The number of alien plants escaping from cultivation into native ecosystems is increasing
steadily. We provide an overview of the historical, contemporary and potential future roles of …

Coastal dune systems are particularly fragile and threatened environments, which, however,
provide fundamental ecosystem services to nearby urban areas acting for example as …

Alien species are continually introduced in most regions of the world, but not all survive and
coexist with the resident native species. Approaches analyzing the functional (or …

Sandy coastlines are sensitive ecosystems where human activities can have considerable
negative impacts. In particular, trampling by beach visitors is a disturbance that affects dune …

Coastal dune ecosystems show strongly dynamic interactions between abiotic and biotic
factors. The relationship between plant communities and environmental factors has been …

Ornamental horticulture is the primary pathway for invasive alien plant introductions. We
critically appraise published evidence on the effectiveness of four policy instruments that tackle …

Whether the success of alien species can be explained by their functional or phylogenetic
characteristics remains unresolved because of data limitations, scale issues and weak …

Questions: On sandy coastal habitats, factors related to substrate and to wind action vary
along the sea–inland ecotone, forming a marked directional disturbance and stress gradient. …

Aim More than ever, ecologists seek to understand how species are distributed and have
assembled into communities using the “filtering framework”. This framework is based on the …

It is now commonplace in community ecology to assess patterns of phylogenetic or functional
diversity in order to inform our understanding of the assembly mechanisms that structure …