Human-mediated species invasions are a significant component of current global
environmental change. There is every indication that the rate at which locations are …

Although most studies of factors contributing to successful establishment and spread of non-
native species have focused on species traits and characteristics (both biotic and abiotic) …

When the second edition of this book was nearly exhausted, and orders were grinding to a
halt, Springer urged me to do a third edition. At the age of 90 I said that was out of the …

Invasion ecology has been criticised for its lack of general principles. To explore this
criticism, we conducted a meta-analysis that examined characteristics of invasiveness (ie the …

This article summarises the results of 49 studies that together test the significance of 115
characteristics in 7 biological groups: birds, finfish, insects, mammals, plants …

Study of the population biology of introduced species has elucidated many fundamental
questions in ecology and evolution. Detailed population biological research is likely to aid in …

This book looks at the world's naturalised (successfully introduced) species of bird. Many
species have been introduced to countries outside their natural range by people, either …

The widespread replacement of native species with cosmopolitan, nonnative species is
homogenizing the global fauna and flora. While the empirical study of biotic homogenization …

A consistent determinant of the establishment success of alien species appears to be the
number of individuals that are introduced to found a population (propagule pressure), yet …

▪ Abstract A growing number of species have been transported and introduced by humans to
new locations and have established self-sustaining wild populations beyond their natural …