Invasive alien species ( IAS ) are considered one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, particularly through their interactions with other drivers of change. Horizon scanning, the systematic examination of future potential threats and opportunities, leading to prioritization of IAS threats is seen as an essential component of IAS management. Our aim was to consider IAS that were likely to impact on native biodiversity but w...

The nature of conservation challenges can foster a reactive, rather than proactive approach to decision making. Failure to anticipate problems before they escalate results in the need for more costly and time‐consuming solutions. Proactive conservation requires forward‐looking approaches to decision making that consider possible futures without being overly constrained by the past. Strategic foresight provides a structured pro...

Carbon (C) and alkalinity export from two adjacent intertidal inlets with different terrestrial inputs was investigated. One inlet receives a small creek from an agriculturally dominated catchment, leading to the input of terrestrially sourced material, whereas the other is relatively isolated from terrestrial inputs. Using time‐series measurements, we calculated the total advective exchange of dissolved organic C (DOC; 0–25 m...

Although exotic plants comprise a substantial portion of floristic biodiversity, their contributions to community and ecosystem processes are not well understood. We manipulated plant species richness in old‐field communities to compare the impacts of native vs. exotic species on plant biomass, seed production, and arthropod community structure. Plants within diverse communities, regardless of whether they were native or exoti...