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Welcome to the World? Non-native breeding birds in Flanders (Belgium)
A. ANSELIN, G. VERMEERSCH & G. SPANOGHE........................................................................ 1
Alien macro-crustaceans in freshwater ecosystems in Flanders
P. BOETS, K. LOCK & P L.M. GOETHALS................................................................................ 7
ISEIA, a Belgian non-native species assessment protocol
E. BRANQUART et al .............................................................................................................. 11
Impact of Fallopia spp. on ecosystem functioning: Nitrogen and organic matter cycling and
implicated soil biota
N. DASSONVILLE et al. .......................................................................................................... 19
Soil-dependent growth strategy of invasive plants: empirical evidence and model predictions
using Carpobrotus edulis as target species
E. DE LA PEÑA & D. BONTE ................................................................................................ 23
Detection of intraguild predation by Harmonia axyridis on native cocccinellids by alkaloids
L. HAUTIER et al. .................................................................................................................. 27
Measuring the impact of Harmonia axyridis intraguild predation on native coccinellids in the
field
L. HAUTIER et al. ................................................................................................................. 31
Comparing Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis and their hybrid F. xbohemica in Belgium:
population ecology, functional traits and invasiveness
B. HERPIGNY, G. MAHY & P. MEERTS .................................................................................. 35
Mediterranean container plants and their stowaways: A potential source of invasive plant
species
I. HOSTE & F. VERLOOVE ..................................................................................................... 39
Water frogs in Wallonia: genetic identification of the introduced taxa (Pelophylax ssp.) and
impact on indigenous water frogs (Pelophylax lessonae and P. kl. esculentus)
C. PERCSY & N. PERCSY ....................................................................................................... 45
Trends in the distribution of the Chinese mitten crab in the Scheldt estuary
M. STEVENS et al. ................................................................................................................. 51
The invasion of ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in Europe and Belgium:
mechanisms and consequences for native biota
D. STRUBBE & E. MATTHYSEN .............................................................................................. 53
Patterns of Prunus serotina invasion in two contrasting forests
M. VANHELLEMONT et al. ..................................................................................................... 59
Soil arthropods associated to the invasive Senecio inaequidens compared to the native S.
jacobaea (Asteraceae)
V. VANPARYS ET AL. .............................................................................................................. 65
Non-indigenous freshwater fishes in Flanders: status, trends and risk assessment
H. VERREYCKEN, G. VAN THUYNE & C. BELPAIRE ................................................................ 71
Non-indigenous species of the Belgian part of the North Sea and adjacent estuaries
VLIZ ALIEN SPECIES CONSORTIUM ....................................................................................... 77
Brussels Psittacidae: impacts, risk assessment and action range
A. WEISERBS ......................................................................................................................... 81
Research on biological invasions: a Belgian perspective
E. Branquart et al. ............................................................................................................... 85