ASSESSING INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL PLANT SPECIES IN THE MURES FLOODPLAIN NATURAL PARK. ROMANIA

McGeoch M. A., Stuart H. M. B., Spear D., Marais E., Kleynhans E. J., Symes A., Chanson J., Hoffmann M, Global indicators of biological invasion: species numbers, biodiversity impact and policy responses, Diversity and Distributions , Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 95-108, 2010, http://www.cbd.int/sp/;

UN CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020: Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 2010;

SSG-IUCN, IUCN Policy Brief on invasive and alien species, biodiversity, human health and food security, pp. 4, 2012 https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/policy_brief_on_invasive_and_alien_species_3.pdf;

Lambdon, PW, Pysek P, Basnou C, Arianoutsou M, Essl F, Hejda M, Jarosik V, Pergl J, Winter M, Anastasiu P et al., Alien flora of Europe: species diversity, temporal trends, geographical patterns and research needs, Preslia, 80 (2), pp. 101-149, 2008;

De Poorter M., Pagad S., Ullah M.I., Invasive alien species and protected areas. A scoping report. Part I. Scoping the scale and nature of invasive alien species. Threats to protected areas, impediments to IAS. Management and means to address those impediments. Produced for the World Bank as a contribution to the Global Invasive Species programme (GISP), 2007, http://www.issg.org/pdf/publications/gisp/resources/ias_protectedareas_scoping_i.pdf ; 14th SGEM GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

Dumitraşcu Monica, Doroftei M. , Grigorescu Ines, Kucsicsa G., Dragotă Carmen - Sofia, Key biological indicators to assess Amorpha fruticosa Invasive Terrestrial Plant Species in Romanian protected areas, Proceedings of 9th WSEAS International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Recent Advances in Environmental Science, pp. 144-149, 2013, http://www.wseas.us/e- library/conferences/2013/Lemesos/ENVIR/ENVIR-23.pdf;

Anastasiu, P. and Negrean, G. , Alien plants in Romania, Analele ştiinţifice ale Universităţii “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, LI, Biologie vegetală, Iaşi, 2005;

Sîrbu, C. (coord), Oprea, A., Plante adventive în flora Românei, Edit. “Ion Ionescu de la Brad”, Iaşi, pp. 737, 2011;

Bălteanu D, Badea L, Buza M, Niculescu Gh, Pope scu C. and Dumitraşcu Monica (eds.), Romania. Space, Society, Environment. Ed it. Romanian Academy. Bucharest, 2006;

Dumitraşcu Monica, Grigorescu Ines, Doroftei Mihai, Kucsicsa Gheorghe, Mierlă Marian, Dragotă Carmen, Năstas e Mihaela, Amorpha fruticosa in three wetland areas: Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Comana and Mureş Floodplain Natural Parks, The 13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM, 16-22 June, 2013, Albena, Bulgaria, Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation Conference Proceedings vol. I, 113-124, 2013, http://sgem.org/sgemlib/spip.php article3268;

Kucsicsa Gheorghe, Grigorescu Ines, Dumitraşcu Monica, Integrated methodology for the assessment of Invasive Terrestrial Plant Species potential distribution in the Romanian Protected Areas. A GIS -based approach, Proceedings of 9th WSEAS International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Recent Advances in Environmental Science, 150 -155. 2013, http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2013/Lemesos/ENVIR/ENVIR-24.pdf

Aguilera, A., Alpert, P., Dukes, J. S., Harrington, R., Impacts of the invasive plant Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) on plant communities and ecosystem processes, Biol. Invasions 12, p. 1243–1252, DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9543-z, 2010;

Pysek, P., Fallopia japonica. Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE), available at: http://www.europe-aliens.org/pdf/Fallopia_japonica.pdf, 2006;

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NB II), " Fallopia Japonica " Global Invasive Species Database, 2005, https://academics.skidmore.edu/wikis/NorthWoods/index.php/Fallopia_japonica;

Beerling, D.J., The testing of cellular concrete revetment blocks resistant to growths of Reynoutria japonica Houtt. (Japanese knotweed), Water Res Ox 25, p. 495 – 498, 1991.

