousset, A.; Bienhold, C.; Chatzinotas, A.; Gallien, L.; Gobet, A.; Kurm, V.; Kusel, K.; Rillig, M.C.; Rivett, D.W.; Salles, J.F.; van der Heijden, M.G.A.; Youssef, N.H.; Zhang, X.; Wei, Z.; Hol, W.H.G. (International Society for Microbial Ecology, 2017)

Rare species are increasingly recognized as crucial, yet vulnerable components of Earth’s ecosystems. This is also true for microbial communities, which are typically composed of a high number of relatively rare species. ...