invasive species

Read more about the article C·I·B authors contribute to book on invasive species and climate change
2014 / News

C·I·B authors contribute to book on invasive species and climate change

Researchers at the Centre for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) are among the contributors to a new academic textbook that examines what will happen to invasive species with current and expected man-made climate change. The book, entitled “Invasive Species and Global Climate Change” describes the distribution, success, spread and impact of invasive species for a series of case studies from countries around the globe.

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20 October 2014
Read more about the article Proactive land management can help reduce natural disasters
2014 / News

Proactive land management can help reduce natural disasters

Climate change is predicted to have serious consequences for people, who will be exposed to natural disasters such as floods, droughts, fires and coastal storm surges that are linked to climate change. It is further predicted that climate change will be inevitable, even under the most optimistic of scenarios, as the world continues its commitment to the use of fossil fuels.

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22 August 2014
Read more about the article Impacts of invasive crayfish on ecosystems
Michelle Jackson sampling red swamp (Procambarus clarkii) and signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)
2014 / News

Impacts of invasive crayfish on ecosystems

The management of invasive species is made more complex when more than one invasive species is present in a given ecosystem at the same time. Several invasive species may have a greater effect than one species does alone and there can be synergistic effects that result in a cascade of impacts and a large change in the way the ecosystem functions.

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17 April 2014
Read more about the article Understanding fruit fly Bactrocera invadens invasions in South Africa
Bactrocera invadens (left) and Bactorcera dorsalis (right). Images used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commericial License from IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) image bank http://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/
2014 / News

Understanding fruit fly Bactrocera invadens invasions in South Africa

Fruit flies are major economic pests throughout the world, causing huge economic losses to commercial fruit production. Some of the most notorious invasive species cause widespread damage by puncturing the fruit during egg laying and leaving the larvae to develop in the fruit.

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2 April 2014