Using expert knowledge to satisfy data needs: mapping invasive plant distributions in the western United States

BA Bradley, DC Marvin - Western North American Naturalist, 2011 - BioOne
Lack of knowledge about the distributions of plant and animal species can severely hamper
management efforts. For invasive plants, distribution and abundance data can inform early …

Benthic community responses to invasion by the golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei Dunker: biotic homogenization vs environmental driving forces

P Sardiña, E Chaves… - Journal of the North …, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
The goal of our study was to investigate the interaction between the invasive mussel
Limnoperna fortunei and benthic invertebrate communities at different spatial scales and …

Stochastic gravity models for modeling lake invasions

A Potapov, JR Muirhead, SR Lele, MA Lewis - Ecological Modelling, 2011 - Elsevier
Freshwater aquatic systems in North America are being invaded by many different species,
ranging from fish, mollusks, cladocerans to various bacteria and viruses. These invasions …

Job adequacy and work-family balance: Looking at jobs as a whole

BL Bass, JG Grzywacz - Journal of Family Issues, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Using an ecological person—process—context model and recent conceptualization of the
“employment continuum,” this study examines differences in components of work—family …

[PDF][PDF] Avaliação populacional de Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Pers.(Fabaceae Lindl.), nas margens do rio Paraíba

VC Souza, LA Andrade, FTC Bezerra… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2011 - redalyc.org
RESUMO A espécie Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Pers. era praticamente desconhecida no
estado da Paraíba até aproximadamente duas décadas, quando começou a ocupar …

Why are some plant genera more invasive than others?

JP Schmidt, JM Drake - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Determining how biological traits are related to the ability of groups of organisms to become
economically damaging when established outside of their native ranges is a major goal of …

Multimodal dispersal during the range expansion of the tropical house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia

KH Short, K Petren - Ecology and evolution, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal influences both the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of range expansion.
While some studies have demonstrated a role for human‐mediated dispersal during …

Purple loosestrife suppresses plant species colonization far more than broad‐leaved cattail: experimental evidence with plant community implications

SM Hovick, DE Bunker, CJ Peterson… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Dominant plant species, whether native or invasive, often change community composition
and cause decreases in diversity. Still invasive species are considered more deleterious to …

Resource heterogeneity and persistence of exotic annuals in long-ungrazed Mediterranean-climate woodlands

SM Prober, G Wiehl - Biological Invasions, 2011 - Springer
Processes that promote weed invasion are often well-demonstrated, but mechanisms that
facilitate ecological resistance to weed invasion in non-invaded communities, or promote …

[PDF][PDF] Hemigrapsus sanguineus(De Haan, 1835)(Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsoidea) a new invasive species in European waters: the case of the French English …

JC Dauvin, F Dufossé - Aquatic Invasions, 2011 - researchgate.net
The unintentional introduction of the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, along the
French coast during the mid 1990s has revealed the problematic effects that invasive …