A review of the impacts of biological invasions in South Africa

BW Van Wilgen, TA Zengeya, DM Richardson - Biological Invasions, 2022 - Springer
Compared to other facets of invasion science, the impacts of biological invasions have been
understudied, but many studies have been published in the last decade. This paper reviews …

Plant invasions in Africa

DM Richardson, ABR Witt, J Pergl, W Dawson… - Global plant …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter reviews the current status of invasions of non-native plants in Africa. It draws on
the most comprehensive global database of naturalized plant species (GloNAF) to provide a …

Quantifying carbon storage and sequestration by native and non‐native forests under contrasting climate types

A Lázaro‐Lobo, P Ruiz‐Benito… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐native trees may have significant impacts on the carbon sink capacity of forested lands.
However, large‐scale patterns of the relative capacity of native and non‐native forests to …

Wide climatic niche breadth and traits associated with climatic tolerance facilitate eucalypt occurrence in cities worldwide

M Esperon‐Rodriguez, MG Tjoelker… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Eucalypts are important and popular urban tree species across cities worldwide.
However, little is known about how their climatic niche breadth (CNB) and functional traits …

Impacts of invasive alien species on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life

S Bacher, B Galil, M Nunez, M Ansong… - IPBES Invasive Alien …, 2023 - folia.unifr.ch
“The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range: it now occurs in these latitudes
on both sides of the Cordillera, across the continent. I saw it in unfrequented spots in Chile …

Global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees to prevent tree invasions and mitigate their negative impacts

G Brundu, A Pauchard, P Pyšek, J Pergl… - NeoBiota, 2020 - iris.uniroma1.it
Sustainably managed non-native trees deliver economic and societal benefits with limited
risk of spread to adjoining areas. However, some plantations have launched invasions that …

[PDF][PDF] Global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees to prevent tree invasions and mitigate their negative impacts. NeoBiota 61: 65–116

G Brundu, A Pauchard, P Pyšek, J Pergl… - 2020 - academia.edu
Sustainably managed non-native trees deliver economic and societal benefits with limited
risk of spread to adjoining areas. However, some plantations have launched invasions that …

[HTML][HTML] The genus Quercus (Fagaceae) in South Africa: introduction history, current status, and invasion ecology

CP Gildenhuys, LJ Potgieter, DM Richardson - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hundreds of species of alien trees have been introduced and widely cultivated in South
Africa, and many species have become invasive. Despite their long residence time and …

The Prospect of Physiological Events Associated with the Micropropagation of Eucalyptus sp.

R Abiri, N Atabaki, H Abdul-Hamid, R Sanusi… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Micropropagation is a reliable technique in biotechnology and genetic engineering domain,
which has been widely applied for rapid mass propagation of plants in vitro condition …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of an invasive alien Proteaceae on native plant species richness and vegetation structure

L Erckie, O Adedoja, S Geerts, E van Wyk… - South African Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of invasive alien plants on plant community structure and above ground
biomass in their novel range is poorly understood, as the magnitude and direction of these …