• Is spinelessness a stable character in cactus pear cultivars? Implications for invasiveness 

  Novoa, A.; Flepu, V.; Boatwright, J.S. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)

  Selection against invasiveness allows breeders to continue trading with plant cultivars when the wild species is otherwise invasive. However, to ensure the benefits of a species over the medium-to longer-term, it is necessary ...

• Monographs of invasive plants in Europe: Carpobrotus 

  Campoy, J.G.; Acosta, A.T.R.; Affre, L.; Barreiro, R.; Brundu, G.; Buisson, E.; Gonzalez, L.; Lema, M.; Novoa, A.; Retuerto, R.; Roiloa, S.R.; Fagundez, J. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  This report synthesizes all aspects of the taxonomy, distribution, history of introduction and spread, ecological constrains (including preferred climate, substratum and habitats), responses to biotic and abiotic factors, ...

• Is thermal limitation the primary driver of elevational distributions? Not for montane rainforest ants in the Australian Wet Tropics 

  Nowrouzi, S.; Andersen, A.N.; Bishop, T.R.; Robson, S.K.A. (Springer, 2018)

  Terrestrial ectotherms are likely to be especially sensitive to rising temperatures over coming decades. Thermal limits are used to measure climatic tolerances that potentially affect ectotherm distribution. While there ...

• Dominance–diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion 

  Arnan, X.; Andersen, A.N.; Gibb, H.; Parr, C.L.; Sanders, N.J.; Dunn, R.R.; Angulo, E.; Baccaro, F.B.; Bishop, T.R.; Boulay, R.; Castracani, C.; Cerda, X.; Del Toro, I.; Delsinne, T.; Donoso, D.A.; Elten, E.K.; Fayle, T.M.; Fitzpatrick, M.C.; Gomez, C.; Grasso, D.A.; Grossman, B.F.; Guenard, B.; Gunawardene, N.; Heterick, B.; Hoffmann, B.D.; Janda, M.; Jenkins, C.N.; Klimes, P.; Lach, L.; Laeger, T.; Leponce, M.; Lucky, A.; Majer, J.; Menke, S.; Mezger, D.; Mori, A.; Moses, J.; Munyai, T.C.; Paknia, O.; Pfeiffer, M.; Philpott, S.M.; Souza, J.L.P.; Tista, M.; Vasconcelos, H.L.; Retana, J. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018)

  The relationship between levels of dominance and species richness is highly contentious, especially in ant communities. The dominance-impoverishment rule states that high levels of dominance only occur in species-poor ...

• Evidence for diet partitioning among three coexisting native freshwater fishes in South Africa's Cape Fold Ecoregion 

  Shelton, J.M.; Bird, M.S.; Marr, S.M. (NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2018)

  The partitioning of limited resources commonly explains how different species can coexist within the same ecological community. In this 2010 study, the diets of three coexisting freshwater fishes (Cape galaxias Galaxias ...

• Seed density is more effective than multi-trait limiting similarity in controlling grassland resistance against plant invasions in mesocosms 

  Yannelli, F.A.; Karrer, G.; Hall, R.; Kollmann, J.; Heger, T. (International Association for Vegetation Science, 2018)

  Question: Disturbed areas offer great opportunities for restoring native biodiversity,but they are also prone to invasion by alien plants. Following the limiting similarityhypothesis, we address the question of whether ...

• Comparison of spatial downscaling methods of general circulation model results to study climate variability during the Last Glacial Maximum 

  Latombe, G.; Burke, A.; Vrac, M.; Levavasseur, G.; Dumas, C.; Kageyama, M.; Ramstein, G. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, 2018)

  The extent to which climate conditions influenced the spatial distribution of hominin populations in the past is highly debated. General circulation models (GCMs) and archaeological data have been used to address this ...

• Historical range contraction, and not taxonomy, explains the contemporary genetic structure of the Australian tree, Acacia dealbata Link 

  Hirsch, H.; Richardson, D.M.; Impson, F.A.C.; Kleinjan, C.; Le Roux, J.J. (Springer, 2018)

  Irrespective of its causes, strong population genetic structure indicates a lack of gene flow. Understanding the processes that underlie such structure, and the spatial patterns it causes, is valuable for conservation ...

• Sex ratio rather than population size affects genetic diversity in Antennaria dioica 

  Rosche, C.; Schrieber, K.; Lachmuth, S.; Durka, W.; Hirsch, H.; Wagner, V.; Schleuning, M.; Hensen, I. (German Society for Plant Sciences and The Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands, 2018)

  • Habitat fragmentation and small population size can lead to genetic erosion in threatened plant populations. Classical theory implies that dioecy can counteract genetic erosion as it decreases the magnitude of inbreeding ...

• Do long-distance migratory birds track their niche through seasons? 

