Tank bromeliads provide a freshwater microhabitat for a rich aquatic community, including amphibian species. Some of these amphibians are threatened, among other factors, because their host plants are also threatened. DNA ...

Prevention is regarded as a cost-effective management action to avoid unwanted impacts of non-native species. However, targeted prevention can be difficult if little is known about the traits of successfully invading ...

Biological invasions are a main threat to biodiversity and natural resources, which calls for studies that identify the regions that present the greatest invasion risks. We assessed the potential distribution of two ...

Informal sales of large-bodied non-native aquarium fishes (known as tankbusters) is increasing among Brazilian hobbyists. In this study, we surveyed this non-regulated trade on Facebook (R) from May 2012 to September 2016, ...

Pinus contorta, one of the most invasive tree species in the world, has been proposed as a model species for improving our understanding of invasion ecology. In this study, we assessed the impact of P. contorta invasions ...

Metridium senile is a circumboreally distributed sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) native to the northern hemisphere, and has been presumed as introduced to several locations in the southern hemisphere. Although ...

Boccardia proboscidea, an exotic polychaete species has been introduced in a Southwestern Atlantic Ocean coastal area of Argentina (Mar del Plata; Province of Buenos Aires). This polychaete proved to be a threat to local ...

Several European and Mediterranean spe- cies of pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) have become established in North Amer- ica and the southern hemisphere, posing a novel threat to planted and ...