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52. ARES(2014)2425342 - 22/07/2014. Organisation and running of a scientific workshop to complete selected invasive alien species (IAS) risk assessments
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Roy, Helen, Scalera, Riccardo, Booy, Olaf, Branquart, Etienne, Gallardo, Belinda, Genovesi, Piero, Josefsson, Melanie, Kettunen, Marianne, Linnamagi, Merike, Lucy, Frances, Martinou, Angeliki, Moore, Niall, Pergl, Jan, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Solarz, Wojciech, Trichkova, Teodora, van Valkenburg, Johan, Zenetos, Argyro, Bazos, Ioannis, Galanidis, Alexandros, Sheehan, Rory, Roy, Helen, Scalera, Riccardo, Booy, Olaf, Branquart, Etienne, Gallardo, Belinda, Genovesi, Piero, Josefsson, Melanie, Kettunen, Marianne, Linnamagi, Merike, Lucy, Frances, Martinou, Angeliki, Moore, Niall, Pergl, Jan, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Solarz, Wojciech, Trichkova, Teodora, van Valkenburg, Johan, Zenetos, Argyro, Bazos, Ioannis, Galanidis, Alexandros, and Sheehan, Rory
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The introduction and spread of invasive alien species (IAS) constitutes one of the most important drivers of global change in biodiversity and ecosystem services. Robust risk assessment methods are required for IAS to provide the foundation upon which to prioritise appropriate action. In a previous study (Roy, Schonrogge et al. 2014) minimum standards were developed to provide an assessment framework for risk assessments and ultimately for underpinning the development of a proposed list of “IAS of EU concern”, in accordance to the provisions of the Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species. In practice, of the protocols assessed in detail, only four (GB NNRA, EPPO DSS, Harmonia+ and ENSARS) were sufficiently compliant with the minimum standards to be considered and of these only the GB NNRA and EPPO DSS have published IAS risk assessments. As a result, using the information from such “substantially compliant” protocols, a draft list of approximately 50 species was compiled. It is important to note that this list of species is based on availability of robust risk assessments already completed through methods which are almost compliant with the minimum standards, and it does not constitute the list of “IAS of EU concern”. In view of the application of the forthcoming EU Regulation on IAS (and building-on ENV.B.2/ETU/2013/0026) the Commission hosted a 2-day scientific workshop to examine the selected risk assessments and pool the existing knowledge existing in the EU to complete the missing information, on the basis of robust scientific evidence, in order to make them fully compliant with the minimum standards, wherever possible. The workshop was led by Helen Roy (CEH) and Riccardo Scalera (ISSG). An additional 16 experts from fifteen member states were selected based on their expertise in invasion biology and represented a bread
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53. Making the EU Legislation on Invasive Species a Conservation Success
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Tollington, Simon, primary, Turbé, Anne, additional, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, additional, Groombridge, Jim J., additional, Scalera, Riccardo, additional, Essl, Franz, additional, and Shwartz, Assaf, additional
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- 2015
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54. IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group: invasive alien species information management supporting practitioners, policy makers and decision takers
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Pagad, Shyama, primary, Genovesi, Piero, additional, Carnevali, Lucilla, additional, Scalera, Riccardo, additional, and Clout, Mick, additional
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- 2015
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55. Invasive alien species – framework for the identification of invasive alien species of EU concern
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Roy, Helen, Schonrogge, Karsten, Dean, Hannah, Peyton, Jodey, Branquart, Etienne, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Copp, Gordon, Stebbing, Paul, Kenis, Marc, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Essl, Franz, Schindler, Stefan, Brunel, Sarah, Kettunen, Marianne, Mazza, Leonardo, Nieto, Ana, Kemp, James, Genovesi, Piero, Scalera, Riccardo, Stewart, Alan, Roy, Helen, Schonrogge, Karsten, Dean, Hannah, Peyton, Jodey, Branquart, Etienne, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Copp, Gordon, Stebbing, Paul, Kenis, Marc, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Essl, Franz, Schindler, Stefan, Brunel, Sarah, Kettunen, Marianne, Mazza, Leonardo, Nieto, Ana, Kemp, James, Genovesi, Piero, Scalera, Riccardo, and Stewart, Alan
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Invasive alien species (IAS) are considered to be one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, particularly through their interactions with other drivers of change (MEA 2005, GBO 2011). In recent years the European Commission (EC) has intensified their commitment to provide a comprehensive, problem-oriented, well-balanced and manageable solution to IAS in Europe. The text of a European Union (EU) Regulation is expected to be adopted soon. A core component of the Regulation is a list of “IAS of EU concern” that will be drawn up together with European Member States (MS), based on scientifically robust risk assessments as laid down in the Regulation. Risk assessment is the technical and objective process of evaluating biological or other scientific and economic evidence to identify potentially invasive alien species and determine the level of invasion risk associated with a species or pathway and specifically whether an alien species will become invasive. An effective and robust risk assessment method is seen as an essential component of IAS management (Shine, Kettunen et al. 2010) and a fundamental element of an early warning and information system in Europe (Genovesi, Scalera et al. 2010). The purpose of this project was to provide a review of available IAS risk analysis protocols and use this, coupled with expert opinion, to inform the development of minimum standards necessary to ensure effective risk assessment methods for the EU. Additionally we considered gaps in knowledge and scope of existing risk analysis methods. Thus, we provide recommendations for developing existing risk analysis methods within a framework of minimum standards. Methods compliant with the minimum standards will be of value for supporting the development of a draft list of “IAS of EU concern”. Such a list should include species that are already established within the EU but also be extended to a scoping study to consider species that are not yet established but that may present a significan
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56. Making the EU Legislation on Invasive Species a Conservation Success.
