As Earth's climate rapidly changes, species range shifts are considered key to species
persistence. However, some range-shifting species will alter community structure and …

Unprecedented rates of introduction and spread of non-native species pose burgeoning
challenges to biodiversity, natural resource management, regional economies, and human …

Chapter 1: Introducing biological invasions and the IPBES thematic assessment of invasive
alien species and their control of the Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien …

The pet trade has become a multibillion-dollar global business, with tens of millions of
animals traded annually. Pets are sometimes released by their owners or escape, and can …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Invasive species can have severe impacts on ecosystems, economies, and human health.
Though the economic impacts of invasions provide important foundations for management …

Plant–soil feedbacks (PSF) and functional traits are two active but not well theoretically
integrated areas of research. However, PSF and traits are both affected by life‐history …

Aim Invasive alien species are a growing problem worldwide due to their ecological,
economic and human health impacts. The “killer shrimp” Dikerogammarus villosus is a …

The decline of biodiversity can occur with a substantial delay following habitat loss,
degradation, and other environmental changes, such as global warming. Considerable time …

Invasive alien species (IAS) are a growing global ecological problem. Reports on the socio-
economic impacts of biological invasions are accumulating, but our understanding of …