The ornamental horticulture industry has long been significant in its vast economic contributions to the US agricultural sector, with Florida ranking second nursery and greenhouse plant sales. A small proportion of introduced plants eventually escape cultivation become invasive, leaving fragile ecosystems at risk. In response, a series propagation production research studies have conducted over...

The aquarium trade moves thousands of species around the globe, opening the door to unwanted organisms being released into fresh and marine waters, with subsequent adverse ecological and economic impacts. Unlike ballast waters, the commerce of ornamental pets and the aquarium trade have only recently been recognized as major pathways for the introduction of fish, invertebrates and plants, with ...

With the growing body of literature assessing the impact of invasive alien plants on resident species and ecosystems, a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between invasive species traits and environmental settings of invasion on the characteristics of impacts is needed. Based on 287 publications with 1551 individual cases that addressed the impact of 167 invasive plant species belongi...

The threat posed by invasive nonnative plants to native plant populations is one of the largest challenges facing both conservation biology and restoration ecology. California has been highly impacted by invaders, although many relict stands of native plants are found on shallow, rocky soils with limited resources. The abiotic conditions of these sites may strongly influence the performance of ...