{"id":464,"date":"2020-06-22T11:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T09:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/daverichardson\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:00:08","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/daverichardson\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Dave&#8217;s lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-464\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-464-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-464-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-464-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-tabs panel-first-child panel-last-child widgetopts-SO\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-tabs so-widget-sow-tabs-default-e9dcc93a6c34-464\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Dispatches<\/h3><div class=\"sow-tabs\">\n\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-tab-container\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t sow-tabs-tab-selected\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2018\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"true\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2018\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2017\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2017\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2016\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2015\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2015\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2014\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2014\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2013\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2012\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2012\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2011\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"2010\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2010\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"false\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibot.cas.cz\/personal\/pysek\/pdf\/Bacher%20et%20al-Socioeconomic%20impacts%20of%20alien%20species_MethodsEcolEvol2017(online%20early).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New system for ranking and comparing the impacts of invasive species launched<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/a58kfr2zmyd26xz\/Kull%20et%20al%20Richardson%202018%20GeographRes_CIB.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using the \u2018regime shift\u2019 concept to analyze society-environment changes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/a-framework-for-engaging-stakeholders-on-the-management-of-alien-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A new framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/6wn2a3lcn3lnoxi\/AABfUCyqzF2s4y0i4l0VR8lXa?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why were Vikings, grasses, and Julius Caesar successful? They disperse to new places, establish vibrant colonies, and transform the environment<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/qa06z722xgfjoya\/AACJxCUl8pU1xaN-fEx6Sny0a?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The alien flora of a small South African town described<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/jp5ovkxwvijagyq\/AAAlmDFqcKIS4cBlku86Zpefa?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The spread of invasive alien plants on privately-owned land in the Cape Floristic Region: Vergelegen Wine Estate as a case study<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-017-1587-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Decision support framework for managing invasive species in Cape Town proposed<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-017-1589-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alien plants as mediators of ecosystem services and disservices \u2014 a global review<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-017-1597-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The challenges of modelling alien plant distributions in urban areas \u2014 insights from studies on the tree of heaven in South Africa<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-017-1483-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managing invasive pines \u2014 insights from a global review<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/a-novel-system-for-ranking-and-comparing-the-impacts-of-invasive-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New scheme for objectively assessing impacts of invasive species on human wellbeing and livelihoods published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-016-1338-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Socio-ecological impacts of\u00a0<em>Chromolaena odorata<\/em>\u00a0in East Africa assessed<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/cobi.12892\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Level of environmental threat posed by horticultural trade in Cactaceae assessed<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-017-07018-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhizosphere microbes contribute to the widespread success of Acacia dealbata \u2014 study published in\u00a0<em>Scientific Reports<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neobiota.pensoft.net\/article\/9842\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The challenges in knowing what alien species we have in the country \u2014 insights from a detailed study of Australian paperbarks in South Africa<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-017-1381-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Combining species distribution models and phylogeographic analyses sheds new light on the biogeography of the invasive tree\u00a0<em>Acacia dealbata<\/em>, with important implications for management<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aobblog.com\/2017\/06\/aob-plants-special-issue-evolutionary-dynamics-tree-invasions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Issue of\u00a0<em>AoB PLANTS<\/em>\u00a0on \u201cEvolutionary Dynamics of Tree Invasions\u201d published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/aobpla\/article\/9\/1\/plw078\/2737454\/The-global-distribution-of-bamboos-assessing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global review of the distribution, human-mediated dissemination, and invasiveness of bamboos published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/aobpla\/article\/9\/1\/plw081\/2737455\/Ecological-disequilibrium-drives-insect-pest-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New insights insect pest and pathogen accumulation in non-native trees<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bioscience\/article-abstract\/67\/2\/166\/2729980\/Scientific-and-Normative-Foundations-for-the?redirectedFrom=PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">At last, an objective foundation for the valuation of impacts of invasive species<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs10530-016-1367-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A review of plant invasion science in protected areas published in\u00a0<em>Biological Invasions<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcjournal.org\/index.php\/ABC\/article\/view\/2149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A strategic framework for managing Cactaceae in South Africa unveiled<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-016-1302-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Towards a global network for invasion science<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/aje.12315\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A rapid assessment survey of the invasive plant species in western Angola published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/trends\/ecology-evolution\/abstract\/S0169-5347(17)30079-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cInvasion science: A horizon scan of emerging challenges and opportunities\u201d \u2014 Published in\u00a0<em>TREE<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2212041616304983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Framework for a national strategy for managing mesquite in South Africa published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/0035919X.2017.1288175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managing invasive alien plants on private land in the Cape Floristic Region is a huge challenge \u2014 here\u2019s why<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13280-017-0897-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review of progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcjournal.org\/index.php\/ABC\/article\/view\/2169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grasses as invasive plants in South Africa revisited: patterns, pathways and management<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2212041616302133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New insights on ecosystem services and disservices from plant invasions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10530-016-1302-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper on \u201cGlobal networks for invasion science\u201d published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=638643896297288&amp;set=a.638643856297292.1073741842.100004550503439&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Research Meeting of the Centre for Invasion Biology<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=617904071704604&amp;set=a.617904031704608.1073741841.100004550503439&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave participates in workshop on \u201cThe future of invasion science\u201d at Cambridge University, UK<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=617429888418689&amp;set=a.163821910446158.1073741826.100004550503439&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workshop on \u201cForest Ecosystems\u201d, Beijing Forestry University, China<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/neobiota.pensoft.net\/articles.php?id=9185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From Holocene to Anthropocene: How are biological invasions any different from natural colonisations?