The social dimensions of invasive plants

L Head - Nature Plants, 2017 - nature.com
Invasive plants pose a major environmental management issue. Research into the social
dimensions of this issue has flourished over the past decade, as part of the critical …

The role of species charisma in biological invasions

I Jarić, F Courchamp, RA Correia… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Commonly used in the literature to refer to the “attractiveness”,“appeal”, or “beauty” of a
species, charisma can be defined as a set of characteristics–and the perception thereof–that …

A tale of two landscapes: Transferring landscape quality metrics from Wales to Iceland

RD Swetnam, FS Tweed - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The assessment of visual landscape quality remains a tantalizing goal for geographers.
Methods to evaluate landscape views proliferate, with increasing use made of both …

Hitchhiking with the Vikings? The anthropogenic bumblebee fauna of Iceland–past and present

OE Prŷs-Jones, K Kristjánsson… - Journal of Natural …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The number of bumblebee species found in Iceland has doubled from three to six in 35
years. This paper considers the colonisation of Iceland by bumblebees; updates information …

Invasive life, communities of practice, and communities of fate

J Everts - Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The article starts from the premise that invasive life has the capacity to produce human
communities. Invasive life is conceptualized as a way in which humans categorize …

Pangaea's return: Towards an ontology of invasive life

J Everts, K Benediktsson - Geografiska Annaler: Series B …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive life has received much attention in recent years, being a prime example of the
complex socio‐natural entanglements characterizing the present condition of the world. In …

The Great Lupine Combat day. The traditionalization of eradication in times of crisis

M Lagerqvist, M Frihammar, L Kaijser - Social & Cultural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT During the Garden Lupine's two centuries of presence in Sweden, its
apprehension has been marked by cultural reconfigurations–from an appreciated garden …

Killing one trout to save another: A hegemonic political ecology with its biopolitical basis in Yellowstone's native fish conservation plan

HA Perkins - Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Yellowstone National Park implements a native fish conservation plan to control
translocated trout species competing with native cutthroat trout. Under the plan, millions of …

Moving out of town? The status of alien plants in high‐Arctic Svalbard, and a method for monitoring of alien flora in high‐risk, polar environments

JC Bartlett, KB Westergaard… - Ecological Solutions …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rising human activity in the Arctic, combined with a warming climate, increases the
probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant species. While settlements are …

The influence of land cover, including Nootka lupin, on organic carbon exports in east Icelandic rivers

H Lehnhart-Barnett, S Waldron - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluvial dissolved and particulate organic carbon concentrations,[DOC] and [POC], were
measured weekly in two contrasting catchments in east Iceland in June and July 2016 …