Biological invasions: winning the science battles but losing the conservation war?

By P. Hulme. Oryx, 2003

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Spatial dynamics of supercolonies of the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (2006, background): “While advances are being made in the science of invasion ecology, much less progress is being made in our ability to manage invasions (Hulme, 2003).”
Predicting distributions of invasive species (2013, background): “In practice, modellers often focus on the species’ response to climate, although this is neither essential nor most relevant for some species and spatial extents (Hulme, 2003).”
Eucalyptus invasions in riparian forests: Effects on native vegetation community diversity, stand structure and composition (2013, background): “The potential impacts of invasive alien plants are widely acknowledged worldwide, but detailed quantitative assessments of impacts are rare (Hulme, 2003; Hulme and Bremner, 2006; Jäger et al., 2007; Pyšek and Richardson, 2010).”
Alien flora of Europe: species diversity, temporal trends, geographical patterns and research needs. (2008, background): “…environmental change, often resulting in a significant loss in the economic value, biological diversity and function of invaded ecosystems (Mack et al. 2000, Mooney & Hobbs 2000, Pimentel et al. 2000, 2001, Hulme 2003, Weber 2003, Pyšek et al. 2006, Richardson & Pyšek 2006, Stohlgren et al. 2006).”
Preventing horticultural introductions of invasive plants: potential efficacy of voluntary initiatives (2007, unknown): “Although prevention of intentional introductions appears more tractable than prevention of inadvertent introductions, successful approaches must go beyond the ongoing development of reliable risk assessment tools (Hulme 2003).”
Species attributes and invasion success by alien plants on Mediterranean islands (2005, background): “A major goal in the study of biological invasions is the identification of potentially invasive species before they impact upon ecosystems (Hulme 2003), either by finding an ‘invasive species syndrome’ or by constructing decision trees that might screen species in terms of their potential invasion…”
How wide is the “knowing-doing” gap in invasion biology? (2010, background): “However, as outlined above, there have also been claims in this discipline that the advances made in understanding invasion biology have had inadequate effects on management initiatives (Hulme 2003; Richardson and van Wilgen 2004).”
Aerial photographs as a tool for assessing the regional dynamics of the invasive plant species Heracleum mantegazzianum (2005, methodology): “…and areal measures of spread (Table 3; F1,7 = 0·57, P = 0·47) indicates that Heracleum populations do not spread as an advancing front but that long-distance dispersal (within the scale involved in the study) plays an important role in the invasion process (Higgins & Richardson 1999; Hulme 2003).”
Alien plant invasion and their impact on indigenous species diversity at global scale: A review (2010, background): “Invasion by the alien plant species were increased rapidly throughout the world during the present century and responsible for the homogenization of floras which causes a substantial threat to biodiversity and ecological integrity of native habitats and ecosystems (Booth et al., 2003; Hulme, 2003).”
The UK risk assessment scheme for all non-native species (2008, background): “The difficulties of assessing the risks posed by non-native species are widely recognised (Kolar & Lodge 2002, National Research Council 2002, Hulme 2003, Copp et al. 2005b, Gozlan et al. 2005, Rejmanek et al. 2005).”
Invasive alien plant species in China: regional distribution patterns (2005, background): “Human population density may be an important determinant of non-native plant distributions (Hulme, 2003), and we found that human population density is an important determinant of the distributions of invasive plants in China.”
Ecology and management of alien plant invasions in South African fynbos: Accommodating key complexities in objective decision making (2009, background): “Winning the conservation war against biological invasions will only be possible through the development of integrated management strategies and with the appropriate allocation of resources across spatial scales (Hulme, 2003).”
Invasion Biology 1958-2005: The Pursuit of Science and Conservation (2004, background): “…that the type of knowledge and understanding gained so far are seldom useful in specific management efforts (Moyle and Light 1996, Simberloff and Stiling 1996), meaning that efforts by invasion ecologists to effectively inform land managers continue to be frustrated (Williamson 1999, Hulme 2003)”
A fuzzy classification technique for predicting species’ distributions: applications using invasive alien plants and indigenous insects (2004, background): “Hulme (2003) discusses the problems associated with predictions made for these species.”