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/2016\/0829_abiotic_factors.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abiotic factors limit naturalization of Australian pine<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/2016\/0822_invasive_cacti.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Identifying invasive cacti by the size of their seeds<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/08\/160809122125.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe six steps to extinction\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forestecosyst.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40663-016-0073-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper on modelling the distribution of\u00a0<em>Hakea sericea<\/em>\u00a0in the Iberian Peninsula published in\u00a0<em>Forest Ecosystems<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=571010786393933&amp;set=a.163821910446158.1073741826.100004550503439&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Great retreat of the plant invasions team at Rooiberg Lodge in the Little Karoo<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10530\/18\/4\/page\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special issue of\u00a0<em>Biological Invasions<\/em>\u00a0on \u201cDrivers, impacts, mechanisms and adaptation in insect invasions\u201d published<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/2016\/0118_invasive_tree_workshop.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C\u00b7I\u00b7B hosts international workshop on \u201cEvolutionary dynamics of tree invasions: drivers, dimensions, and implications for management\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/nph.12900\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relatedness defies biogeography: the tale of two island endemics (<em>Acacia heterophylla<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>A. koa<\/em>) \u2013 cover story in\u00a0<em>New Phytologist<\/em>\u00a0and covered in\u00a0<em>Nature<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/cgi\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.1406075111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/1365-2745.12318\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New evidence for shifts to faster growth strategies in novel ranges of invasive alien plants<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/ddi.12182\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New approach for quantifying and prioritizing invasive plants based on their ability to cause regime shifts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosbiology.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New unified scheme for classifying alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts published in\u00a0<em>PloS Biology<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aobpla.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/6\/plu027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Prosopis<\/em>: A global assessment of the biogeography, benefits, impacts and management of one of the world\u2019s worst woody invasive plant tax<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/btp.12103\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Casuarina<\/em>\u00a0invasion alters primary succession on lava flows in the Mascarene Islands<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/gcbb.12129\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planning to avoid conflicts between biofuel production and biodiversity conservation: paper published in\u00a0<em>GCB Bioenergy<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/neobiota.pensoft.net\/articles.php?id=1271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New approach for quantifying plant invasiveness: paper published in\u00a0<em>Neobiota<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/gcb.12486\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The role of introduction pathway and planting history in shaping invasions \u2014 insights from Australian acacias in South Africa: Paper published in\u00a0<em>Global Change Biology<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0254629914000921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First assessment of the invasiveness and potential for eradication for\u00a0<em>Melaleuca parvistaminea<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/life+sciences\/ecology\/book\/978-94-007-7749-1?otherVersion=978-94-007-7750-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book on \u201cPlant invasions in protected areas\u201d to be launched at the C\u00b7I\u00b7B\u2019s 2014 annual research meeting<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aobpla.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/5\/plt042.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Importance of taxonomy in invasion science under the spotlight<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/f1000.com\/prime\/718150972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cField guide to misleading criticisms of invasion science\u201d recommended by Faculty of 1000<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20131112_traits_woody_plants.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Protea invasions dissected<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/assemblage-rules-in-biological-communities-affected-by-invasive-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assemblage rules in biological communities affected by invasive species<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20130820_alien_grasses_group.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working group on alien grasses launched<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20131106_predicting_impacts.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A novel approach for predicting the impacts of invasive species<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/ddi.12075\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global data base on invasive trees and shrubs updated<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1600-0706.2013.00430.x\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper on \u201c<em>Movement, impacts and management of plant distributions in response to climate change: insights from invasions<\/em>\u201d published in\u00a0<em>Oikos<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1600-0587.2012.00120.x\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Molecular ecology of\u00a0<em>Lantana camara<\/em>\u00a0sheds new light on invasion history and options for management<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/9781118452592.ch13\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter on \u201c<em>Plant invasions and invasibility of plant communities<\/em>\u201d published in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Edition of textbook on \u201c<em>Vegetation Ecology<\/em>\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/9781118354186.ch11\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter on \u201c<em>Plant invasions as builders and shapers of novel ecosystems<\/em>\u201d published in new book on \u201c<em>Novel ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order<\/em>\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/9781118354186.ch5\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter on \u201c<em>Origins of the Novel Ecosystems Concept<\/em>\u201d published in new book on \u201c<em>Novel ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order<\/em>\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jbi.12091\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New insights on the role of mutualists in tree invasions published in\u00a0<em>Journal of Biogeography<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aob.