An Essay on Some Topics Concerning Invasive Species

By James H. Brown, D. Sax. 2004

211 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. Petr Pyšek
2. D. Richardson
3. Jan Pergl
4. P. Hulme
5. M. Vilà
6. S. Bacher
7. L. Burlakova
8. A. Karatayev

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Petr Pyšek
2. D. Richardson
3. Jan Pergl
4. M. Vilà
5. V. Jarošı́k
6. P. Hulme
7. J. Sádlo
8. S. Bacher

Citations in the corpus

• The biogeography of naturalization in alien plants (2006, background): “Natural experiments are another very valuable source of information in invasion ecology (Brown & Sax, 2004).”
• Significant ecosystem-wide effects of the swiftly spreading invasive freshwater bivalve Limnoperna fortunei (2009, background): “As pointed out by Brown & Sax (2004), deciding whether these changes are beneficial is probably beyond science, but they underscore the need to avoid regarding invading alien species as inherently ‘bad’ and native species as inherently ‘good’, a stand often shared by both scientists and lay people.”
• An alien approach to invasive species: objectivity and society in invasion biology (2007, background): “Most invasion biologists probably entered their field to express their care for biodiversity rather than to study invasions as ‘‘unintentional experiments’’ (Brown and Sax 2004, p. 530), so this impulse needs to be acknowledged rather than denied (see below).”
• Impacts of alien plant invasions on species richness in Mediterranean-type ecosystems: a meta-analysis (2009, background): “However, some authors argue that the number of naturalized species far exceeds the number of extinctions and that, on balance, introductions over the past few centuries has increased regional biodiversity levels (Rosenzweig, 2001; Davis, 2003; Brown and Sax, 2004; Gurevitch and Padilla, 2004; Houlah”
• The exotic mammals of Argentina (2008, background): “In this respect, biological invasions are like natural experiments that offer excellent opportunities for research, such as attributes of invading species, basic processes in population and community ecology, and the structure and function of ecosystems (Ehrlich 1989; Williamson 1996; Sakai et al. 2”
• Seven considerations about dingoes as biodiversity engineers: the socioecological niches of dogs in Australia (2012, unknown): “Native species are often considered ‘good’ whilst invasive species are ‘bad’ (Brown and Sax 2004).”
• Introduced earthworms in agricultural and reclaimed land: their ecology and influences on soil properties, plant production and other soil biota (2006, background): “However, biological invasions also provide opportunities to understand the attributes of successful colonists and their impacts on ecosystem processes ( Brown and Sax 2004 ).”
• Changing Perceptions of Change: The Role of Scientists in Tamarix and River Management (2009, background): “Our attachment to ‘‘biogeographical distributions is fundamentally emotional’’ (Trudgill 2008:102), and emotions can run high regarding introduced and invasive species (Brown & Sax 2004).”
• Contrasting patterns in the invasions of European terrestrial and freshwater habitats by alien plants, insects and vertebrates (2010, background): “…for alien mammals corresponds to well-established knowledge that islands are more prone to invasions than mainlands (Lonsdale, 1999; Sax, 2001; Brown & Sax, 2004; Sax & Gaines, 2005; Daehler, 2006; Gimeno et al., 2006; Blackburn et al., 2008); this is thought to be due to the lower resistance…”