New in the Literature

Recently published journal articles:

Plants

• "ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF C4 GRASS INVASION OF A C4 GRASSLAND: A DILEMMA FOR MANAGEMENT" by Heather E. Reed, Timothy R. Seastedt, and John M. Blair. Ecological Applications. 15(5), pp. 1560-1569. (about native and invasive Andropogon species)
• "INVASIBILITY OF ROADLESS GRASSLANDS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF YELLOW STARTHISTLE" by Jonathan L. Gelbard, and Susan Harrison. Ecological Applications. 15(5), pp. 1570-1580.
• "INVASION BY A N2-FIXING TREE ALTERS FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE IN WET LOWLAND FORESTS OF HAWAII" by R. Flint Hughes, and Julie S. Denslow. Ecological Applications. 15(5), pp. 1615-1628. (impacts of Peacock's Plume - Falcataria moluccana)
• "Chloroplast and microsatellite DNA diversities reveal the introduction history of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Florida" by DEAN A. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM A. OVERHOLT, JAMES P. CUDA and COLIN R. HUGHES. Molecular Ecology. 14(12), pp. 3643+.
• "PROJECTION MATRIX ANALYSIS OF THE DEMOGRAPHY OF AN INVASIVE, NONNATIVE SHRUB (ARDISIA ELLIPTICA)" by Anthony L. Koop, and Carol C. Horvitz. Ecology. 86(10), pp. 2661-2672.
• "Biomass dynamics of exotic Sargassum muticum and native Halidrys siliquosa in Limfjorden, Denmark—Implications of species replacements on turnover rates" by Morten Foldager Pedersen, Peter Anton Stæhr, Thomas Wernberg and Mads Solgaard Thomsen. Aquatic Botany. 83(1), pp. 31-47.

Animals

• "Feral Goat Eradications on Islands" by KARL CAMPBELL AND C. JOSH DONLAN. Conservation Biology. 19(5), pp. 1362+. (a review)
• "Bush Tucker, Bush Pets, and Bush Threats: Cooperative Management of Feral Animals in Australia's Kakadu National Park" by CATHERINE J. ROBINSON, DERMOT SMYTH, AND PETER J. WHITEHEAD. Conservation Biology. 19(5), pp. 1385+. (a rare look positive impacts of introduced species)
• "Establishment Success across Convergent Mediterranean Ecosystems: an Analysis of Bird Introductions" by SALIT KARK AND DANIEL SOL. Conservation Biology. 19(5), pp. 1519+.
• "Invasion success and genetic diversity of introduced populations of guppies Poecilia reticulata in Australia" by ANNA K. LINDHOLM, FELIX BREDEN, HEATHER J. ALEXANDER, WOON-KHIONG CHAN, SUMITA G. THAKURTA and ROBERT BROOKS. Molecular Ecology. 14(12), pp. 3671+.
• "Importance of Assessing Population Genetic Structure before Eradication of Invasive Species: Examples from Insular Norway Rat Populations" by JAWAD ABDELKRIM, MICHEL PASCAL, CLAIRE CALMET, AND SARAH SAMADI. Conservation Biology. 19(5), pp. 1509+. (study of Norway rats, but this research likely has implications for any invasion biologist)

Theory/Modeling

• "Are invasive species the drivers of ecological change?" by Raphael K. Didham, Jason M. Tylianakis, Melissa A. Hutchison, Robert M. Ewersc and Neil J. Gemmell. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 20(9), pp. 470-474. (.pdf)
• "Human impacts, energy availability and invasion across Southern Ocean Islands" by Steven L. Chown, Bruce Hull and Kevin J. Gaston. Aquatic Botany. 14(6), pp. 521+.
• "MORE HARM THAN GOOD: WHEN INVADER VULNERABILITY TO PREDATORS ENHANCES IMPACT ON NATIVE SPECIES" by Erik G. Noonburg,a and James E. Byers. Ecology. 86(10), pp. 2555-2560.