Assessing the environmental impacts of invasive alien plants: a review of assessment approaches

This town ain't big enough for both of us…or is it? Spatial co-occurrence between exotic and native species in an urban reserve

(2019) Gonzalo A. Ramírez-Cruz et al.   PLoS One

Crypticity in Biological Invasions

(2019) Ivan Jarić et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Identifying thresholds and ceilings in plant community recovery for optimal management of widespread weeds

(2019) F. Dane Panetta et al.   NeoBiota

Which Taxa Are Alien? Criteria, Applications, and Uncertainties

(2018) Franz Essl et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Small genome separates native and invasive populations in an ecologically important cosmopolitan grass

(2018) Petr Pyšek et al.   ECOLOGY

Exotic trees contribute to urban forest diversity and ecosystem services in inner-city Cleveland, OH

(2018) Christopher B. Riley et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species

(2017) Helen E. Roy et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Invasion Biology: Specific Problems and Possible Solutions

(2017) Franck Courchamp et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Towards site-specific management of invasive alien trees based on the assessment of their impacts: the case of Robinia pseudoacacia

(2017) Jiří Sádlo et al.   NeoBiota

The prioritisation of a short list of alien plants for risk analysis within the framework of the Regulation (EU) No. 1143/2014

(2017) Rob Tanner et al.   NeoBiota

Development of a risk assessment framework to predict invasive species establishment for multiple taxonomic groups and vectors of introduction

(2017) Alisha Davidson et al.   Management of Biological Invasions

Secondary invasion: The bane of weed management

(2016) Dean E. Pearson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The generic impact scoring system (GISS): a standardized tool to quantify the impacts of alien species

(2016) Wolfgang Nentwig et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Prioritizing management actions for invasive populations using cost, efficacy, demography and expert opinion for 14 plant species world-wide

(2016) Natalie Z. Kerr et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Risk Assessments for Invasive Plants: A Midwestern U.S. Comparison

(2016) Amanda Buerger et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management

Potential problems of removing one invasive species at a time: a meta-analysis of the interactions between invasive vertebrates and unexpected effects of removal programs

(2016) Sebastián A. Ballari et al.   PeerJ

The economic cost of managing invasive species in Australia

(2016) Benjamin D. Hoffmann et al.   NeoBiota

Impacts of invasive plants on resident animals across ecosystems, taxa, and feeding types: a global assessment

(2015) Jens Schirmel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global ecological impacts of invasive species in aquatic ecosystems

(2015) Belinda Gallardo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Making the EU Legislation on Invasive Species a Conservation Success

(2015) Simon Tollington et al.   Conservation Letters

EU adopts innovative legislation on invasive species: a step towards a global response to biological invasions?

(2014) Piero Genovesi et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Ecological Impacts of Alien Species: Quantification, Scope, Caveats, and Recommendations

(2014) Sabrina Kumschick et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Defining the Impact of Non-Native Species

(2014) JONATHAN M. JESCHKE et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Clarifying values, risk perceptions, and attitudes to resolve or avoid social conflicts in invasive species management

(2014) Rodrigo A. Estévez et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts

(2014) Tim M. Blackburn et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Species-based risk assessments for biological invasions: advances and challenges

(2013) Sabrina Kumschick et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Progress toward understanding the ecological impacts of nonnative species

(2013) Anthony Ricciardi et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Will climate change promote future invasions?

(2013) Celine Bellard et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions

(2013) William J. Sutherland et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biological Flora of the British Isles:Robinia pseudoacacia

(2013) Arne Cierjacks et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Decision tools for managing biological invasions: existing biases and future needs

(2013) Elías D. Dana et al.   ORYX

Generic ecological impact assessments of alien species in Norway: a semi-quantitative set of criteria

(2012) Hanno Sandvik et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of invasive alien plant clearing: A case study from South Africa

(2012) Matthew M. McConnachie et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

An assessment of the effectiveness of a large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa

(2012) Brian W. van Wilgen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Do Invasive Species Cause Damage? Yes.

