Erthesina fullo (Thunberg) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is an invasive pest that has recently been detected in Europe (2017) and South America (2021). Due to polyphagia and temperature adaptation, this pest has a high risk of establishing in introduced areas. However, despite recent invasion events,...

As a class of vertebrates, amphibians, are at greater risk for declines or extinctions than any other vertebrate group, including birds and mammals. There are many threats, including habitat destruction, invasive species, overuse by humans, toxic chemicals and emerging diseases. Climate change...

Insect pests have major effects on agricultural production and food supply. Pest control in conventional crop management in orchards is mainly based on agrochemicals, which entails economic, health and environmental costs. Other approaches, such as biological methods or products based on...

The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a North American half-bear that is present in much of Europe and Asia as a result of both accidental and planned releases. In Europe, raccoons were introduced primarily as a source of fur for the fur industry. In the 1930s, raccoons were released into the wild in...

Invasive species threaten biodiversity all around the world and for this reason, identifying the causes and mitigating their effects is a priority in conservation biology. One of the most important factors when dealing with invasive species is dispersal, because the distribution of dispersal...

Determining whether the climatic ecological niche of an invasive alien plant is similar to that of the niche occupied by its native population (ecological niche conservatism) is essential for predicting the plant invasion process. Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) usually poses serious threats...

BACKGROUND: Plant invasions are a global concern. In eastern China, bamboo is rapidly expanding, negatively influencing neighbouring forest communities. However, studies on how bamboo invasion affects belowground communities, especially for soil invertebrates, are still lacking. In the present...

Halophila stipulacea is an invasive seagrass in the Caribbean Sea that also harbors a phytomyxid endoparasite. Phytomyxean parasites are known to cause disease in agricultural crops and are documented to form galls in some seagrass species. Here we make the first report of phytomyxid infection of ...

Invasive species can significantly disrupt environmental quality and flows of ecosystem services and we are still learning about their multidimensional impacts to economic outcomes of interest. In this work, I use quasi-random US county detections of the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB), a...

Intraguild (IG) predation (IGP) appears to offer multiple benefits for IG-predators from the viewpoints of predation and resource competition. Similarly, herbivores may also gain benefits such as resource monopoly and utilization in the form of food through IGP. We examined IGP among the larvae of...