Directing research to reduce the impacts of nonindigenous species

JE Byers, S Reichard, JM Randall… - Conservation …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Management of nonindigenous species is a crucial aspect of maintaining native biodiversity
and normal ecosystem functions. We attempt to guide researchers in develo** projects …

The landscape ecology of invasive spread

KA With - Conservation Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Although habitat loss, fragmentation, and invasive species collectively pose the greatest
threats to biodiversity, little theoretical or empirical research has addressed the effects of …

Moving beyond static species distribution models in support of conservation biogeography

J Franklin - Diversity and Distributions, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To demonstrate that multi‐modelling methods have effectively been used to combine
static species distribution models (SDM), predicting the geographical pattern of suitable …

The importance of long‐distance dispersal in biodiversity conservation

A Trakhtenbrot, R Nathan, G Perry… - Diversity and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is universally considered important for biodiversity conservation. However, the
significance of long‐as opposed to short‐distance dispersal is insufficiently recognized in …

The ecology of visual landscapes: Exploring the conceptual common ground of visual and ecological landscape indicators

G Fry, MS Tveit, Å Ode, MD Velarde - Ecological indicators, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper explores the conceptual common ground between visual and ecological
landscape indicators. Indicators can be used to summarise complex information about …

Realistic modeling and rendering of plant ecosystems

O Deussen, P Hanrahan, B Lintermann… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 1998 - dl.acm.org
Modeling and rendering of natural scenes with thousands of plants poses a number of
problems. The terrain must be modeled and plants must be distributed throughout it in a …

Spatio-temporal dynamics of plant invasions: linking pattern to process

P PyšEK, PE Hulme - Ecoscience, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Biological invasions are characterized by remarkable spatio-temporal dynamics, with many
species having extended their distribution range from within a single region to much of the …

Residence time and potential range: crucial considerations in modelling plant invasions

JRU Wilson, DM Richardson, M Rouget… - Diversity and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A prime aim of invasion biology is to predict which species will become
invasive, but retrospective analyses have so far failed to develop robust generalizations …

Recent progresses in mangrove conservation, restoration and research in China

L Chen, W Wang, Y Zhang, G Lin - Journal of Plant Ecology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Aims In this paper, we highlighted some key progresses in mangrove conservation,
restoration and research in China during last two decades. Methods Based on intensive …

Inferring process from pattern in plant invasions: a semimechanistic model incorporating propagule pressure and environmental factors

M Rouget, DM Richardson - The American Naturalist, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
Propagule pressure is intuitively a key factor in biological invasions: increased availability of
propagules increases the chances of establishment, persistence, naturalization, and …