The lesser of two weevils? How insect thermal traits can help to understand...
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is a widespread invasive species impacting a range of ecosystem services in South Africa, especially water quality and availability. To better control this aquatic...
View ArticleNaturalised alien plants in Kruger’s perennial and seasonal rivers and upland...
An intensive biodiversity assessment in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, recorded 20 naturalised alien plant species, of which only four had previously been recognized as invasive, and one...
View ArticleInvasive rodents widely traded in the pet trade industry in Gauteng Province
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and the house mouse (Mus musculus) are some of the world’s worst invasive rodent species. They are known to spread zoonotic diseases, damage crops and household...
View ArticleUnscrambling the egg: resolving the introduction history for Silver wattle
Researchers at the Centre for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University, found that the introduction histories of the globally important invasive tree Silver wattle (Acacia dealbata) are...
View ArticleMiniature Guttural Toads on Mauritius and Réunion stun researchers
Researchers from the DSI/NRF Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University have found that, scarcely a hundred years after Guttural Toads were introduced to the islands of Mauritius and...
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