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/111\/5\/895.abstract?sid=a60fd0fd-758b-4a76-b103-d3a8483558f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Study of the genetic diversity of an invader sheds new light on the species in its native range<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koedoe.co.za\/index.php\/koedoe\/article\/view\/1099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper on the plant communities of the Eerste River (detailing the role of alien species and implications for restoration) published in\u00a0<em>Koedoe<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/publications\/late-lessons-2\/late-lessons-chapters\/late-lessons-ii-chapter-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article on \u201cInvasive alien species: a growing but neglected threat\u201d published by the European Environment Agency<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/news\/2012\/10\/25\/invasion-biologist-to-serve-as-professor-at-large-at-american-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Richardson appointed Marsh Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/news\/2012\/10\/17\/more-work-needed-to-curb-spread-of-invasive-species-says-expert-at-award-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Society of SA awards Dave Richardson the John F.W. Herschel Medal for 2012<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20121010_tree_invasion_workshop.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tree Invasions Workshop, Isla Victoria, Argentina: 3 \u2013 6 September 2012<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/new-insights-on-risks-associated-with-key-stages-in-biological-invasions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ecology Letters paper on risk assessment for invasive species<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20121004_neobiota_conf.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strong C\u00b7I\u00b7B contingent at the Neobiota conference in Spain, September 2012<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20120710_acacia_saligna.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper on\u00a0<em>Acacia saligna<\/em>\u00a0genetics published in\u00a0<em>Molecular Ecology<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20111122_award_roy_soc_sa.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Dave Richardson awarded Herschel medal of the Royal Society<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biogeography.org\/html\/fb\/FBv03i02\/FBv03i02p052_DeWalt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review of \u201c<em>Fifty years of Invasion Ecology<\/em>\u201d published in\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Biogeography<\/em>\u00a0(pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/f1000.com\/13357278?key=4wr50vtx6cknb9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Editorial for special issue of\u00a0<em>Diversity and Distributions<\/em>\u00a0on Australian\u00a0<em>Acacia<\/em>\u00a0introductions flagged as a recommended paper by Faculty of 1000<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aob.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/early\/2011\/10\/30\/aob.mcr277.abstract?keytype=ref&amp;ijkey=XAq6uvPhqckLUT9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Invited review on the role of polyploidy in plant invasions published in\u00a0<em>Annals of Botany<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20110822_aus_acacias.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special issue on Australian acacias as introduced species published in\u00a0<em>Diversity and Distributions<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tiny.cc\/sz398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review of \u201c<em>Fifty years of invasion ecology<\/em>\u201d published in\u00a0<em>Basic and Applied Ecology<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/towards-an-optimal-strategy-for-monitoring-invasive-plants-in-protected-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Towards an optimal strategy for monitoring invasive plants in protected areas<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/alien_species_reconsidered_finding_a_value_in_non-natives\/2373\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The conservation value of non-native species: Responses to Schlaepfer\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>. 2011\u00a0<em>Cons. Biol<\/em>.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/global-distribution-of-the-argentine-ant-under-the-spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global distribution of the Argentine ant under the spotlight<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:0\">\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/daverichardson\/files\/2020\/06\/emapi_10_papers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Five papers from the C\u00b7I\u00b7B plant invasions group included in\u00a0<em>Emapi10<\/em>\u00a0special issue of\u00a0<em>Biological Invasions<\/em>\u00a0(pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/news\/2010\/10\/07\/workshop-on-australian-acacias-held-at-su\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workshop on Australian acacias held at SU<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eu.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-1444335863.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cFifty years of invasion ecology\u201d book now available from Wiley-Blackwell<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20100607_compton_prize.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2010 Compton prize for C\u00b7I\u00b7B graduate<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20100517_alien_species_trade.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Understanding the factors that drive the trade in alien species help us to predict and understand biological invasions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20100503_complex_mngmt_invasive_fynbos.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coming to grips with the complexity inherent in managing invasive alien plants in the fynbos<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/20100201_biosecurity_gains_from_history.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biosecurity gains from assimilating lessons from history<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaclubsouthafrica.co.za\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1515:invasion-biology-150210&amp;catid=48:innovationnews&amp;Itemid=115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SA prof best in invasion biology<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/news_its_the_way_you_move.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It\u2019s the way you move: defining invasions makes a difference<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/news_good_news_about_plant_extinctions.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The good news about plant extinctions? An assessment of phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk for angiosperms<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/news_rapid_evol_in_invasive_plants.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See how they change-rapid evolution in invasive plants<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/news_seeds_seeds_seeds.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seeds, seeds, seeds! \u2013 the persistent and troublesome legacy of 150 years of australian acacias in South Africa<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/daverichardson\/files\/2020\/06\/Elton_Symposium_November_2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fifty years of invasion ecology: the legacy of Charles Elton (pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/news_targets_for_ecosystem_repair.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Targets for ecosystem repair after alien plant clearing in riparian zones<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/news_pathways_invasion_protect.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pathways of Invasion in Protected Areas \u2013 Insights form the Kruger National Park<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/cib\/news\/news_conifer_invasion.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conifer invasions in South America under the spotlight<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dispatches 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 New system for ranking and comparing the impacts of invasive species launched Using the \u2018regime shift\u2019 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? 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