Biologists have recently devoted increasing attention to the role of rapid evolution in species'
responses to environmental change. However, it is still unclear what evolutionary responses …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 407–418 Abstract A general understanding of biological
invasions will provide insights into fundamental ecological and evolutionary problems and …

This second edition of Natural Enemies will give students, professionals, and anyone
wishing to learn the basics of biological control a fully updated and thorough introduction …

Schedules of survival, growth and reproduction are key life‐history traits. Data on how these
traits vary among species and populations are fundamental to our understanding of the …

Concerns over the ecological impacts of invasive alien plant species have generated great
research interest in understanding the mechanisms that underlie the capacity of such plants …

The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) is the best‐known hypothesis explaining high
performance (eg rapid population growth) of exotic species. However, the current framing of …

We provide a brief overview of progress in our understanding of introduced plant species. 2.
Three main conclusions emerge from our review:(i) Many lines of research, including the …

The essential introduction to population ecology—now expanded and fully updated Ecology
is capturing the popular imagination like never before, with issues such as climate change …

Managing invasive species is a current challenge for biodiversity conservation. A recurring
recent suggestion is that by harvesting nonnatives for human consumption, people can …

We review key issues, available approaches and analyses to encourage and assist
practitioners to develop sound plans to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control …