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Mutualistic Interactions and Biological Invasions by Traveset, Anna, Richardson, David M

“…Mutualisms structure ecosystems and mediate their functioning. They also enhance invasions of many alien species. Invasions disrupt native mutualisms, often…”
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Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species - a global review by Richardson, David M., Rejmánek, Marcel

“…Aim Woody plants were not widely considered to be important invasive alien species until fairly recently. Thousands of species of trees and shrubs have,…”
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Naturalization of introduced plants: ecological drivers of biogeographical patterns by Richardson, David M, Pyšek, Petr

“…The literature on biological invasions is biased in favour of invasive species – those that spread and often reach high abundance following introduction by…”
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Invasive Species, Environmental Change and Management, and Health by PYSEK, Petr, RICHARDSON, David M

“…Invasive species are a major element of global change and are contributing to biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and impairment of ecosystem services…”
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Integrative invasion science: model systems, multi-site studies, focused meta-analysis and invasion syndromes by Kueffer, Christoph, Pyšek, Petr, Richardson, David M.

“…Invasion science is a very active subdiscipline of ecology. However, some scientists contend that theoretical integration has been limited and that predictive…”
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Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species - 2013 update of the global database by Rejmánek, Marcel, Richardson, David M.

“…The global database of invasive trees and shrubs (Richardson & Rejmánek, 2011; Diversity Distrib. 17, 788-809) has been updated, resulting in a total of 751…”
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Scientists' warning on invasive alien species by Pyšek, Petr, Hulme, Philip E., Simberloff, Dan, Bacher, Sven, Blackburn, Tim M., Carlton, James T., Dawson, Wayne, Essl, Franz, Foxcroft, Llewellyn C., Genovesi, Piero, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Kühn, Ingolf, Liebhold, Andrew M., Mandrak, Nicholas E., Meyerson, Laura A., Pauchard, Aníbal, Pergl, Jan, Roy, Helen E., Seebens, Hanno, Kleunen, Mark, Vilà, Montserrat, Wingfield, Michael J., Richardson, David M.

“…ABSTRACT Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the rise in human population size. The numbers of invasive alien…”
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Species-based risk assessments for biological invasions: advances and challenges by Kumschick, Sabrina, Richardson, David M.

“…Aim An increasingly important component of invasive species management involves the formal assessment of risks associated with particular species becoming…”
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Invasive plants have broader physiological niches by Higgins, Steven I., Richardson, David M.

“…Invasive species cost the global economy billions of dollars each year, but ecologists have struggled to predict the risk of an introduced species naturalizing…”
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Similarity of introduced plant species to native ones facilitates naturalization, but differences enhance invasion success by Divíšek, Jan, Chytrý, Milan, Beckage, Brian, Gotelli, Nicholas J., Lososová, Zdeňka, Pyšek, Petr, Richardson, David M., Molofsky, Jane

“…The search for traits associated with plant invasiveness has yielded contradictory results, in part because most previous studies have failed to recognize that…”
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Plant invasion science in protected areas: progress and priorities by Foxcroft, Llewellyn C., Pyšek, Petr, Richardson, David M., Genovesi, Piero, MacFadyen, Sandra

“…Invasive alien species are a major problem for managers of protected areas (PAs) worldwide. Until the 1980s biological invasions were widely considered to be…”
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Explaining people's perceptions of invasive alien species: A conceptual framework by Shackleton, Ross T., Richardson, David M., Shackleton, Charlie M., Bennett, Brett, Crowley, Sarah L., Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina, Estévez, Rodrigo A., Fischer, Anke, Kueffer, Christoph, Kull, Christian A., Marchante, Elizabete, Novoa, Ana, Potgieter, Luke J., Vaas, Jetske, Vaz, Ana S., Larson, Brendon M.H.

“…Human perceptions of nature and the environment are increasingly being recognised as important for environmental management and conservation. Understanding…”
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A proposed unified framework for biological invasions by Blackburn, Tim M., Pyšek, Petr, Bacher, Sven, Carlton, James T., Duncan, Richard P., Jarošík, Vojtěch, Wilson, John R.U., Richardson, David M.

“…There has been a dramatic growth in research on biological invasions over the past 20 years, but a mature understanding of the field has been hampered because…”
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A unified classification of alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts by Blackburn, Tim M, Essl, Franz, Evans, Thomas, Hulme, Philip E, Jeschke, Jonathan M, Kühn, Ingolf, Kumschick, Sabrina, Marková, Zuzana, Mrugała, Agata, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Ricciardi, Anthony, Richardson, David M, Sendek, Agnieszka, Vilà, Montserrat, Wilson, John R U, Winter, Marten, Genovesi, Piero, Bacher, Sven

“…Species moved by human activities beyond the limits of their native geographic ranges into areas in which they do not naturally occur (termed aliens) can cause…”
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Acacia mangium Willd: benefits and threats associated with its increasing use around the world by Koutika, Lydie-Stella, Richardson, David M.

“…Background Acacia mangium , a fast-growing tree native to parts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia, has been cultivated outside its native…”
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Impacts of alien plant invasions on species richness in Mediterranean-type ecosystems: a meta-analysis by Gaertner, Mirijam, Den Breeyen, Alana, Cang Hui, Richardson, David M.

“…Besides a general consensus regarding the negative impact of invasive alien species in the literature, only recently has the decline of native species…”
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Invasion debt – quantifying future biological invasions by Rouget, Mathieu, Robertson, Mark P, Wilson, John R. U, Hui, Cang, Essl, Franz, Renteria, Jorge L, Richardson, David M, Kühn, Ingolf

“…AIM: We develop a framework for quantifying invasions based on lagged trends in invasions (‘invasion debt’) with the aim of identifying appropriate metrics to…”
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Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species by JESCHKE, JONATHAN M, BACHER, SVEN, BLACKBURN, TIM M, DICK, JAIMIE T. A, ESSL, FRANZ, EVANS, THOMAS, GAERTNER, MIRIJAM, HULME, PHILIP E, KÜHN, INGOLF, MRUGAŁA, AGATA, PERGL, JAN, PYŠEK, PETR, RABITSCH, WOLFGANG, RICCIARDI, ANTHONY, RICHARDSON, DAVID M, SENDEK, AGNIESZKA, VILÀ, MONTSERRAT, WINTER, MARTEN, KUMSCHICK, SABRINA

“…Non‐native species cause changes in the ecosystems to which they are introduced. These changes, or some of them, are usually termed impacts; they can be…”
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The biogeography of naturalization in alien plants by Pyšek, Petr, Richardson, David M.

“…Aim  This paper reviews the main geographical determinants of naturalization in plants. Location  Global. Methods  Comparative studies of large data sets of…”
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Managing invasive species in cities: A framework from Cape Town, South Africa by Gaertner, Mirijam, Larson, Brendon M.H., Irlich, Ulrike M., Holmes, Patricia M., Stafford, Louise, van Wilgen, Brian W., Richardson, David M.

“…•Existing invasive species management frameworks are inadequate in urban areas.•Urban stakeholders often hold conflicting views and are critical of…”
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