A Bibliography of 2015 Selected Publications on the Occurrence and Impacts of Invasive Alien Species on Ramsar Sites and Other Wetlands of Significance is available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers2.cfm?abstract_id=2910201.

“This paper provides a categorised selection of scientific articles published in 2015, that discuss the occurrence of alien and invasive alien species (IAS) in wetlands of significance, the impacts of these species on wetland biodiversity and the management of this threat.”

Some articles on Spartina alterniflora, one of the biggest threat for the intertidal wetland biodiversity in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, are included as below.

• Bu, N., Qu, J., Li, Z., Li, G., Zhao, H., Zhao, B., Li, B., Chen, J., Fang. (2015) Effects of Spartina alterniflora Invasion on Soil Respiration in the Yangtze River Estuary, China. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0121571. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121571. Retrieved from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121571 (Page 3)

• Chen, H., Zhang, P., Li, B., Wu, J. (2015) Invasive cordgrass facilitates epifaunal communities in a Chinese marsh. Biological Invasions January 2015, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp 205–217. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-014-0720-3 (Page 4)

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