A Global Review of Ligustrum Lucidum (OLEACEAE) Invasion

RD Fernandez, SJ Ceballos, R Aragón, A Malizia… - The Botanical …, 2020 - Springer
Ligustrum lucidum is a highly invasive East Asian tree that successfully colonizes several
subtropical and temperate areas around the world. Its invasion capacity results from a …

Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species–2013 update of the global database

M Rejmánek, DM Richardson - Diversity and distributions, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The global database of invasive trees and shrubs (Richardson & Rejmánek, 2011; Diversity
Distrib. 17, 788‐809) has been updated, resulting in a total of 751 species (434 trees and …

Conflicting values: ecosystem services and invasive tree management

IA Dickie, BM Bennett, LE Burrows, MA Nuñez… - Biological …, 2014 - Springer
Tree species have been planted widely beyond their native ranges to provide or enhance
ecosystem services such as timber and fibre production, erosion control, and aesthetic or …

Drivers of invasive tree and shrub natural regeneration in temperate forests

MK Dyderski, AM Jagodziński - Biological Invasions, 2018 - Springer
We assessed drivers of ecological success along resource availability gradients for three
invasive woody species: Prunus serotina Ehrh., Quercus rubra L. and Robinia pseudoacacia …

A standardized set of metrics to assess and monitor tree invasions

JRU Wilson, P Caplat, IA Dickie, C Hui, BD Maxwell… - Biological …, 2014 - Springer
Scientists, managers, and policy-makers need functional and effective metrics to improve
our understanding and management of biological invasions. Such metrics would help to …

Disentangling the invasion process of subtropical native forests of Uruguay by the exotic tree Ligustrum lucidum: establishment and dominance determinants

A Brazeiro, J Olivera, A Betancourt, I Lado… - Ecological …, 2024 - Springer
Background What factors, processes and mechanisms regulate invasive processes and their
effects? This is one of the main questions addressed by the ecology of biological invasions …

The role of bioclimatic features, landscape configuration and historical land use in the invasion of an Asian tree in subtropical Argentina

L Montti, VP Carrillo, J Gutiérrez-Angonese… - Landscape …, 2017 - Springer
Context Knowing which factors determine the spread of plant invaders is a relevant issue in
global ecology. Cultural landscapes both influence and are affected by exotic species …

Reproductive performance of the invasive tree Ligustrum lucidum in a subtropical dry forest: does habitat fragmentation boost or limit invasion?

N Aguirre-Acosta, E Kowaljow, R Aguilar - Biological invasions, 2014 - Springer
The spread of non-native invasive plants is closely linked to land use changes imposed by
human activities such as the expansion of urbanizations and agricultural activities that result …

Herbivory and the success of Ligustrum lucidum: evidence from a comparison between native and novel ranges

L Montti, MM Ayup, R Aragón, W Qi… - Australian Journal of …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Invasive plant species may benefit from a reduction in herbivory in their introduced range.
The reduced herbivory may cause a reallocation of resources from defence to fitness. Here …

Biological and environmental effects on fine-scale seed dispersal of an invasive tree in a secondary subtropical forest

PA Powell, E Aráoz - Biological Invasions, 2018 - Springer
Dispersal abilities of invading species emerge from the interaction between the species and
some features of the target community. Ligustrum lucidum is a tree species invading different …