Microbiome engineering is increasingly being employed as a solution to challenges in
health, agriculture, and climate. Often manipulation involves inoculation of new microbes …

There are thousands of case studies documenting invasive species' impacts and these have
led to the development of over 30 hypotheses that describe how invasions occur and their …

With the advent of the Anthropocene, biological invasions have reached an unprecedented
level, and the number of species introductions is still increasing in an ever‐changing world …

Macroecology is the study of patterns, and the processes that determine those patterns, in
the distribution and abundance of organisms at large scales, whether they be spatial (from …

Background and aims Since its emergence in the mid‐20th century, invasion biology has
matured into a productive research field addressing questions of fundamental and applied …

The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) is the best‐known hypothesis explaining high
performance (eg rapid population growth) of exotic species. However, the current framing of …

Understanding the successes and failures of nonnative species remains challenging. In
recent decades, researchers have developed the enemy release hypothesis and other …

Plant invasion is among the most serious of global challenges, affecting ecological
processes and threatening biodiversity. With alien plant species (APS) continuously …

Biotic interactions as mediators of biological invasions: insights from South Africa Page 400
Chapter 14 Biotic Interactions as Mediators of Biological Invasions: Insights from South Africa …

Urban ecology is a rapidly growing research field that has to keep pace with the pressing
need to tackle the sustainability crisis. As an inherently multi‐disciplinary field with close ties …