W. M. Lonsdale

GLOBAL PATTERNS OF PLANT INVASIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF INVASIBILITY

With a simple model, I show that comparisons of invasibility between regions are impossible to make unless one can control for all of the variables besides invasibility that inf...

Alien vegetation and native biota in tropical Australia: the impact of Mimosa pigra

Inviting trouble: Introduced pasture species in northern Australia

Abstract I surveyed the history of exotic pasture introductions in northern Australia to compare the rate of introduction of useful species with that of weeds. Between 1947 and ...

BIOTIC INVASIONS: CAUSES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES, AND CONTROL

Biotic invaders are species that establish a new range in which they proliferate, spread, and persist to the detriment of the environment. They are the most important ecological...