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Wild plants --- wild animals --- Dominant species --- Animal introduction --- Plant introduction --- Islands --- Lutte

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Animal population --- plant population --- Invasive species --- biotopes --- colonizing ability --- Dominant species --- endangered species --- Indigenous organisms --- ecological succession --- environmental protection --- resource management --- Biological invasions --- Ecosystems --- Management

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Plant ecology. Plant sociology --- Population végétale --- plant population --- Introduction de plantes --- Plant introduction --- Espèce dominante --- Dominant species --- Compétition biologique --- Biological competition --- Dynamique des populations --- population dynamics --- Écosystème --- ecosystems --- Gestion --- management --- ECO Ecology --- invasions --- invasive species --- neophytes --- management.

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The global spread of plant species by humans is both a fascinating large scale experiment and, in many cases, a major perturbation to native plant communities. Many of the most destructive weeds today have been intentionally introduced to new environments where they have had unexpected and detrimental impacts. This 2003 book considers the problem of invasive introduced plants from historical, ecological and sociological perspectives. We consider such questions as 'What makes a community invasible?', 'What makes a plant an invader?' and 'Can we restore plant communities after invasion?' Written with advanced students and land managers in mind, this book contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants. An underlying theme is that experimental and quantitative evaluation of potential problems is necessary, and solutions must consider the evolutionary and ecological constraints acting on species interactions in newly invaded communities.

Invasive plants. --- Invasive plants --- Plant invasions --- Plant conservation --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Sciences --- Ecology --- Plant invasions. --- Plant conservation. --- Ecology. --- Native vegetation conservation --- Plants --- Vegetation conservation --- Plant invaders --- Conservation --- Nature conservation --- Plants, Protection of --- Endangered plants --- Fungi conservation --- Rare plants --- Biological invasions --- Plant succession --- Alien plants --- Extinction --- Plant introduction --- population dynamics --- Dominant species --- Biological competition --- ecosystems --- Lutte

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Understanding the patterns of biodiversity and their relationship with environmental gradients is a key issue in ecological research and conservation in forests. Several environmental factors can influence species distributions in these complex ecosystems. It is therefore important to distinguish the effects of natural factors from the anthropogenic ones (e.g., environmental pollution, climate change, and forest management) by adopting reliable models able to predict future scenarios of species distribution. In the last 20 years, the use of statistical tools, such as Species Distribution Models (SDM) or Ecological Niche Models (ENM), allowed researchers to make great strides in the subject, with hundreds of scientific research works in this field. This book collects several research articles where these methodological approaches are the starting point to deepen the knowledge in many timely and emerging topics in forest ecosystems around the world, from Eurasia to America.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- Dominant species --- Relative groups --- Phylogenetic distance --- Quantitative distribution --- Phylogenetic relationships --- Permutation test --- climate change --- Euscaphis japonica --- forest management --- GARP --- Maxent --- potential suitable habitat --- old-growth --- quadrat counts --- tree diameters --- tree distribution patterns --- species count data --- mixed forests --- Charcoal --- Ecological Niche Model --- Forest History --- Last Glacial Maximum --- Paleoecology --- Pinus nigra --- Pinus mugo/uncinata --- Pinus sylvestris --- Quercus pubescens --- endangered --- species geographic distribution modeling --- conservation --- protected areas --- biodiversity --- ecological sustainability --- fine-filter approach --- geographical information systems --- habitat restoration --- habitat suitability model --- indicator species --- pressure-state-response model --- stand structure --- ecological modelling --- Mediterranean area --- future spatial projection --- silviculture --- Eucalyptus --- biomod2 --- species distribution models --- habitat --- climatic change --- biodiversity conservation --- chlorophyll fluorescence --- epiphytic macrolichens --- growth rates --- humid forest --- habitat quality --- soil moisture --- aridization --- Carabidae --- species distribution --- spatial modeling --- forest formation --- association group --- ecological-phytocoenotic classification --- MaxEnt --- SDMtoolbox --- Moscow Region --- Landsat --- amphibian --- dispersal --- beta diversity --- ephemeral wetland --- zooplankton --- macroinvertebrate --- variation partitioning --- forested wetland --- sexual reproduction --- vegetative propagules --- functional traits