Aliens in caves: the global dimension of biological invasions in subterranean ecosystems

G Nicolosi, S Mammola, L Verbrugge… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alien species are a significant threat to natural ecosystems and human economies. Despite
global efforts to address this challenge, the documented number of alien species is rapidly …

Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science

I Soto, P Balzani, L Carneiro, RN Cuthbert… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Standardised terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and
communication. In invasion science–a dynamic and rapidly evolving discipline–the …

Native plants on experimental urban green roofs support higher community-level insect abundance than exotics

MS Fenoglio, E González, J Tavella… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization is one of the multiple factors leading to global insect declines. As urbanization
grows, green roofs represent a nature-based solution that could provide habitat for plants …

Develo** Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Challenges: The Need to Model Socio-Environmental Systems in the Longue Durée

F Silva, F Coward, K Davies, S Elliott, E Jenkins… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human beings are an active component of every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Although
our local impact on the evolution of these ecosystems has been undeniable and extensively …

A biogeographic–macroecological perspective on the rising novelty of the biosphere in the Anthropocene

MR Kerr, A Ordonez, F Riede… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of novel ecosystems has been discussed for over more than a decade to
describe ecosystems that have an altered species composition and function, such that the …

Trophic rewilding as a restoration approach under emerging novel biosphere conditions

JC Svenning, R Buitenwerf, E Le Roux - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Rewilding is a restoration approach that aims to promote self-regulating complex
ecosystems by restoring non-human ecological processes while reducing human control …

Future changes in society and climate may strongly shape wild large-herbivore faunas across Europe

M Davoli, JC Svenning - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Restoring wild communities of large herbivores is critical for the conservation of biodiverse
ecosystems, but environmental changes in the twenty-first century could drastically affect the …

Tree invasions in Italian forests

T Campagnaro, G Brundu, S Burrascano… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many forest tree species have been moved outside their native range to provide goods and
services elsewhere, but some of them have become invasive, causing negative impacts on …

Established Invasive Tree Species Offer Opportunities for Forest Resilience to Climate Change

B Nyssen, JD Ouden, A Bindewald, P Brancalion… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose of review A rapidly changing climate is weakening the resilience of forest
ecosystems through vitality loss of major native tree species, which reduces the ability of …

Framing challenges and polarized issues in invasion science: toward an interdisciplinary agenda

S Guareschi, KL Mathers, J South, LM Navarro… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In a hyperconnected world, framing and managing biological invasions poses complex and
contentious challenges, affecting socioeconomic and environmental sectors. This complexity …