Invasive alien plant species: Their impact on environment, ecosystem services and human health

PK Rai, JS Singh - Ecological indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecological perturbations caused by biotic invasion have been identified as a growing threat
to global sustainability. Invasive alien plants species (IAPS) are considered to be one of the …

Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

AJ Reid, AK Carlson, IF Creed, EJ Eliason… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al.(2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …

Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities

R Early, BA Bradley, JS Dukes, JJ Lawler… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Invasive alien species (IAS) threaten human livelihoods and biodiversity globally. Increasing
globalization facilitates IAS arrival, and environmental changes, including climate change …

The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

M Van Kleunen, F Essl, J Pergl, G Brundu… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The number of alien plants escaping from cultivation into native ecosystems is increasing
steadily. We provide an overview of the historical, contemporary and potential future roles of …

Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools

MFJ Aronson, CH Nilon, CA Lepczyk, TS Parker… - Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of humanity now lives in cities or towns, with this proportion expected to
continue increasing for the foreseeable future. As novel ecosystems, urban areas offer an …

Edible green infrastructure: An approach and review of provisioning ecosystem services and disservices in urban environments

A Russo, FJ Escobedo, GT Cirella, S Zerbe - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently published green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, and ecosystem disservices
(ED) literature have focused primarily on the supply of urban regulating and cultural …

Global trade networks determine the distribution of invasive non‐native species

D Chapman, BV Purse, HE Roy… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Although global trade is implicated in biological invasions, the assumption that trade
networks explain the large‐scale distributions of non‐native species remains largely …

Invasive grasses increase fire occurrence and frequency across US ecoregions

EJ Fusco, JT Finn, JK Balch… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Fire-prone invasive grasses create novel ecosystem threats by increasing fine-fuel loads
and continuity, which can alter fire regimes. While the existence of an invasive grass-fire …

The domestic garden–Its contribution to urban green infrastructure

RWF Cameron, T Blanuša, JE Taylor… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2012 - Elsevier
Domestic gardens provide a significant component of urban green infrastructure but their
relative contribution to eco-system service provision remains largely un-quantified.'Green …

Invasive species, ecosystem services and human well-being

L Pejchar, HA Mooney - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2009 - cell.com
Although the effects of invasive alien species (IAS) on native species are well documented,
the many ways in which such species impact ecosystem services are still emerging. Here we …