Invasive alien species (IAS) are non-indigenous species that adversely affect, economically, environmentally or ecologically, habitats where they have been introduced, either …
Climate change and biological invasions are key processes affecting global biodiversity, yet their effects have usually been considered separately. Here, we emphasise that global …
Invasive alien plant species pose significant challenges to managing and maintaining indigenous biodiversity in natural ecosystems. Invasive plants can transform ecosystems by …
Unprecedented rates of introduction and spread of non-native species pose burgeoning challenges to biodiversity, natural resource management, regional economies, and human …
Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation, agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …
Scientific and societal unknowns make it difficult to predict how global environmental changes such as climate change and biological invasions will affect ecological systems. In …
Climate change and biological invasions are threatening biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. It has now been widely acknowledged that climate change will affect …
SA Mainka, GW Howard - Integrative Zoology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Two of the key drivers of biodiversity loss today are climate change and invasive species. Climate change is already having a measurable impact on species distributions …
In the current review we wish to draw attention to an additional aspect of invasive species and climate change, that of agricultural productivity and food security. We recognize that at …