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- New system for ranking and comparing the impacts of invasive species launched
- Using the ‘regime shift’ concept to analyze society-environment changes
- A new framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species
- Why were Vikings, grasses, and Julius Caesar successful? They disperse to new places, establish vibrant colonies, and transform the environment
- The alien flora of a small South African town described
- The spread of invasive alien plants on privately-owned land in the Cape Floristic Region: Vergelegen Wine Estate as a case study
- Decision support framework for managing invasive species in Cape Town proposed
- Alien plants as mediators of ecosystem services and disservices — a global review
- The challenges of modelling alien plant distributions in urban areas — insights from studies on the tree of heaven in South Africa
- Managing invasive pines — insights from a global review
- New scheme for objectively assessing impacts of invasive species on human wellbeing and livelihoods published
- Socio-ecological impacts of Chromolaena odorata in East Africa assessed
- Level of environmental threat posed by horticultural trade in Cactaceae assessed
- Rhizosphere microbes contribute to the widespread success of Acacia dealbata — study published in Scientific Reports
- The challenges in knowing what alien species we have in the country — insights from a detailed study of Australian paperbarks in South Africa
- Combining species distribution models and phylogeographic analyses sheds new light on the biogeography of the invasive tree Acacia dealbata, with important implications for management
- Special Issue of AoB PLANTS on “Evolutionary Dynamics of Tree Invasions” published
- Global review of the distribution, human-mediated dissemination, and invasiveness of bamboos published
- New insights insect pest and pathogen accumulation in non-native trees
- At last, an objective foundation for the valuation of impacts of invasive species
- A review of plant invasion science in protected areas published in Biological Invasions
- A strategic framework for managing Cactaceae in South Africa unveiled
- Towards a global network for invasion science
- A rapid assessment survey of the invasive plant species in western Angola published
- “Invasion science: A horizon scan of emerging challenges and opportunities” — Published in TREE
- Framework for a national strategy for managing mesquite in South Africa published
- Managing invasive alien plants on private land in the Cape Floristic Region is a huge challenge — here’s why
- Review of progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science published
- Grasses as invasive plants in South Africa revisited: patterns, pathways and management
- New insights on ecosystem services and disservices from plant invasions
- Paper on “Global networks for invasion science” published
- 13th Annual Research Meeting of the Centre for Invasion Biology
- Dave participates in workshop on “The future of invasion science” at Cambridge University, UK
- Workshop on “Forest Ecosystems”, Beijing Forestry University, China
- From Holocene to Anthropocene: How are biological invasions any different from natural colonisations?
- Abiotic factors limit naturalization of Australian pine
- Identifying invasive cacti by the size of their seeds
- “The six steps to extinction”
- Paper on modelling the distribution of Hakea sericea in the Iberian Peninsula published in Forest Ecosystems
- Great retreat of the plant invasions team at Rooiberg Lodge in the Little Karoo
- Special issue of Biological Invasions on “Drivers, impacts, mechanisms and adaptation in insect invasions” published
- Relatedness defies biogeography: the tale of two island endemics (Acacia heterophylla and A. koa) – cover story in New Phytologist and covered in Nature
- New study shows that modelling the global potential range of species integrates these many contingencies to produce reliable and interpretable indicators of the likelihood that species will reproduce and spread in new ranges
- New evidence for shifts to faster growth strategies in novel ranges of invasive alien plants
- New approach for quantifying and prioritizing invasive plants based on their ability to cause regime shifts
- New unified scheme for classifying alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts published in PloS Biology
- Prosopis: A global assessment of the biogeography, benefits, impacts and management of one of the world’s worst woody invasive plant tax
- Casuarina invasion alters primary succession on lava flows in the Mascarene Islands
- Planning to avoid conflicts between biofuel production and biodiversity conservation: paper published in GCB Bioenergy
- New approach for quantifying plant invasiveness: paper published in Neobiota
- The role of introduction pathway and planting history in shaping invasions — insights from Australian acacias in South Africa: Paper published in Global Change Biology
- First assessment of the invasiveness and potential for eradication for Melaleuca parvistaminea
- Book on “Plant invasions in protected areas” to be launched at the C·I·B’s 2014 annual research meeting
- Importance of taxonomy in invasion science under the spotlight
- “Field guide to misleading criticisms of invasion science” recommended by Faculty of 1000
- Protea invasions dissected
- Assemblage rules in biological communities affected by invasive species
- Working group on alien grasses launched
- A novel approach for predicting the impacts of invasive species
- Global data base on invasive trees and shrubs updated
- Paper on “Movement, impacts and management of plant distributions in response to climate change: insights from invasions” published in Oikos
- Molecular ecology of Lantana camara sheds new light on invasion history and options for management
- Chapter on “Plant invasions and invasibility of plant communities” published in 2nd Edition of textbook on “Vegetation Ecology”
- Chapter on “Plant invasions as builders and shapers of novel ecosystems” published in new book on “Novel ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order”
- Chapter on “Origins of the Novel Ecosystems Concept” published in new book on “Novel ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order”
- New insights on the role of mutualists in tree invasions published in Journal of Biogeography
- Study of the genetic diversity of an invader sheds new light on the species in its native range
- Paper on the plant communities of the Eerste River (detailing the role of alien species and implications for restoration) published in Koedoe
- Article on “Invasive alien species: a growing but neglected threat” published by the European Environment Agency
- Dave Richardson appointed Marsh Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont
- Royal Society of SA awards Dave Richardson the John F.W. Herschel Medal for 2012
- Tree Invasions Workshop, Isla Victoria, Argentina: 3 – 6 September 2012
- Ecology Letters paper on risk assessment for invasive species
- Strong C·I·B contingent at the Neobiota conference in Spain, September 2012
- Paper on Acacia saligna genetics published in Molecular Ecology
- Dave Richardson awarded Herschel medal of the Royal Society
- Review of “Fifty years of Invasion Ecology” published in Frontiers in Biogeography (pdf)
- Editorial for special issue of Diversity and Distributions on Australian Acacia introductions flagged as a recommended paper by Faculty of 1000
- Invited review on the role of polyploidy in plant invasions published in Annals of Botany
- Special issue on Australian acacias as introduced species published in Diversity and Distributions
- Review of “Fifty years of invasion ecology” published in Basic and Applied Ecology
- Towards an optimal strategy for monitoring invasive plants in protected areas
- The conservation value of non-native species: Responses to Schlaepfer et al. 2011 Cons. Biol.
- Global distribution of the Argentine ant under the spotlight
- Five papers from the C·I·B plant invasions group included in Emapi10 special issue of Biological Invasions (pdf)
- Workshop on Australian acacias held at SU
- “Fifty years of invasion ecology” book now available from Wiley-Blackwell
- 2010 Compton prize for C·I·B graduate
- Understanding the factors that drive the trade in alien species help us to predict and understand biological invasions
- Coming to grips with the complexity inherent in managing invasive alien plants in the fynbos
- Biosecurity gains from assimilating lessons from history
- SA prof best in invasion biology
- It’s the way you move: defining invasions makes a difference
- The good news about plant extinctions? An assessment of phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk for angiosperms
- See how they change-rapid evolution in invasive plants
- Seeds, seeds, seeds! – the persistent and troublesome legacy of 150 years of australian acacias in South Africa
- Fifty years of invasion ecology: the legacy of Charles Elton (pdf)
- Targets for ecosystem repair after alien plant clearing in riparian zones
- Pathways of Invasion in Protected Areas – Insights form the Kruger National Park
- Conifer invasions in South America under the spotlight