Fire has been found to promote or halt biological invasions. Pine trees (genus Pinus) are highly invasive in the southern hemisphere and the effect of fire on their invasion ability is not clear. An analysis of Pinus ...

Pine invasions are affecting ecosystems worldwide, because pines have been extensively planted in most ecoregions and they have biological traits that make them highly invasive. Thus, measuring the impacts of pine invasions ...

Although gymnosperms were nearly swept away by the rise of the angiosperms in the Late Cretaceous, conifers, and pines (Pinus species) in particular, survived and regained their dominance in some habitats. Diversification ...

To best understand plant invasions and predict unexpected outcomes it is necessary to integrate information on disturbance, the local environment, and demography. Disturbance by fire has been shown to promote invasions ...

Conifers, which are widely planted as fast growing tree crops, are invading forested and treeless environments across the globe, causing importantchanges in biodiversity. However, how small-scale impacts on plant diversity ...

Contrasting evidence in the degree of post-fire conifer invasion reported for different regions of the Southern Hemisphere (SH) raises questions about the role of fire as a presumed driver of invasion. We studied the ...

Measuring the impacts of pine invasions is a priority for invasion ecology because they are one of the most transforming invasive groups in plants. Pinus contorta, a native species from North America has been widely ...

Aims: Changes in land cover resulting from the introduction of non-native pine plantations and subsequent pine invasion is increasingly affecting forest areas in the Southern Hemisphere, and having negative impacts on ...

A large area previously dominated by native ecosystems in South America is now covered by monocultures of non-native tree species, mainly of the genus Pinus. Currently, pine plantations and the invasions that have been ...