This book is the first comprehensive global review of all aspects of alien plant invasions in protected areas it provides insights into advances in invasion ecology emanating from work in protected areas and the link to locally relevant management support for protected areas. This book is the first comprehensive global review of all aspects of alien plant invasions in protected areas it provides insights into advances in invasion ecology emanating from work in protected areas and the link to locally relevant management support for protected areas. Plant invasions in protected areas patterns problems and challenges invading nature springer series in invasion ecology book 7 ebook foxcroft llewellyn c . Almost 30 years since the last global assessment of alien plant invasions in protected areas during the scope programme of the 1980s the present book aims to provide a synthesis of the current state of knowledge of problems with invasive plants in protected areas. Invading nature springer series in invasion ecology 7 plant invasions in protected areas llewellyn c foxcroft petr pysek david m richardson piero genovesi editors patterns problems and challenges