(2012)   BIOSCIENCE

TEASIng apart alien species risk assessments: a framework for best practices

(2012) Brian Leung et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Bias and error in understanding plant invasion impacts

(2012) Philip E. Hulme et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Hybridization of common reed in North America? The answer is blowing in the wind

(2012) L. A. Meyerson et al.   AoB Plants

A conceptual framework for prioritization of invasive alien species for management according to their impact

(2012) Sabrina Kumschick et al.   NeoBiota

A review of risk prioritisation schemes of pathogens, pests and weeds: principles and practices

(2011) J. HEIKKILÄ   AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE

Development and validation of a weed screening tool for the United States

(2011) Anthony L. Koop et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Top 40 Priorities for Science to Inform US Conservation and Management Policy

(2011) Erica Fleishman et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The Potential Conservation Value of Non-Native Species

(2011) MARTIN A. SCHLAEPFER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Is invasion history a useful tool for predicting the impacts of the world's worst aquatic invasive species?

(2011) Stefanie A. Kulhanek et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

(2011) Montserrat Vilà et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Conciliation biology: the eco-evolutionary management of permanently invaded biotic systems

(2011) Scott P. Carroll   Evolutionary Applications

A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment

(2011) Petr Pyšek et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Towards a societal discourse on invasive species management: A case study of public perceptions of mink and beavers in Cape Horn

(2011) Elke Schüttler et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Review of risk assessment systems of IAS in Europe and introducing the German–Austrian Black List Information System (GABLIS)

(2011) Franz Essl et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Weed risk assessment: a way forward or a waste of time?

(2011) Philip E. Hulme   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Non-natives: 141 scientists object

(2011) Daniel Simberloff   NATURE

Impact scores of invasive plants are biased by disregard of environmental co-variation and non-linearity

(2011) Jan Thiele et al.   NeoBiota

Invasive Species, Environmental Change and Management, and Health

(2010) Petr Pyšek et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Alien invasive plants in China: risk assessment and spatial patterns

(2010) Jianmeng Feng et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Risk assessment: Simultaneously prioritizing the control of invasive plant species and the conservation of rare plant species

(2010) Thaddeus K. Miller et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Index of Alien Impact: A Method for Evaluating Potential Ecological Impact of Alien Plant Species

(2010) Teresa K. Magee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

WHIPPET: A novel tool for prioritizing invasive plant populations for regional eradication

(2010) Gina M. Skurka Darin et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Resilience of Native Plant Community Following Manual Control of Invasive Cinchona pubescens in Galápagos

(2010) Heinke Jäger et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Resource Management and Conservation Planning

(2009) Joshua J. Lawler   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The suitability of weed risk assessment as a conservation tool to identify invasive plant threats in East African rainforests

(2009) Wayne Dawson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Impact assessment revisited: improving the theoretical basis for management of invasive alien species

(2009) Jan Thiele et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Proposed Definition of Environmental Damage Illustrated by the Cases of Genetically Modified Crops and Invasive Species

(2009) ROBERT BARTZ et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Identifying uncertainties in judging the significance of human impacts on Natura 2000 sites

(2009) P.F.M. Opdam et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Tree invasion in managed tropical forests facilitates endemic species

(2009) Leonie K. Fischer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Destruction without extinction: long-term impacts of an invasive tree species on Galápagos highland vegetation

(2009) Heinke Jäger et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Impact of invasive plants on the species richness, diversity and composition of invaded communities

(2009) Martin Hejda et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Eradications and People: Lessons from the Plant Eradication Program in Galapagos

(2009) Mark R. Gardener et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Will Threat of Biological Invasions Unite the European Union?

(2009) Philip E. Hulme et al.   SCIENCE

Invasive species, ecosystem services and human well-being

(2009) Liba Pejchar et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Weed Eradication—An Economic Perspective

(2009) F. Dane Panetta   Invasive Plant Science and Management

Approaches for Assessing the Status of Nonnative Plants: A Comparative Analysis

(2009) Alison M. Fox et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management

An environmental weed risk assessment model for Australian forage improvement programs

(2008) Lynley M. Stone et al.   Australian journal of experimental agriculture

Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity

(2008) Jennifer L Molnar et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

An analysis of assessment outcomes from eight years’ operation of the Australian border weed risk assessment system

(2008) Jason Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

A risk assessment system for alien plant bio-invasion in Xiamen, China

(2008) Jian OU et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

The Invasive Species Assessment Protocol: A Tool for Creating Regional and National Lists of Invasive Nonnative Plants that Negatively Impact Biodiversity

(2008) John M. Randall et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management