Title: Human-mediated introductions of Australian acacias –a global experiment in biogeography

Diversity and Distributions CoverPapers in this free to access special issue of Diversity and Distributions bring together the work of more than 100 scholars to initiate a truly comparative multi-disciplinary conversation with the aim of providing the foundation needed to guide the objective management of Australian acacias in all the many environments where they now occur. The papers cover a broad and interlinked, range of issues, including evolutionary, ecological, social, impact, and management aspects of Acacia introductions globally.

Setting the Stage:



Human-mediated introductions of Australian acacias – a global experiment in biogeography (pages 771–787)

David M. Richardson, Jane Carruthers, Cang Hui, Fiona A. C. Impson, Joseph T. Miller, Mark P. Robertson, Mathieu Rouget, Johannes J. Le Roux and John R. U. Wilson

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00824.x



Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species – a global review (pages 788–809)

David M. Richardson and Marcel Rejmánek

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00782.x



History and the Human Dimension:



A native at home and abroad: the history, politics, ethics and aesthetics of acacias (pages 810–821)

Jane Carruthers, Libby Robin, Johan P. Hattingh, Christian A. Kull, Haripriya Rangan and Brian W. van Wilgen

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00779.x



Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world (pages 822–836)

Christian A. Kull, Charlie M. Shackleton, Peter J. Cunningham, Catherine Ducatillon, Jean-Marc Dufour-Dror, Karen J. Esler, James B. Friday, António C. Gouveia, A. R. Griffin, Elizabete Marchante, Stephen J. Midgley, Aníbal Pauchard, Haripriya Rangan, David M. Richardson, Tony Rinaudo, Jacques Tassin, Lauren S. Urgenson, Graham P. von Maltitz, Rafael D. Zenni and Matthew J. Zylstra

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00783.x



Global uses of Australian acacias – recent trends and future prospects (pages 837–847)

A. R. Griffin, S. J. Midgley, D. Bush, P. J. Cunningham and A. T. Rinaudo

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00814.x



The Species Pool:



The evolution and phylogenetic placement of invasive Australian Acacia species (pages 848–860)

Joseph T. Miller, Daniel J. Murphy, Gillian K. Brown, David M. Richardson and Carlos E. González-Orozco

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00780.x



Phylogeographic consequences of different introduction histories of invasive Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Fabaceae) in South Africa (pages 861–871)

Johannes J. Le Roux, Gillian K. Brown, Margaret Byrne, Joice Ndlovu, David M. Richardson, Genevieve D. Thompson and John R. U. Wilson

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00784.x



Macroecology meets invasion ecology: linking the native distributions of Australian acacias to invasiveness (pages 872–883)

Cang Hui, David M. Richardson, Mark P. Robertson, John R. U. Wilson and Colin J. Yates

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00804.x



Species Traits:



Invasiveness in introduced Australian acacias: the role of species traits and genome size (pages 884–897)

Rachael V. Gallagher, Michelle R. Leishman, Joseph T. Miller, Cang Hui, David M. Richardson, Jan Suda and Pavel Trávníček

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00805.x



Ecophysiological traits associated with the competitive ability of invasive Australian acacias (pages 898–910)

Taryn L. Morris, Karen J. Esler, Nichole N. Barger, Shayne M. Jacobs and Michael D. Cramer

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00802.x



Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: important mediator of invasiveness? (pages 911–933)

Michelle R. Gibson, David M. Richardson, Elizabete Marchante, Hélia Marchante, James G. Rodger, Graham N. Stone, Margaret Byrne, Andrés Fuentes-Ramírez, Nicholas George, Carla Harris, Steven D. Johnson, Johannes J. Le Roux, Joseph T. Miller, Daniel J. Murphy, Anton Pauw, Matthew N. Prescott, Elizabeth M. Wandrag and John R. U. Wilson

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00808.x



Predicting invasiveness of Australian acacias on the basis of their native climatic affinities, life history traits and human use (pages 934–945)

Pilar Castro-Díez, Oscar Godoy, Asunción Saldaña and David M. Richardson

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00778.x


Biotic Interactions:



Jack-of-all-trades and master of many? How does associated rhizobial diversity influence the colonization success of Australian Acacia species? (pages 946–957)

Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría, Johannes J. Le Roux, João A. Crisóstomo and Joice Ndlovu

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00787.x



Creating novel food webs on introduced Australian acacias: indirect effects of galling biological control agents (pages 958–967)

Ruan Veldtman, Thomas F. Lado, Antoinette Botes, Şerban Procheş, Alicia E. Timm, Henk Geertsema and Steven L. Chown

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00781.x



Insect pests and pathogens of Australian acacias grown as non-natives – an experiment in biogeography with far-reaching consequences (pages 968–977)

Michael J. Wingfield, Jolanda Roux and Brenda D. Wingfield

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00786.x


Climate and Niche:



Modelling horses for novel climate courses: insights from projecting potential distributions of native and alien Australian acacias with correlative and mechanistic models (pages 978–1000)

Bruce L. Webber, Colin J. Yates, David C. Le Maitre, John K. Scott, Darren J. Kriticos, Noboru Ota, Asha McNeill, Johannes J. Le Roux and Guy F. Midgley

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00811.x



Predicting the subspecific identity of invasive species using distribution models: Acacia saligna as an example (pages 1001–1014)

Genevieve D. Thompson, Mark P. Robertson, Bruce L. Webber, David M. Richardson, Johannes J. Le Roux and John R. U. Wilson

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00820.x





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