Julissa Rojas-Sandoval

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a database of 45,813 first records of 16,926 established alien species and showed that the annual rate of first records worldwide has increased during the last 200 years, with 37% of all first records reported most recently (1970-2014).

TL;DR: Using a global database of the first regional records of alien species covering the years 1500–2005, a surprisingly high proportion of species in recent records that have never been recorded as alien before are detected.

TL;DR: This study gathered data on taxonomy, invasive status, invasion history, geographic distribution, and biological and ecological traits of 1,032 alien plant species occurring on different habitats in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to evaluate the relative importance of habitat and species attributes in influencing the likelihood of alien plants to become naturalized and subsequently invasive on these islands.

TL;DR: It is shown that the annual rate of first records worldwide has increased during the last 200 years, with 37% of all first records reported most recently (1970–2014), highlighting that past efforts to mitigate invasions have not been effective enough to keep up with increasing globalization.

TL;DR: The pollination biology and breeding system of Harrisia portoricensis, an island columnar cactus, are studied to test for the presence of inbreeding and inbreeding depression and suggest that for this species an endogamous breeding system should be favored by natural selection.