About the Authors

John Measey

jmeasey@sun.ac.za

Affiliation Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa

Vernon Visser

Affiliations Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Yury Dgebuadze

Affiliation Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Inderjit

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Bo Li

Affiliation Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Coastal Ecosystems Research Station of the Yangtze River Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Michele Dechoum

Affiliations Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Programa de pós graduação em Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, The Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Silvia R. Ziller

Affiliation The Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

David M. Richardson

Affiliation Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.