▪ Abstract Contributions from the field of population biology hold promise for understanding
and managing invasiveness; invasive species also offer excellent opportunities to study …

Detailed knowledge about the geographical pathways followed by propagules from their
source to the invading populations—referred to here as routes of invasion—provides …

Many museums and academic institutions maintain first-rate collections of biological
materials, ranging from preserved whole organisms to DNA libraries and cell lines. These …

Bayesian statistics allow scientists to easily incorporate prior knowledge into their data
analysis. Nonetheless, the sheer amount of computational power that is required for …

The phytophagous insects of the Tephritidae family commonly referred to as “true fruit flies”
offer different case histories of successful invasions. Mankind has played an important role …

The spider genus Latrodectus includes the widely known black widows, notorious because
of the extreme potency of their neurotoxic venom. The genus has a worldwide distribution …

Ants are among the most widespread and damaging of introduced species. Many invasive
ants share a suite of characteristics that facilitate their introduction, establishment, and …

Worldwide marine invaders, such as the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida, offer challenging
models for unraveling the apparent paradox of sustainable settlement of exotic species over …

Since 1954, when the first tropical tephritid fruit fly was detected in California, a total of 17
species in four genera and 11 386 individuals (adults/larvae) have been detected in the …

Over the last 15 years studies on invasion genetics have provided important insights to
unravel cryptic diversity, track the origin of colonizers and reveal pathways of introductions …