Even well-studied groups of alien species might be poorly inventoried: Australian Acacia species in South Africa as a case study

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A review of two decades of government support for managing alien plant invasions in South Africa. Biological Conservation 274: 109741.

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Using herbaria to study global environmental change. New Phytologist 221: 110.

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A living inventory of planted trees in South Africa derived from iNaturalist. South African Journal of Botany 173: 365.

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Elizabeth M. Wandrag, Christina Birnbaum, Metha M. Klock, Luke G. Barrett, Peter H. Thrall, Lei Cheng (2020)
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Anja Bindewald, Giuseppe Brundu, Silvio Schueler, Uwe Starfinger, Jürgen Bauhus, Katharina Lapin (2021)
Site‐specific risk assessment enables trade‐off analysis of non‐native tree species in European forests. Ecology and Evolution 11: 18089.

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Susan Canavan, David M. Richardson, Johannes J. Le Roux, Scot A. Kelchner, John R.U. Wilson (2021)
The status of alien bamboos in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 138: 33.

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Jordan L. Shepard, Heath Beckett, Christiaan P. Gildenhuys, Luke J. Potgieter, David M. Richardson (2025)
Ligustrum L. (Oleaceae) in South Africa: Introduction history and invasion ecology. South African Journal of Botany 182: 185.

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Dennis Byrne, Armin Scheben, John K. Scott, Bruce L. Webber, Kathryn L. Batchelor, Anita A. Severn‐Ellis, Ben Gooden, Karen L. Bell (2022)
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Adrián Lázaro-Lobo, Juan Antonio Campos, Tomás Emilio Díaz González, Eduardo Fernández-Pascual, Víctor González-García, Hélia Marchante, María Inmaculada Romero Buján, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro (2024)
An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools. NeoBiota 96: 105.

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Cally Jansen, Sabrina Kumschick (2022)
A global impact assessment of Acacia species introduced to South Africa. Biological Invasions 24: 175.

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Amene Afework, Amare Sewnet Minale, Demel Teketay, Baye Terefe (2023)
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Takalani Nelufule, Mark P. Robertson, John R.U. Wilson, Katelyn T. Faulkner, Catherine Sole, Sabrina Kumschick (2020)
The threats posed by the pet trade in alien terrestrial invertebrates in South Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation 55: 125831.

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Anthony Ricciardi, Josephine C. Iacarella, David C. Aldridge, Tim M. Blackburn, James T. Carlton, Jane A. Catford, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Philip E. Hulme, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Andrew M. Liebhold, Julie L. Lockwood, Hugh J. MacIsaac, Laura A. Meyerson, Petr Pyšek, David M. Richardson, Gregory M. Ruiz, Daniel Simberloff, Montserrat Vilà, David A. Wardle (2021)
Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change. Environmental Reviews 29: 119.

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Sara Vicente, Mónica Condessa, Helena Trindade, Johannes J. Le Roux, Cristina Máguas (2024)
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Mapping potential environmental impacts of alien species in the face of climate change. Biological Invasions 27: .

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Jan-Hendrik Keet, David M. Richardson (2022)
A rapid survey of naturalized and invasive eucalypt species in southwestern Limpopo, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 144: 339.

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Christiaan P. Gildenhuys, Luke J. Potgieter, David M. Richardson (2024)
The genus Quercus (Fagaceae) in South Africa: Introduction history, current status, and invasion ecology. South African Journal of Botany 167: 150.

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John R. Wilson, John Measey, David M. Richardson, Brian W. van Wilgen, Tsungai A. Zengeya (2020)
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Hélia Marchante, Nolwethu Jubase-Tshali, Aníbal Pauchard, David M. Richardson, Elizabete Marchante (2023)
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