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 …

The role of invasive alien species in shaping local livelihoods and human well-being: A review

RT Shackleton, CM Shackleton, CA Kull - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Invasive alien species are a well-recognised driver of social-ecological change globally.
Much research has focused on ecological impacts, but the role of invasive species for …

Beyond 'trees are good': Disservices, management costs, and tradeoffs in urban forestry

LA Roman, TM Conway, TS Eisenman, AK Koeser… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The provision of ecosystem services is a prominent rationale for urban greening, and there
is a prevailing mantra that 'trees are good'. However, understanding how urban trees …

Explaining people's perceptions of invasive alien species: A conceptual framework

RT Shackleton, DM Richardson, CM Shackleton… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Human perceptions of nature and the environment are increasingly being recognised as
important for environmental management and conservation. Understanding people's …

Global effects of non‐native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

P Castro‐Díez, AS Vaz, JS Silva, M Van Loo… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐native tree (NNT) species have been transported worldwide to create or enhance
services that are fundamental for human well‐being, such as timber provision, erosion …

Non-native species in urban environments: patterns, processes, impacts and challenges

M Gaertner, JRU Wilson, MW Cadotte, JS MacIvor… - Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Although urban ecosystems are hotspots for biological invasions, the field of invasion
science has given scant attention to invasion dynamics and the challenges facing managers …

Disentangling 'ecosystem services' and 'nature's contributions to people'

AN Kadykalo, MD López-Rodriguez… - Ecosystems and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
People depend on functioning ecosystems, which provide benefits that support human
existence and wellbeing. The relationship between people and nature has been …

Stakeholder engagement in the study and management of invasive alien species

RT Shackleton, T Adriaens, G Brundu… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Invasive alien species are a major driver of global environmental change and a range of
management interventions are needed to manage their effects on biodiversity, ecosystem …

Ecosystem services and disservices of mangrove forests and salt marshes

DA Friess, ES Yando, JB Alemu, LW Wong… - … and marine biology, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Coastal wetlands such as mangrove forests and saltmarshes provide a range of important
benefits to people, broadly defined as ecosystem services. These include provisioning …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of land use/land cover dynamics and Prosopis invasion on ecosystem service values in Afar Region, Ethiopia

H Shiferaw, W Bewket, T Alamirew, G Zeleke… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics and the resulting changes in ecosystems, as well as
the services they provide, are a consequence of human activities and environmental drivers …