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Koedoe: Changing of the guard
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A framework to support alien species regulation: the Risk Analysis for Alien Taxa (RAAT)
(2020)Alien species are introduced to new regions in many different ways and for different purposes. A number of frameworks have been developed to group such pathways of introduction into discrete categories in order to improve ... -
Into the great wide open: do alien plants spread from rivers to dry savanna in the Kruger National Park?
(2020)Protected areas play an important role as refuges from invasive species impacts on biodiversity. Within the MOSAIK (Monitoring Savanna Biodiversity in the Kruger National Park) project, plant species were recorded in a ... -
Metabolomic differences between invasive alien plants from native and invaded habitats
(2020)Globalization facilitated the spread of invasive alien species (IAS), undermining the stability of the world’s ecosystems. We investigated the metabolomic profiles of three IAS species: Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) ... -
The potential evolutionary impact of invasive balloon vines on native soapberry bugs in South Africa
(2019)Following their establishment in new communities, invasive species may cause evolutionary changes in resident native species. This is clearly true for phytophagous insects, which may adapt rapidly when utilising abundant ... -
Assessing the association between pathways of alien plant invaders and their impacts in protected areas
(Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), 2019)Protected areas face mounting pressures, including invasion by alien plant species. Scientifically sound information is required to advise invasive species management strategies, where early detection and rapid response ... -
The impact of data precision on the effectiveness of alien plant control programmes: a case study from a protected area
(Springer, 2018)Successful long-term invasive alien plant control programmes rely on alien plant distribution and abundance data to assess, prioritise, implement and monitor the efficacy of the programme. Here we assess the impact of data ... -
Erratum to: Plant invasion science in protected areas: progress and priorities
(Springer, 2017)Erratum to: Biol Invasions (2017) 19:1353–1378 DOI 10.1007/s10530-016-1367-z Unfortunately, the plant species Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia stricta were listed incorrectly as ‘‘Submerged aquatic plant’’; both should ... -
Genetic analysis shows low levels of hybridization between African wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica) and domestic cats (F. s. catus) in South Africa
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015)Hybridization between domestic and wild animals is a major concern for biodiversity conservation, and as habitats become increasingly fragmented, conserving biodiversity at all levels, including genetic, becomes increasingly ... -
Threats to Paradise? Plant Invasions in Protected Areas of the Western Indian Ocean Islands.
(Springer, Dortrecht, 2013)The islands of the Western Indian Ocean are well known for their unique biodiversity. However, much of the native habitat has been destroyed and the remainder is threatened by invasive alien species. In this review we ... -
Icons in peril: invasive alien plants in African protected areas
(Springer, Dordrecht, 2013)Protected areas in Africa are global conservation icons, attracting millions of tourists a year. However, these areas are being threatened by a growing human population making increasing demands on the natural capitol ... -
Plant invasions in protected areas: outlining the issues and creating the links
(Springer, Dordrecht, 2013)There are numerous excellent volumes on the topic of biological invasions, some of which deal with conservation-related issues to varying degrees. Almost 30 years since the last global assessment of alien plant invasions ... -
Prickly Pear. The Social History of a Plant in the Eastern Cape
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-12-07)The control of alien and invasive plants has long been the centre of much debate, driven by personal value systems and perceptions of benefits and costs. This is typified by the century-long controversy over the introduction, ... -
Protected-area boundaries as filters of plant invasions
(Society for Conservation Biology, 2011)Human land uses surrounding protected areas provide propagules for colonization of these areas by non-native species, and corridors between protected-area networks and drainage systems of rivers provide pathways for ... -
Expanding the conceptual frameworks of plant invasion ecology
(Elsevier GmbH, 2011)Numerous mechanisms driving alien plant invasions have been described in a rapidly growing body of literature. However these are frequently case specific, making generalizations across species and systems difficult. A ... -
Implementing invasive species management in an adaptive management framework
(The Authors, 2011-05-13)Adaptive management theory has attracted substantial interest in recent years, in natural resource management in general and also for invasive alien species management. However, whilst many theoretical and conceptual ... -
The development and application of strategic adaptive management within South African National Parks
(The Authors, 2011)Adaptive management is an appealing approach to deal with inherent uncertainty in complex and interactive social-ecological systems (Holling 2001; Rogers 2003). In short, adaptive management is about learning-by-doing in ... -
Protecting biodiversity by managing alien plants in national parks: perspectives from South Africa and Australia
(Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands., 2008)Conservation of biodiversity, in all its facets and fluxes, is the primary motivation for the development of protected areas. However, designating land as a protected area does not necessarily result in the conservation ... -
Developing thresholds of potential concern for invasive alien species: hypotheses and concepts.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)The Kruger National Park (KNP) has developed and refined a system of management called ‘strategic adaptive management’ (SAM), which rests on the concept of ‘thresholds of potential concern’ (TPC). TPCs represent end-points ...
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