Ecological impacts of alien species: Quantification, scope, caveats, and recommendations

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-63

  Kumschick, Sabrina ^a   Gaertner, Mirijam ^a   Vila, Montserrat ^b   Essl, Franz ^c   Jeschke, Jonathan M ^d   Pysek, Petr ^e,f   Ricciardi, Anthony ^g   Bacher, Sven ^h   Blackburn, Tim M ^i,j   Dick, Jaimie T A ^k   Evans, Thomas ^l   Hulme, Philip E ^m   Kühn, Ingolf ^n,o   Mrugala, Agata ^e   Pergl, Jan ^f   Rabitsch, Wolfgang ^p   Richardson, David M ^a   Sendek, Agnieszka ⁿ   Winter, Marten ^o  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

ⁱ ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^k QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^l IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

ⁿ MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^o GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^p ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Biological invasions; Context dependence; Ecosystem functioning; Management; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926617774     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu193     Document Type: Review

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