F. Bazzaz’s research while affiliated with Harvard University and other places

... Invasive plant species can severely disrupt native ecosystems and diminish biodiversity, especially in vulnerable island and coastal environments [1,2]. S. alterniflora, a perennial grass, was introduced into China from North America in the late 1970s [3,4] to stabilize shorelines, reclaim tidal flats [5], and improve soil fertility [6]. ...

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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Potential Distribution Prediction of Spartina alterniflora Invasion in Bohai Bay Based on Sentinel Time-Series Data and MaxEnt Modeling

... In the current era of increasing globalization, the likelihood of new biological invasion and, consequently, the emergence of diseases is escalating (Jones et al. 2008). Biological invasions and the spread of infectious diseases are phenomena that share core characteristics related to introduction and dispersion within ecosystems (Mack et al. 2000). These occurrences, however, are inherently unpredictable, and the associated risks are exacerbated by the paucity of taxonomic knowledge pertaining to the parasites involved, their potential hosts, distributions, and origins (Roy et al. 2017), as already noted by Esposito et al. (2023) in a review. ...

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On the invasion of fish parasites in freshwater environments: an overview

... Las especies exóticas invasoras alteran el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas y constituyen una de las principales causas de pérdida de biodiversidad (Cohen, 2002), por lo que se consideran uno de los mayores problemas ecológicos del Antropoceno (Pysek et al., 2020). Como consecuencia de la expansión del transporte y el comercio, la actividad humana ha modificado el rango de distribución natural de muchas especies, tanto de manera accidental como voluntaria (Mack et al., 2000). Por este motivo, el número de especies exóticas invasoras ha aumentado a un ritmo continuamente acelerado en las últimas décadas, alcanzando actualmente la mayor tasa anual de nuevos registros (aproximadamente unas 200 nuevas especies exóticas invasoras se reconocen cada año; Seebens et al., 2023). ...

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Efectividad de la dispersión de semillas de Olea europaea por aves frugívoras nativas: una comparación entre poblaciones cultivadas y naturalizadas