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Tollington, Simon, Turbé, Anne, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Groombridge, Jim J., Scalera, Riccardo, Essl, Franz, and Shwartz, Assaf
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INTRODUCED species ,BIOLOGICAL invasions ,CONSERVATION of natural resources ,ENVIRONMENTAL protection - Abstract
The European Union's (EU) new legislation concerning Invasive Alien Species (IAS) is a ground-breaking and commendable attempt to set a common standard for combating IAS across political jurisdictions at a multinational scale. However, the regulation, underpinned by a list of IAS of Union concern, affords Member States a degree of operational flexibility and its successful implementation will be dictated by appropriate national enforcement and resource use. In evaluating this EU legislation, we provide pragmatic recommendations based upon a geo-political analysis of the pan-European capabilities to combat IAS and discuss measures to avoid the risk that the regulation will promote a piecemeal response by stakeholders instead of a truly collaborative effort. We highlight a major deficit in the funding mechanisms to support a comprehensive implementation of the legislation and stress the importance of consultation with the broader scientific community, including with key stakeholders, businesses and the general public. Our recommendations will create incentives for industries, raise awareness among citizens and stakeholders, and help establish a social norm for the EU and further afield. The legislation offers a collaborative Europe the chance to demonstrate its commitment to tackling the problems of IAS and to achieve a successful conservation breakthrough of international importance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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57. An overview of the natural history of non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles
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Scalera, Riccardo, primary
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58. Eurasian Wild Boar Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Keuling, Oliver, primary, Podgórski, Tomasz, additional, Monaco, Andrea, additional, Melletti, Mario, additional, Merta, Dorota, additional, Albrycht, Marzena, additional, Genov, Peter V., additional, Gethöffer, Friederike, additional, Vetter, Sebastian G., additional, Jori, Ferran, additional, Scalera, Riccardo, additional, and Gongora, Jaime, additional
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59. Alien Mammals of Europe
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Genovesi, Piero, primary, Bacher, Sven, additional, Kobelt, Manuel, additional, Pascal, Michel, additional, and Scalera, Riccardo, additional
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60. Virtues and shortcomings of EU legal provisions for managing NIS: Rana catesbeiana and Trachemys scripta elegans as case studies
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Scalera, Riccardo, primary
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61. One hundred of the most invasive species in Europe
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Vilà, Montserrat, Basnou, Corina, Gollasch, S., Josefsson, M., Pergl, Jan, Scalera, Riccardo, Vilà, Montserrat, Basnou, Corina, Gollasch, S., Josefsson, M., Pergl, Jan, and Scalera, Riccardo
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- 2009
62. Alien mammals in Europe: updated numbers and trends, and assessment of the effects on biodiversity
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GENOVESI, Piero, primary, CARNEVALI, Lucilla, additional, ALONZI, Anna, additional, and SCALERA, Riccardo, additional
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- 2012
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63. How much is Europe spending on invasive alien species?
