Sentence examples for invasion impact from inspiring English sources

To compile our database of plant invasion impact studies, we used a combination of online search tools and primary literature.

From 2000 to 2011, when the vast majority (84 %) of all invasion impact studies were published, more than 52%% of studies were conducted on herbaceous species.

Fourth, we sought to determine how patterns in invasion impact research have changed since the review by Parker et al. (1999).

There was an exponential increase in the number of plant invasion impact papers published per year (P < 0.001, Fig.  2A), with a marked increase after 2003.

We ultimately seek to identify trends in plant invasion impact research methodology and to highlight the advantages of coupling observational studies with experimental and/or modelling studies to provide more reliable data for prioritizing management and informing policy-making decisions.

The majority (60.6 %) of plant invasion impact studies have focused on their effects on other plants, 12%% on invertebrates, 8.2 % on ecosystem effects, 6.3 % on vertebrates and only 5.5%% on microbes.

Experimental removal studies indirectly indicate plant invasion impacts by evaluating how the community responds once the invasive species has been removed (e.g. Alvarez and Cushman 2002; Gratton and Denno 2005; Flory and Clay 2009; Spellman and Wurtz 2011).

Once an invader is widespread, a range of subsequent invasion impacts can arise.

Here we provide a brief review of the methods used to evaluate plant invasion impacts and then report patterns in how impacts have been assessed from 410 peer-reviewed papers published on terrestrial plant invasion impacts between 1971 and 2011.

In fact, we found only 20 studies that have been conducted on plant invasion impacts across multiple spatial scales.

Patterns in the methods used to evaluate invasion impacts were analysed statistically using R (R Core Team 2013).