Alien plant invasions as a threat to native plant species – Moving beyond a focus on EXTINCTIONS

Alien plants are widely recognised as a global threat to biodiversity. Many invasive plant species have transformed the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Although hundreds of alien plant species are widespread invaders, there are no documented examples of native plants that have gone extinct solely as a result of alien plants…

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No time to waste in dealing with a biodiversity-debt crisis

Recently there have been a series of debt crises in economies around the world, from Greece to Argentina to the U.S.A.  Unfortunately we also have a global biodiversity-debt crisis. These debt crises share one important feature in common—managers need to respond to the emergency.

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