Browsing RESEARCH: Wilson, JRU by Title
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Identifying safe cultivars of invasive plants: six questions for risk assessment, management, and communication
(2020)The regulation of biological invasions is often focussed at the species level. However, the risks posed by infra- and inter-specific entities can be significantly different from the risks posed by the corresponding species, ... -
The importance of pollinators and autonomous self-fertilisation in the early stages of plant invasions: Banksia and Hakea (Proteaceae) as case studies
(German Botanical Society and the Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands, 2016)Reproduction is a crucial stage in the naturalisation of introduced plant species. Here, using breeding system experiments and observations of floral visitors, we investigate whether a lack of pollinators or an inability ... -
Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species
(2019)To improve the suitability of the Darwin Core standard for the research and management of alien species, the standard needs to express the native status of organisms, how well established they are and how they came to ... -
Incorporating risk mapping at multiple spatial scales into eradication management plans
(Springer, 2014)The success of pro-active management of invasive plants depends on the ability to rapidly detect invasive populations and individuals. However, the factors important for detection depend on the spatial scale examined. We ... -
Indicators for monitoring biological invasions at a national level
(British Ecological Society, 2018)1. A major challenge for the management of biological invasions is to ensure that data and information from basic inventories and ecological research are used alongside data from the monitoring and evaluation of interventions ... -
Initiating dialogue between scientists and managers of biological invasions
(Springer, 2010)We describe an initiative to improve the flow of information between researchers and managers as part of two international scientific symposia on biological invasions held in South Africa in 2008 and 2009. Formal ... -
Intentionally introduced terrestrial invertebrates: patterns, risks, and options for management
(2016-04-21)Our understanding and management of pathways of alien species introductions has improved significantly in the past few years. However, little attention has been paid in most parts of the world to the risks posed by the ... -
Interactions between environment, species traits, and human uses describe patterns of plant invasions
(ECOLOGICAL SOC AMER, 2006-07)Although invasive alien species (IAS) are a major threat to biodiversity, human health, and economy, our understanding of the factors controlling their distribution and abundance is limited. Here, we determine how environmental ... -
Introduced and invasive cactus species: a global review
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Understanding which species are introduced and become invasive, and why, are central questions in invasion science. Comparative studies on model taxa have provided important insights, but much more needs to be done to ... -
Invasion debt – quantifying future biological invasions
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2016)Aim We develop a framework for quantifying invasions based on lagged trends in invasions (‘invasion debt’) with the aim of identifying appropriate metrics to quantify delayed responses at different invasion stages – from ... -
Invasion dynamics of Lantana camara L. (sensu lato) in South Africa.
(2012)Lantana camara L. (sensu lato) has a wide range of impacts throughout its global invasive range. Here we review the mechanisms driving its invasion dynamics in South Africa at national (biome, habitat) and regional (within ... -
Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management
(2020)Our ability to predict invasions has been hindered by the seemingly idiosyncratic context-dependency of individual invasions. However, we argue that robust and useful generalisations in invasion science can be made by ... -
Invasion trajectory of alien trees: the role of introduction pathway and planting history
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2014)Global change is driving a massive rearrangement of the world’s biota. Trajectories of distributional shifts are shaped by species traits, the recipient environment and driving forces with many of the driving forces directly ... -
Invasive alien plants infiltrate bird-mediated shrub nucleation processes in arid savanna
(Blackwell, 2007)1 The cultivation and dissemination of alien ornamental plants increases their potential to invade. More specifically, species with bird-dispersed seeds can potentially infiltrate natural nucleation processes in ... -
Is invasion science moving towards agreed standards? The influence of selected frameworks
(2020)The need to understand and manage biological invasions has driven the development of frameworks to circumscribe, classify, and elucidate aspects of the phenomenon. But how influential have these frameworks really been? To ... -
Lack of human-assisted dispersal means Pueraria montana var. lobata (kudzu vine) could still be eradicated from South Africa
(Springer, 2016)The legume, Pueraria montana var. lobata (kudzu vine) is one of the worst plant invaders globally. Here we present the first study of P. montana in South Africa. We found only seven P. montana populations covering an ... -
Landscape corridors: Possible dangers?
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Level of environmental threat posed by horticultural trade in Cactaceae
(Society of Conservation Biology, 2017)Ornamental horticulture has been identified as an important threat to plant biodiversity and is a major pathway for plant invasions worldwide. In this context, the family Cactaceae is particularly challenging because it ... -
MAcroecological Framework for Invasive Aliens (MAFIA): disentangling large-scale context dependence in biological invasions
(2020)Macroecology is the study of patterns, and the processes that determine those patterns, in the distribution and abundance of organisms at large scales, whether they be spatial (from hundreds of kilometres to global), ... -
Macroecology meets invasion ecology: linking the native distributions of Australian acacias to invasiveness
(2011)Aim Species’ native ranges reflect the net outcome of interactions between lifehistory strategies and biotic and abiotic influences over evolutionary time-scales. Differences in native ranges might be indicative both of ...