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Although invasions by alien plants are major threats to the biodiversity of natural habitats, individual habitats vary considerably in their susceptib...

Many cultivated species can escape from fields and colonize seminatural habitats as feral populations. Of these, feral oilseed rape is a widespread fe...

Planting forests is a commonly suggested measure to mitigate climate change. The resulting changes in habitat structure can greatly influence the dive...

Forests of mountain birch (Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa [B. tortuosa]) in the lower parts of the Abisko valley, northern Sweden, and in the Finnma...

Restored habitats, such as saltmarsh created through managed realignment, sometimes fail to meet targets for biological equivalence with natural refer...

Genetic diversity is important for species persistence and Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) have been implemented for forest trees to protect genetic di...

Several devastating forest pathogens are suspected or known to have entered the UK through imported planting material. The nursery industry is a key b...

Seed predation can reduce the abundance and spread of unwanted vegetation in agricultural and other semi-natural ecosystems. However, knowledge of how...

Developing restoration strategies that accelerate natural successional processes and are resource-efficient is critical to facilitating tropical fores...

Forestry has markedly changed a large proportion of the world's boreal forests, often with negative effects on biodiversity. As a result, forest resto...