Invasive Alien Plants


Welcome to the Invasive Alien Plants web-site!

The following pages contain details of a  series of conferences and workshops focusing on alien plant invasions which have been held worldwide since 1992.  Topics of discussion have included: the nature of invasions, the impact of alien plants on the biodiversity of native communities, available control and management options, and specific case studies of ecological traits.

Details of individual conference programmes and abstracts of papers presented are available through the following links.  Publications arising from each conference are also listed.




    9th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions (9th EMAPi)
Perth, AUSTRALIA 2007
Conference Secretariat:
Mandy Sheehan, Congress West Pty Ltd., Suite 3/ 12 Thelma Street, WEST PERTH WA 6005, Australia
Telephone +61 8 9322 6906, Facsimile +61 8 9322 1734

Email: emapi9@congresswest.com.au
Website: www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9




    8th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions (8th EMAPi)
POLAND 2005
For more information contact: Dr Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, Department of Plant Sytematics, Faculty of Biology and
Environmental Protection, University of Silesia,  Jagiellonska 28  40-032 Katowice, POLAND   e-mail: tokarska@us.edu.pl
Website: http://www.emapi.us.edu.pl/

  7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions

Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems: Linking Science and Management and 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions

3-7 November 2003 at Wyndham Bonaventure Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA


  6th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions - 6th EMAPi

12-15 September 2001 at Loughborough University, UK

Details of the Conference Programme and Abstracts and Proceedings

   5th International Conference on the Ecology of Invasive Alien Plants -ICEIAP

13-16 October, 1999 at La Maddalena, Sardinia - ITALY

Details of the Conference Programme, Abstracts and Proceedings

4th International Conference on the Ecology of Invasive Alien Plants

1-4 October, 1997 at Technische Universität, Berlin - GERMANY

Details of the Conference Programme, Abstracts and Proceedings

3rd International Conference on the Ecology of Invasive Alien Plants - ecom3

October 1995 at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ - USA

Details of the Conference Programme, Abstracts and Proceedings

2nd International Workshop:  Plant Invasions - Theory and Applications

16-19 September, 1993 at Kostelec n. Cernými lesy - CZECH REPUBLIC

Details of the Conference Programme, Abstracts and Proceedings

1st International Workshop: Ecology and Management of Invasive Riparian and Aquatic Plants

22-23 April, 1992 at Loughborough University, Loughborough - UK

Details of the Conference Programme, Summary and Proceedings


This site has been prepared collaboratively between:
Lois Child, Loughborough University, UK
John Brock, Arizona State University, USA
Petr Pyšek, Institute of Botany, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
Karel Prach, Czech Academy of Science, Trebon, Czech Republic
Uwe Starfinger, Technicshe Universität, Berlin, Germany
Ingo Kowarik, Technicshe Universität, Berlin, Germany
Guiseppe Brundu, Sassari University, Italy
Max Wade, University of Hertfordshire, UK

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