• Ecomorphology of largemouth bass relative to a native trophic analogue explains its high invasive impact 

  Luger, A.M.; South, J.; Alexander, M.E.; Ellender, B.R.; Weyl, O.L.F.; Nagelkerke, L.A.J. (2020)

  Predicting and understanding the impact of biological invaders is a global ecological imperative. Progress has been made through the application of phenomenological analysis via comparative functional response analysis. ...

• Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya 

  Oketch, A.D.; Zonstein, S.; Kioko, E.N.; Li, S. (2020)

  A new genus and three new species of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 from Kenya are described. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, gen. nov. is close to Sarascelis Simon, 1887 and Scelidocteus Simon, 1907 but differs in ...

• A workflow for standardising and integrating alien species distribution data 

  Seebens, H.; Clarke, D.A.; Groom, Q.; Wilson, J.R.U.; García-Berthou, E.; Kühn, I.; Roigé, M.; Pagad, S.; Essl, F.; Vicente, J.; Winter, M.; McGeoch, M. (2020)

  Biodiversity data are being collected at unprecedented rates. Such data often have significant value for purposes beyond the initial reason for which they were collected, particularly when they are combined and collated ...

• Occupancy dynamics of rare cyprinids after invasive fish eradication 

  Castañeda, R.A.; Mandrak, N.E.; Barrow, S.; Weyl, O.L.F. (2020)

  The eradication of invasive species is a management strategy implemented to eliminate adverse impacts of invaders on native species communities. After eradications, follow-up studies are done to confirm eradication of the ...

• Invasion science and the global spread of SARS-CoV-2 

  Nunez, M.A.; Pauchard, A.; Ricciardi, A. (2020)

  Emerging infectious diseases, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), are driven by ecological and socioeconomic factors, and their rapid spread and devastating impacts mirror those of invasive species. Collaborations ...

• Metabolomic differences between invasive alien plants from native and invaded habitats 

  Skubel, S.A.; Su, X.; Poulev, A.; Foxcroft, L.C.; Dushenkov, V.; Raskin, I. (2020)

  Globalization facilitated the spread of invasive alien species (IAS), undermining the stability of the world’s ecosystems. We investigated the metabolomic profiles of three IAS species: Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) ...

• Bat species richness and community composition along a mega-transect in the Okavango River Basin 

  Weier, S.M.; Keith, M.; Neef, G.G.; Parker, D.M.; Taylor, P.J. (2020)

  The Okavango River Basin is a hotspot of bat diversity that requires urgent and adequate protection. To advise future conservation strategies, we investigated the relative importance of a range of potential environmental ...

• Secondary invasion and weedy native species dominance after clearing invasive alien plants in South Africa: status quo and prognosis 

  Nsikani, M.M.; Geerts, S.; Ruwanza, S.; Richardson, D.M. (2020)

  Clearing invasive alien plants often facilitates secondary invasion and/or weedy native species dominance instead of native biodiversity recovery. Secondary invasion and/or weedy native species dominance in turn can present ...

• Topsoil transfer from natural renosterveld to degraded old fields facilitates native vegetation recovery 

  Ruwanza, S. (2020)

  The transfer of soils from intact vegetation communities to degraded ecosystems is seen as a promising restoration tool aimed at facilitating vegetation recovery. This study examined how topsoil transfer from intact ...

• Morphology, locomotor performance and habitat use in southern African agamids 

  Tan, W.C.; vanhooydonck, B.; Measey, J.; Herrel, A. (2020)

  Understanding the relationships between form and function can help us to understand the evolution of phenotypic diversity in different ecological contexts. Locomotor traits are ecologically relevant as they reflect the ...

• Challenges of dehydration result in a behavioral shift in invasive toads 

  Madelaire, C.B.; Barsotti, A.M.G.; Wagener, C.; Sugano, Y.Y.V.; Baxter-Gilbert, J.; Gomes, F.R.; Measey, J. (2020)

  The adaptive nature of invasive species facilitates their survival in conditions that differ markedly from their native range. Behavioral changes in invasive populations are poorly explored but offer a wide potential when ...

• Genetic identification of freely traded synanthropic invasive murid rodents in pet shops in Gauteng Province, South Africa 

  Maligana, N.; Julius, R.S.; Shivambu, T.C.; Chimimba, C.T. (2020)

  Although synanthropic invasive murid rodents are freely traded in pet shops in South Africa, their taxonomic identities, however, remain largely unknown. Twenty-four murid rodents were sampled from pet shops in four of the ...

• Implications of elevated carbon dioxide on the susceptibility of the globally invasive weed, Parthenium hysterophorus , to glyphosate herbicide 

  Cowie, B.W.; Venter, N.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Byrne, M.J. (2020)

  BACKGROUND The noxious annual herb, Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae), is an invasive weed of global significance, threatening food security, biodiversity and human health. In South Africa, chemical control is ...

• Book review: The Amaryllidaceae of southern Africa 

  van Wilgen, B.W. (2020)

• Quantifying the social and economic benefits of the biological control of invasive alien plants in natural ecosystems 

  van Wilgen, B.W.; Raghu, S.; Sheppard, A.W.; Schaffner, U. (2020)

  Invasive alien plants reduce ecosystem service delivery, resulting in environmental, economic and social costs. Here we review the returns on investment from biological control of alien plants that invade natural ecosystems. ...

• Invasive alien species add to the uncertain future of protected areas 

  Moodley, D.; Foxcroft, L.C.; Novoa, A.; Pyšková, K.; Pergl, J.; Pyšek, P. (2020)

• Functional traits explain the Hutchinsonian niches of plant species 

  Treurnicht, M.; Pagel, J.; Tonnabel, J.; Esler, K.J.; Slingsby, J.A.; Schurr, F.M. (2020)

  Aim: The Hutchinsonian niche is a foundational concept in ecology and evolutionary biology that describes fundamental characteristics of any species: the global maximum population growth rate (rmax); the niche optimum (the ...

• Lions Panthera leo prefer killing certain cattle Bos taurus types 

  Weise, F.J.; Tomeletso, M.; Stein, A.B.; Somers, M.J.; Hayward, M.W. (2020)

  Simple Summary Livestock production continues to increase throughout the world. Meanwhile, lions are becoming increasingly endangered, in part due to the severe conflict arising from cattle predation. Because cattle closely ...

• Biogeographical comparison of terrestrial invertebrates and trophic feeding guilds in the native and invasive ranges of Carpobrotus edulis 

  Rodríguez, J.; Novoa, A.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; Richardson, D.M.; González, L. (2020)

  Plant invasions impact on biodiversity by altering the composition of native communities by disrupting taxonomic and functional diversity. Non-native plants are often released from their natural enemies, which might result ...

• Variation in individual biomass decreases faster than mean biomass with increasing density of bamboo stands 

  Liu, G.H.; Hui, C.; Chen, M.; Pile, L.S.; Wang, G.G.; Wang, F.S.; Shi, P.J. (2020)

  The total biomass of a stand is an indicator of stand productivity and is closely related to the density of plants. According to the self-thinning law, mean individual biomass follows a negative power law with plant density. ...

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