ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on invasive species management within a restoration setting, highlighting important factors to consider at the site level. Restoration is often very costly or infeasible and novel approaches for management are advised. Understanding the recovery constraints affecting native species' re-establishment following invasive species' removal will likely improve decision-making and help managers identify which species are more feasible to control. The chapter highlights the important factors to consider when deciding how to control invasive species, and uses control broadly to encompass the ideas of prevention, eradication, containment and observation, and describes their respective strategies within a restoration context. Worldwide, it is hard to escape issues of invasive species when embarking on ecological restoration. The chapter describes various strategies to address the challenges that arise with invasive species management in restoration, highlighting three main stages assessment, prioritization and control.
