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The occurrence of enemy-free space presents a challenge to the top-down control of agricultural pests by natural enemies, making bottom-up factors suc...

Assuring future food productivity and security will require that better use is made of pest regulation provided by naturally occurring ecological serv...

Many grasslands worldwide are undergoing succession to woody vegetation, causing complex effects on carbon (C) sequestration, nutrient cycling and bio...

Ecosystem restoration typically focuses on re-establishing native plant communities with the hope of restoring ecological processes over the long term...

Protected natural areas often inherit legacies of altered habitat and predator-prey dynamics. Extirpation of top predators and ecosystem engineers mod...

Weed eradication efforts often must be sustained for long periods owing to the existence of persistent seed banks, among other factors. Decision maker...

Expert opinion is frequently called upon by natural resource and conservation professionals to aid decision making. Where species are difficult or exp...

Pest eradication is an important facet of conservation and ecological restoration and has been applied successfully to invasive rat species on offshor...

There are very few general guidelines available to improve the process of eradicating invasive species. We addressed the basic question of whether it ...

Biological invasion can permanently alter ecosystem structure and function. Invasive species are difficult to eradicate, so methods for constraining i...