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      From horticulture and biofuel to invasion: the spread ofMiscanthustaxa in the USA and Europe

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              Assessing Biofuel Crop Invasiveness: A Case Study

              Background There is widespread interest in biofuel crops as a solution to the world's energy needs, particularly in light of concerns over greenhouse-gas emissions. Despite reservations about their adverse environmental impacts, no attempt has been made to quantify actual, relative or potential invasiveness of terrestrial biofuel crops at an appropriate regional or international scale, and their planting continues to be largely unregulated. Methodology/Principal Findings Using a widely accepted weed risk assessment system, we analyzed a comprehensive list of regionally suitable biofuel crops to show that seventy percent have a high risk of becoming invasive versus one-quarter of non-biofuel plant species and are two to four times more likely to establish wild populations locally or be invasive in Hawaii or in other locations with a similar climate. Conclusions/Significance Because of climatic and ecological similarities, predictions of biofuel crop invasiveness in Hawaii are applicable to other vulnerable island and subtropical ecosystems worldwide. We demonstrate the utility of an accessible and scientifically proven risk assessment protocol that allows users to predict if introduced species will become invasive in their region of interest. Other evidence supports the contention that propagule pressure created by extensive plantings will exacerbate invasions, a scenario expected with large-scale biofuel crop cultivation. Proactive measures, such as risk assessments, should be employed to predict invasion risks, which could then be mitigated via implementation of appropriate planting policies and adoption of the “polluter-pays” principle.
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                Journal
                Weed Research
                Weed Res
                Wiley
                00431737
                June 2015
                June 2015
                February 13 2015
                : 55
                : 3
                : 221-225
                Affiliations
                [1 ]LIEC - UMR 7360 CNRS; Université de Lorraine - UFR Sci FA; Metz France
                [2 ]Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research; Division of Conservation, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology; University Vienna; Vienna Austria
                [3 ]Agroscope; Switzerland
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                10.1111/wre.12141
                1d019b13-6faf-44a3-84a1-e099683e20c8
                © 2015

                http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1

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