Plant invasions in ski resorts
The increasing popularity of winter sports has led to the development of resorts providing skier facilities, which are often placed within natural environments of high conservation value. The disturbances associated with the creation and maintenance of the resorts, and the tendency for vehicles and people to disperse plant propagules, has enabled non-native species to reach ski resorts and persist. Some non-native species arrive passively (on vehi- cles and clothing) while ot