Wattles

David M. Richardson (Edited By) David M. Richardson was Director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology in South Africa between 2011 and 2022. He is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His research focuses on biological invasions, mainly plant invasions. David is author or co-author of over 500 journal papers and book chapters and several books, including Invasion Dynamics (Oxford University Press, 2017) and Invading Ecological Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2022). He has edited or co-edited nine books, including Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus (Cambridge University Press, 1998), Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), Biological Invasions in South Africa (Springer, 2022) and Plant Invasions: The Role of Biotic Interactions (CABI, 2022). He was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Diversity and Distributions between 1998 and 2015. David was awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize for 2006 by the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2012 received the John F.W. Herschel Medal, the senior medal of the Royal Society of South Africa, and in 2019 was recipient of the African Union's Kwame Nkrumah Award for Scientific Excellence (Continental). Most of his work on this book was done while he was on sabbatical leave with support from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic. Johannes J. Le Roux (Edited By) Johannes Le Roux is an Associate Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is also an International Research Associate at the Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is a plant biologist, broadly interested in the ecology and evolutionary biology of invasive species. Jaco's research traverses spatial and temporal scales, from studying the microevolutionary dynamics of populations to interpreting the biogeography of plant species. He is author or co-author of over 130 journal publications and book chapters and is the sole author of the book The Evolutionary Ecology of Invasive Species (Academic Press, 2022). Jaco is a long-standing associate editor for several international journals, including Biological Invasions, Conservation Genetics, Austral Ecology and Oecologia. Elizabete Marchante (Edited By) Elizabete Marchante is a researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, where she co-coordinates a Research Group on Biological Invasions, focusing on the ecology and biocontrol of invasive alien plants. She has published dozens of articles, books and book chapters in collaboration with researchers from all over the world, and has presented her work at over 170 conferences and seminars. She has been involved in 25 national and international projects, including the release of the first biocontrol agent against an invasive plant in Portugal. She is actively involved in public awareness and scientific dissemination, invasive plant management and ecosystem restoration, involving collaboration with national and local authorities, conservation organisations and private companies. She is co-coordinator of the Portuguese platform INVASORAS.PT which disseminates information on invasive plants and promotes citizen science and various outreach initiatives involving different audiences. She has collaborated with DG-Env of the European Commission, IPBES, IUCN, EASIN-JRC, and EPPO.

Chapter 1: Australian Acacia species around the world: Historical, social, evolutionary, and ecological insights into one of the planet’s most widespread plant genera Part I: The Species Pool Chapter 2: Acacia: taxonomy and phylogeny Chapter 3: The macroecology of Acacia in Australia Chapter 4: Conservation and management of Acacia in Australia Chapter 5: Linking the functional traits of Australian Acacia species to their geographic distribution and invasion status Chapter 6: Invasion genetics of Australian Acacia species Chapter 7: Intraspecific genetic and ecological differentiation in Australian Acacia species: Insights from A. longifolia Part II: History and the Global Conquest Chapter 8: The Anthropocene Acacia: A History Chapter 9: The global distribution of Acacia Chapter 10: Australian Acacia species in Europe Chapter 11: Australian Acacia species in California: Introduction pathways, invasion, and impact Chapter 12: Australian Acacia species in Africa Chapter 13: History, patterns and impacts of invasive Australian Acacia species in South America: The case of Brazil and Chile Chapter 14: Australian Acacia species in New Zealand: Introduction, Invasibility, and Impact Chapter 15: Global uses of Australian Acacia species: Recent trends and future prospects Chapter 16: The shifting place of Australian Acacia species around the world: Adoption, uses and perceptions Part III: Biotic Interactions Chapter 17: Reproductive mutualisms of Australian Acacia species Chapter 18: Co-invasion by Australian Acacia species and rhizobium mutualists Chapter 19: Novel weapons, allelopathy and phytotoxicity: Clarifying the role of phytochemistry in the invasiveness of Australian Acacia species Chapter 20: Diseases and insect pests of Australian Acacia species utilized in plantation forestry Chapter 21: Biological control of Acacia species: History, progress, and prospects Part IV: Ecological and Social Impacts Chapter 22: Ecological impacts and changes in ecosystem services and disservices mediated by invasive Australian Acacia species Chapter 23: Evidence-based impact assessment for naturalized and invasive Australian Acacia species Chapter 24: Responses of soil bacterial communities to invasive Australian Acacia species over large spatial scales Chapter 25: New forests and new forest people in central Vietnam: the Acacia boom Part V: Managing Invasive Wattles Chapter 26: Controlling invasive Australian Acacia species: The South African story Chapter 27: Management of invasive Australian Acacia species in the Iberian Peninsula Chapter 28: Management of invasive Australian Acacia species: contributions from citizen science, volunteer groups, and public awareness raising Chapter 29: Remote sensing of invasive Australian Acacia species: State of the art and future perspectives Chapter 30: Modelling invasion by Australian Acacia species: Progress, challenges and opportunities Part VI: The "WATTLES" Invasion Syndrome Chapter 31: The ‘WATTLES’ invasion syndrome