Among the Mediterranean countries, Turkey has the richest freshwater fish fauna. Turkey is located in the intersection of different zoogeographic regions and Anatolia is highly rich in terms of biodiversity. Freshwater fish fauna of Turkey consists of more than 350 species and about one-third of...

Information about the geographic distribution of agricultural pests is the basis for all pest-related agricultural and environmental protection policies. However, often the pest's records are incomplete and uncertain. Even with limitations, the pest records are needed for any country to organize a...

This contribution reports and discusses the meaning of several emerging insect pests and their role on ornamentals in southern Italy. In this actual case we are considering all ornamental pests as introduced and eventually invasive species. We preferred this approach because the pests were either...

Invasive alien plants impact negatively on agriculture, forestry, natural ecosystems, human health, and biodiversity. These global threats also apply to South Africa, which basically is a water-stressed country that cannot afford wastage of water by any means, least of all through alien invasive...

The ecological processes and mechanisms of alien species invasion are important parts of invasion biology. The case study of ecological processes and mechanisms of invasion of the important alien species is of significance to the construction of invasion biology discipline and the management of the ...

The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) is an intergovernmental organization, which was created in 1951. It currently has 50 member countries and one of its missions is to prevent the entry and spread of pests presenting a risk to agriculture and forestry. Since the...

There are about 70 alien species of mammals in Russia. Some species had occupied wide ranges before the 19th century, but most ones have penetrated into the new areas in the 20th century. Ancient invasions (before the 19th century) are known for rodents of human settlements (Mus musculus, Rattus...

The trumpet tree (Cecropia peltata) is a small weedy tree from humid tropical America, which was introduced to Africa around 1910. For half a century after introduction, the trumpet tree remained a welcome guest in West and Central Africa, spreading only very slowly, before it began to invade...