  Zurell, D.; Gallien, L.; Graham, C.H.; Zimmermann, N.E. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018)

  Aim: Seasonal migration by animals is an extensively studied, global phenomenon.Yet, we still lack a general understanding whether migrants track their niche between summer and winter ranges (following fixed environmental ...

• Habitat disturbance selects against both small and large species across varying climates 

  Gibb, H.; Sanders, N.J.; Dunn, R.R.; Arnan, X.; Vasconcelos, H.L.; Donoso, D.A.; Andersen, A.N.; Silva, R.R.; Bishop, T.R.; Gomez, C.; Grossman, B.F.; Yusah, K.M.; Luke, S.H.; Pacheco, R.; Pearce-Duvet, J.; Retana, J.; Tista, M.; Parr, C.L. (Nordic Society Oikos, 2018)

  Global extinction drivers, including habitat disturbance and climate change, are thought to affect larger species more than smaller species. However, it is unclear if such drivers interact to affect assemblage body size ...

• Emergence of weak-intransitive competition through adaptive diversification and eco-evolutionary feedbacks 

  Gallien, L.; Landi, P.; Hui, C.; Richardson, D.M. (British Ecological Society, 2018)

  1. Indirect biotic interactions—such as intransitive competition—are increasingly recognized as being important in shaping ecological patterns in natural systems. Over long time-scales, such indirect interactions may ...

• Frequency and intensity of facilitation reveal opposing patterns along a stress gradient 

  Gallien, L.; Zurell, D.; Zimmermann, N.E. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018)

  Disentangling the different processes structuring ecological communities is a long-standing challenge. In species-rich ecosystems, most emphasis has so far been given to environmental filtering and competition processes, ...

• Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader 

  McClelland, G.T.W.; Altwegg, R.; van Aarde, R.J.; Ferreira, S.; Burger, A.E.; Chown, S.L. (Ecological Society of America, 2018)

  The considerable threats of invasive rodents to island biodiversity are likely to be compounded by climate change. Forecasts for such interactions have been most pronounced for the Southern Ocean islands where ameliorating ...

• The impact of invasive aquatic plants on ecosystem services and human well-being in Wular Lake, India 

  Keller, R.; Masoodi, A.; Shackleton, R.T. (Springer, 2018)

  Alien invasive species cause significant impacts on ecosystems and economies, but the impacts on human well-being and livelihoods are less well known. Negative impacts can be particularly severe when caused by floating ...

• Conservation implications of spatial genetic structure in two species of oribatid mites from the Antarctic Peninsula and the Scotia Arc. 

  Jansen van Vuuren, B.; Lee, J.E.; Convey, P.; Chown, S.L. (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

  Mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data from two Antarctic ameronothroid mites, Halozetes belgicae and Alaskozetes antarcticus, were used to address three key questions important for understanding both the evolution of ...

• Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires intergration of ecology, conservation and social science 

  Bonebrake, T.C.; Brown, C.J.; Bell, J.D.; Blanchard, J.L.; Chauvenet, A.; Champion, C.; Chen, I.-C.; Clark, T.D.; Colwell, R.K.; Danielsen, F.; Dell, A.I.; Donelson, J.M.; Evengard, B.; Ferrier, S.; Frusher, S.; Garcia, R.A.; et al. (Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2018)

  Climate change is driving a pervasive global redistribution of the planet’s species. Species redistribution poses new questions for the study of ecosystems, conservation science and human societies that require a coordinated ...

• A trophic interaction framework for identifying the invasive capacity of novel organisms 

  Penk, M.; Saul, W.-C.; Dick, J.T.A.; Donohue, I.; Alexander, M.E.; Linzmaier, S.; Jeschke, J.M. (British Ecological Society, 2017)

  1. The likelihood and impacts of invasions by novel organisms (e.g. non-native species, genetically modified organisms) on the composition and functioning of receiving biological communities hinges on their capacity to ...

• Human health risks of metal and metalloids in muscle tissue of Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852 from Flag Boshielo Dam, South Africa 

  Sara, J.R.; Marr, S.M.; Smit, W.J.; Erasmus, L.J.C.; Luus-Powell, W.J. (NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2017)

  Muscle tissue from 63 Synodontis zambezensis collected bimonthly in 2013 at Flag Boshielo Dam were analysed for metals and metalloids in a desktop human health risk assessment. The Hazard Quotient, based on a weekly meal of ...

• Does public awareness increase support for invasive species management? Promising evidence across taxa and landscape types 

  Novoa, A.; Dehnen-Schmutz, K.; Fried, J.; Vimercati, G. (Springer, 2017)

  Management of invasive species often raises substantial conflicts of interest. Since such conflicts can hamper proposed management actions, managers, decision makers and researchers increasingly recognize the need to ...

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