McGeoch M. A., Stuart H. M. B., Spear D., Marais E., Kleynhans E. J., Symes A., Chanson J., Hoffmann M, Global indicators of biological invasion: species numbers, biodiversity impact and policy responses, Diversity and Distributions , Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 95-108, 2010, http://www.cbd.int/sp/;

UN CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020: Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 2010;

SSG-IUCN, IUCN Policy Brief on invasive and alien species, biodiversity, human health and food security, pp. 4, 2012 https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/policy_brief_on_invasive_and_alien_species_3.pdf;

Lambdon, PW, Pysek P, Basnou C, Arianoutsou M, Essl F, Hejda M, Jarosik V, Pergl J, Winter M, Anastasiu P et al., Alien flora of Europe: species diversity, temporal trends, geographical patterns and research needs, Preslia, 80 (2), pp. 101-149, 2008;

De Poorter M., Pagad S., Ullah M.I., Invasive alien species and protected areas. A scoping report. Part I. Scoping the scale and nature of invasive alien species. Threats to protected areas, impediments to IAS. Management and means to address those impediments. Produced for the World Bank as a contribution to the Global Invasive Species programme (GISP), 2007, http://www.issg.org/pdf/publications/gisp/resources/ias_protectedareas_scoping_i.pdf ; 14th SGEM GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

Dumitraşcu Monica, Doroftei M. , Grigorescu Ines, Kucsicsa G., Dragotă Carmen - Sofia, Key biological indicators to assess Amorpha fruticosa Invasive Terrestrial Plant Species in Romanian protected areas, Proceedings of 9th WSEAS International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Recent Advances in Environmental Science, pp. 144-149, 2013, http://www.wseas.us/e- library/conferences/2013/Lemesos/ENVIR/ENVIR-23.pdf;

Anastasiu, P. and Negrean, G. , Alien plants in Romania, Analele ştiinţifice ale Universităţii “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, LI, Biologie vegetală, Iaşi, 2005;

Sîrbu, C. (coord), Oprea, A., Plante adventive în flora Românei, Edit. “Ion Ionescu de la Brad”, Iaşi, pp. 737, 2011;

Bălteanu D, Badea L, Buza M, Niculescu Gh, Pope scu C. and Dumitraşcu Monica (eds.), Romania. Space, Society, Environment. Ed it. Romanian Academy. Bucharest, 2006;

Dumitraşcu Monica, Grigorescu Ines, Doroftei Mihai, Kucsicsa Gheorghe, Mierlă Marian, Dragotă Carmen, Năstas e Mihaela, Amorpha fruticosa in three wetland areas: Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Comana and Mureş Floodplain Natural Parks, The 13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM, 16-22 June, 2013, Albena, Bulgaria, Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation Conference Proceedings vol. I, 113-124, 2013, http://sgem.org/sgemlib/spip.php article3268;

Kucsicsa Gheorghe, Grigorescu Ines, Dumitraşcu Monica, Integrated methodology for the assessment of Invasive Terrestrial Plant Species potential distribution in the Romanian Protected Areas. A GIS -based approach, Proceedings of 9th WSEAS International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Recent Advances in Environmental Science, 150 -155. 2013, http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2013/Lemesos/ENVIR/ENVIR-24.pdf

Aguilera, A., Alpert, P., Dukes, J. S., Harrington, R., Impacts of the invasive plant Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) on plant communities and ecosystem processes, Biol. Invasions 12, p. 1243–1252, DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9543-z, 2010;

Pysek, P., Fallopia japonica. Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE), available at: http://www.europe-aliens.org/pdf/Fallopia_japonica.pdf, 2006;

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NB II), " Fallopia Japonica " Global Invasive Species Database, 2005, https://academics.skidmore.edu/wikis/NorthWoods/index.php/Fallopia_japonica;

Beerling, D.J., The testing of cellular concrete revetment blocks resistant to growths of Reynoutria japonica Houtt. (Japanese knotweed), Water Res Ox 25, p. 495 – 498, 1991.