Acknowledgments
The editors would like to thank all the contributing authors for their hard work and
insights and especially those who met the deadlines. We are also grateful to our
colleagues from around the globe who gave their time to review drafts of chapters
contained in this book: Andrew Turner, Angus Paterson, Anna Travaset, Arne Witt,
Bob Scholes, Brett Bennett, Brett Hurley, Brian Huntley, Carrie Brown-Lima,
Celeste Franceschini, Charles Griffiths, Dane Panetta, Darragh Woodford, David
Le Maitre, Errol Douwes, Fabián Jaksic, Franz Essl, George Branch, Gillian Key,
Graham Jewitt, Grant Martin, Guillaume Latombe, Harry Biggs, Helen Roy, Ingo
Kowarik, James Aronson, James Cuda, Jan Pergl, Jane Carruthers, Jeremy Midgley,
John Cooper, John Hargrove, John Terblanche, Julie Lockwood, Klaudia
Schachtschneider, Laura Meyerson, Lesley Le Grange, Libby Robin, Marcus
Byrne, Michael Cheek, Mike Meadows, Nick Mandrak, Nicky Allsopp, Oliver
Ruppel, Patricia Holmes, Paul Skelton, Peter Lukey, Peter Novelie, Phill Cassey,
Piero Genovesi, Pieter Winter, Quentin Paynter, Reuben Keller, Richard Shaw, Rob
Crystal-Ornelas, Robin Drennan, Roy Bengis, Rui Rebelo, Sally Archibald, Sarel
Cilliers, Sue Milton, Sven Bacher, Terence Olckers, Tim Adriaens, Timm Hoffman,
Tony Grice, Tony Ricciardi, Wayne Dawson, and William Bond.
Llewellyn Foxcroft arranged for accommodation and logistical support for an
editor’s writing retreat in March/April 2019 in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, and
we thank him for this opportunity to focus on our work in tranquil and uninvaded
surroundings. We would also like to thank Susan Abrahams who redrafted most of the
illustrations in this book, and Jonathan Plaistowe who assisted in obtaining the necessary copyright waivers for material that had previously been published elsewhere, as
well as with the compilation of the taxonomic index. Administrative staff at the Centre
for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University provided us with support in many ways
during the rather long gestation period of this book, and we are grateful to them for
always being helpful and friendly. Alexandrine Cheronet from Springer ably attended
to many queries during the preparation of this book. We also thank Daniel Simberloff
for writing the Foreword. Finally, we thank the DSI-NRF Centre for Invasion Biology
and the National Research Foundation, South Africa, for financial support (Grants:
BvW: 109467; DMR: 85417; JM: 87759; JRW: 119521; TAZ: 103603), and the South
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The editors would like to thank all the contributing authors for their hard work and
insights and especially those who met the deadlines. We are also grateful to our
colleagues from around the globe who gave their time to review drafts of chapters
contained in this book: Andrew Turner, Angus Paterson, Anna Travaset, Arne Witt,
Bob Scholes, Brett Bennett, Brett Hurley, Brian Huntley, Carrie Brown-Lima,
Celeste Franceschini, Charles Griffiths, Dane Panetta, Darragh Woodford, David
Le Maitre, Errol Douwes, Fabián Jaksic, Franz Essl, George Branch, Gillian Key,
Graham Jewitt, Grant Martin, Guillaume Latombe, Harry Biggs, Helen Roy, Ingo
Kowarik, James Aronson, James Cuda, Jan Pergl, Jane Carruthers, Jeremy Midgley,
John Cooper, John Hargrove, John Terblanche, Julie Lockwood, Klaudia
Schachtschneider, Laura Meyerson, Lesley Le Grange, Libby Robin, Marcus
Byrne, Michael Cheek, Mike Meadows, Nick Mandrak, Nicky Allsopp, Oliver
Ruppel, Patricia Holmes, Paul Skelton, Peter Lukey, Peter Novelie, Phill Cassey,
Piero Genovesi, Pieter Winter, Quentin Paynter, Reuben Keller, Richard Shaw, Rob
Crystal-Ornelas, Robin Drennan, Roy Bengis, Rui Rebelo, Sally Archibald, Sarel
Cilliers, Sue Milton, Sven Bacher, Terence Olckers, Tim Adriaens, Timm Hoffman,
Tony Grice, Tony Ricciardi, Wayne Dawson, and William Bond.
Llewellyn Foxcroft arranged for accommodation and logistical support for an
editor’s writing retreat in March/April 2019 in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, and
we thank him for this opportunity to focus on our work in tranquil and uninvaded
surroundings. We would also like to thank Susan Abrahams who redrafted most of the
illustrations in this book, and Jonathan Plaistowe who assisted in obtaining the necessary copyright waivers for material that had previously been published elsewhere, as
well as with the compilation of the taxonomic index. Administrative staff at the Centre
for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University provided us with support in many ways
during the rather long gestation period of this book, and we are grateful to them for
always being helpful and friendly. Alexandrine Cheronet from Springer ably attended
to many queries during the preparation of this book. We also thank Daniel Simberloff
for writing the Foreword. Finally, we thank the DSI-NRF Centre for Invasion Biology
and the National Research Foundation, South Africa, for financial support (Grants:
BvW: 109467; DMR: 85417; JM: 87759; JRW: 119521; TAZ: 103603), and the South
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