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NatureScot Research Report 1307 - Investigate the issue of herbicide usage in nature conservation and the potential impacts on biodiversity including adverse effects on non-target species - Phase 1 - Review and evidence screening.

Published online: 29 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Cook, S. K.

Content type: Reports

Invasive non-native species (INNS) and overabundant native plants can threaten conservation objectives, necessitating control measures, including herb...

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Active restoration after three decades: seed addition increases native dominance compared to landscape-scale secondary succession.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: O'Reilly-Nugent, A. & Blumenthal, D. M. & Wandrag, E. M. & Duncan, R. P. & Catford, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active restoration often aims to accelerate ecosystem recovery. However, active restoration may not be worthwhile if its effects are overwhelmed by ch...

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Understorey plant community composition reflects invasion history decades after invasive Rhododendron has been removed.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Maclean, J. E. & Mitchell, R. J. & Burslem, D. F. R. P. & Genney, D. & Hall, J. & Pakeman, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A growing awareness of the destructive effects of non-native invasive species has led to a massive increase in removal programmes around the world. Ho...

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Vegetation-site relationships of roadside plant communities in West Virginia, USA.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Rentch, J. S. & Fortney, R. H. & Stephenson, S. L. & Adams, H. S. & Grafton, W. N. & Anderson, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In mountainous regions, road construction is accompanied by large-scale physical disturbance associated with cut and fill operations that drastically ...

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Spider responses to alien plant invasion: the effect of short- and long-term Chromolaena odorata invasion and management.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Mgobozi, M. P. & Somers, M. J. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasions by alien plants into unspoiled ecosystems are a cause for concern because the pristine systems are important stores of biodiversity. Indeed,...

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Using ecological restoration to constrain biological invasion.

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Bakker, J. D. & Wilson, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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

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GUBIC: the global urban biological invasions compendium for plants.

Published online: 08 Apr 2025

Authors: Li DaiJiang & Potgieter, L. J. & Aronson, M. F. J. & Axmanová, I. & Baiser, B. & Carboni, M. & Celesti-Grapow, L. & Knapp, S. & Kühn, I. & Matos, A. C. L. de & Lososová, Z. & Montaño-Centellas, F. A. & Pyšek, P. & Richardson, D. M. & Trotta, L. B. & Zenni, R. D. & Cilliers, S. S. & Clarkson, B. D. & Davis, A. J. S. & Dolan, R. W. & Dyderski, M. K. & Essl, F. & Gaoue, O. G. & Gui, J. & Géron, C. & Heringer, G. & Hui Cang & Khuroo, A. A. & Klotz, S. & Kotanen, P. M. & Kreft, H. & Sorte, F. A. la & Lembrechts, J. J. & Lenzner, B. & Lepczyk, C. A. & MacIvor, S. & Martínez-Garza, C. & Mori, A. S. & Nilon, C. & Pergl, J. & Siebert, S. J. & Tretyakova, A. S. & Tsang, T. P. N. & Uchida, K. & Kleunen, M. van & Vilà, M. & Wang HuaFeng & Weigelt, P. & Werner, P. & Williams, N. S. G. & Winter, M. & Cadotte, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Urban areas are foci for the introduction of non-native plant species, and they often act as launching sites for invasions into the wider environment....

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Microsite availability and establishment of native species on degraded and reclaimed sites.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Elmarsdottir, A. & Aradottir, A. L. & Trlica, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of native plant communities on previously disturbed land requires the identification and modification of environmental factors that impede...

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Land-use legacy and the persistence of invasive Avena barbata on abandoned farmland.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Standish, R. J. & Cramer, V. A. & Hobbs, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Exotic species invasion onto abandoned farmlands has been linked to an increase in the availability of soil nutrients after cultivation. Avena barbata...

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Native bacteria and Cyanobacteria can influence seedling emergence and growth of native plants used in dryland restoration.

Published online: 08 May 2023

Authors: Dadzie, F. A. & Moles, A. T. & Erickson, T. E. & Slavich, E. & Muñoz-Rojas, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed-based ecosystem restoration has huge potential to restore degraded drylands. However, fewer than 10% of directly sown seeds transition to establi...

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