Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options

GM Lovett, M Weiss, AM Liebhold… - Ecological …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
We review and synthesize information on invasions of nonnative forest insects and diseases
in the United States, including their ecological and economic impacts, pathways of arrival …

Predicting the geography of species' invasions via ecological niche modeling

AT Peterson - The quarterly review of biology, 2003‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Species' invasions have long been regarded as enormously complex processes, so
complex as to defy predictivity. Phases of this process, however, are emerging as highly …

[كتاب][B] The normalized difference vegetation index

N Pettorelli - 2013‏ - books.google.com
There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and
conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference …

Use of niche models in invasive species risk assessments

A Jiménez-Valverde, AT Peterson, J Soberón… - Biological …, 2011‏ - Springer
Risk maps summarizing landscape suitability of novel areas for invading species can be
valuable tools for preventing species' invasions or controlling their spread, but methods …

[كتاب][B] Invasive species in a changing world

HAMRJ Hobbs - 2000‏ - books.google.com
This book is a part of a larger effort to examine and deal with the global invasive species
problem. A number of international organizations, including SCOPE (Scientific Committee …

[PDF][PDF] Plant invasion across space and time: factors affecting nonindigenous species success during four stages of invasion.

KA Theoharides, JS Dukes - New phytologist, 2007‏ - blogs.law.harvard.edu
Invasive nonindigenous plant species (NIPS) threaten native diversity, alter ecosystem
processes, and may interact with other components of global environmental change. Here, a …

Invasiveness, invasibility and the role of environmental stress in the spread of non-native plants

P Alpert, E Bone, C Holzapfel - Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and …, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Invasion ecology, the study of how organisms spread in habitats to which they are not native,
asks both about the invasiveness of species and the invasibility of habitats: Which species …

Restoration ecology: repairing the earth's ecosystems in the new millennium

RJ Hobbs, JA Harris - Restoration ecology, 2001‏ - Wiley Online Library
The extent of human‐induced change and damage to Earth's ecosystems renders
ecosystem repair an essential part of our future survival strategy, and this demands that …

Exotic plant species as problems and solutions in ecological restoration: a synthesis

C D'antonio, LA Meyerson - Restoration ecology, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
Exotic species have become increasingly significant management problems in parks and
reserves and frequently complicate restoration projects. At the same time there may be …

Niche‐based modelling as a tool for predicting the risk of alien plant invasions at a global scale

W Thuiller, DM Richardson, P Pyšek… - Global change …, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the probability of successful establishment of plant species by matching climatic
variables has considerable potential for incorporation in early warning systems for the …