Wild boar are now present on all continents except Antarctica and can greatly affect
community structure and ecosystem function. Their destructive feeding habits, primarily …

Tree ferns are a ubiquitous and often locally dominant element of wet southern temperate
rainforests across Australasia, southern Africa and in regions adjacent to the tropics in South …

Introduced mammals are major drivers of extinction and ecosystem change. As omnivores,
feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are responsible for wholesale adverse effects on islands. Here, we …

As the most remote archipelago in the world, the Hawaiian Islands are home to a highly
endemic and disharmonic biota that has fascinated biologists for centuries. Forests are the …

The introduction of a species into an ecosystem with species already occupying a similar
trophic level is predicted to lead to a high degree of niche overlap. The feral pig (Sus scrofa) …

Feral pigs (Sus scrofa L.) are perhaps the most abundant, widespread, and economically
significant large introduced vertebrate across the Pacific island region. Unlike many other …

1. The experimental removal of early successional species can explain how plant
communities change over time. 2. During a 7.3-year period, early successional woody …

The widespread loss of native species and the introduction of non-native species has
important consequences for island ecosystems. Non-native species may or may not …

The remote oceanic islands of Hawai 'i exemplify the transformative effects that non-native
herbivorous mammals can bring to isolated terrestrial ecosystems. We reviewed published …

Increasing forest cover on lands which were recently forested (reforestation), as well as on
lands which have not supported forest growth in recent times (afforestation), has been …