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Plant Invasions in Protected Areas: Outlining the Issues and Creating the Links
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 plan...
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A Cross-Scale Approach for Abundance Estimation of Invasive Alien Plants in a Large Protected Area
Efficient management of invasive alien plants requires robust and cost-efficient methods for measuring the abundance and spatial structure of invasive alien plants with sufficient accuracy. Here, we present su...
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Icons in Peril: Invasive Alien Plants in African Protected Areas
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...
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Threats to Paradise? Plant Invasions in Protected Areas of the Western Indian Ocean Islands
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 r...
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The Bottom Line: Impacts of Alien Plant Invasions in Protected Areas
Phrases like “invasive species pose significant threats to biodiversity…” are often used to justify studying and managing biological invasions. Most biologists agree that this is true and quantitative studies ...
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Invasive Alien Plants in Protected Areas: Threats, Opportunities, and the Way Forward
The potential threats posed by biological invasions are widely appreciated, but the state of knowledge and level of management of invasive alien plants in protected areas differs considerably across the world....