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Scalera, Riccardo, primary
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- 2009
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64. Animal xenodiversity in Italian inland waters: distribution, modes of arrival, and pathways
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Gherardi, Francesca, primary, Bertolino, Sandro, additional, Bodon, Marco, additional, Casellato, Sandra, additional, Cianfanelli, Simone, additional, Ferraguti, Marco, additional, Lori, Elisabetta, additional, Mura, Graziella, additional, Nocita, Annamaria, additional, Riccardi, Nicoletta, additional, Rossetti, Giampaolo, additional, Rota, Emilia, additional, Scalera, Riccardo, additional, Zerunian, Sergio, additional, and Tricarico, Elena, additional
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- 2007
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65. Food habits of Podarcis filfolensis (Reptilia, Lacertidae) on a small Mediterranean island during the dry season
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Bombi, Pierluigi, primary, Scalera, Riccardo, additional, Bologna, Marco, additional, and Vignoli, Leonardo, additional
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- 2005
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66. Conservation and biology ofTriturus italicusin Italy (Amphibia, Salamandridae)
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Scillitani, Giovanni, primary, Scalera, Riccardo, additional, Carafa, Marco, additional, and Tripepi, Sandro, additional
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- 2004
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67. Towards guidelines for monitoring threatened species of amphibians and reptiles in Italy
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Carpaneto, Giuseppe M., primary, Bologna, Marco A., additional, and Scalera, Riccardo, additional
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- 2004
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68. Population structure, genetics and conservation of the Maltese wall lizard,Podarcis filfolensis, on Linosa Island (Reptilia, Lacertidae)
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Scalera, Riccardo, primary, Capula, Massimo, additional, Fornasari, Lorenzo, additional, Zava, Bruno, additional, Bombi, Pierluigi, additional, Mariottini, Paolo, additional, and Bologna, Marco A., additional
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- 2004
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69. The legal framework for the protection of amphibians and reptiles in Italy: an annotated overview of the provisions at the international, European community, national and regional level
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Scalera, Riccardo, primary
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- 2004
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70. Virtues and shortcomings of EU legal provisions for managing NIS: Rana catesbeiana and Trachemys scripta elegans as case studies.
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Drake, James A., Gherardi, Francesca, and Scalera, Riccardo
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Every year since 1928 a competition takes place in Angels Camp, California: the Jumping Frog Jubilee, a popular event inspired by Mark Twain's famous short story The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County. At the time - the story was first published in 1865 - the now endangered California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii Baird and Girard) was very common in that area: thus this was probably the species used for the competition and to which the story refers. However, at the end of the 19th century a non-indigenous species (NIS) entered the scene: the American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana Shaw). Soon after being introduced into the area, this species replaced the indigenous red-legged frog within the Calaveras competition, and now, thanks to "Rosie the Ribiter" and its jump over 6.5 m, the American bullfrog has held the world record since 1986. Nevertheless the greatest ultimate jump that the species managed to perform, with substantial help from human agency, has been through the Atlantic Ocean, from the New to the Old World. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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71. An overview of the natural history of non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles.
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Drake, James A., Gherardi, Francesca, and Scalera, Riccardo
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In his Naturalis Historia (77 AD), Pliny the Elder wrote: "Mirium rerum naturam non solum alia aliis dedisse terris animalia, sed in eodem quoque situ quaedam aliquis locis negasse" [It is a remarkable fact that nature not only assigned different countries to different animals, but that, even in the same country, it denied certain species to particular localities] (book VIII 83). Pliny the Elder, an erudite natural philosopher and encyclopaedist, could not imagine that, as a side-effect of whatwe currently call globalization, an ever increasing number of animals and plants would have beenmoved from one place to another outside their natural range. It is somehow an odd connection that ancient Romans were among the main early actors in fostering the movement of species within the European and Mediterranean regions. Besides several species of mammals and birds introduced for food or hunting, Romans probably also contributed to the movement of reptiles. For example, at that time, pond turtles (i.e. Emys orbicularis Linnaeus) were already kept as pets, as were various land-dwelling tortoises, Testudo Linnaeus spp. Indeed, ancient Romans were not the very first people contributing to the spread of non-indigenous species, because many introductions are known at least since the Neolithic (Kraus 2003), especially in the Mediterranean region (Pleguezuelos 2002). Thus, introductions probably started centuries before Pliny's time, but certainly since then, a growing number of species has been involved in this global reshuffling. The result is that today about 270 species of amphibians and reptiles are known to exist in countries outside their natural range (Lever 2003) and an unknown number has been subject to other small scale translocations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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72. Conservation and biology of Triturus italicus in Italy (Amphibia, Salamandridae).
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Scillitani, Giovanni, Scalera, Riccardo, Carafa, Marco, and Tripepi, Sandro
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73. Population structure, genetics and conservation of the Maltese wall lizard, Podarcis filfolensis, on Linosa Island (Reptilia, Lacertidae)
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Scalera, Riccardo, Capula, Massimo, Fornasari, Lorenzo, Zava, Bruno, Bombi, Pierluigi, Mariottini, Paolo, and Bologna, Marco
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Podarcis filfolensis is a lacertid lizard endemie to the Maltese and Pelagian archipelagos (Channel of Sicily). In Italy, this species occurs on Linosa and Lampione islands only, where the populations are referred to the endemic ssp. laurentiimuelleri. The Linosa population was studied using capture/recapture methods during two sampling seasons (1993, 2001), in order to analyse various ecological parameters and to assess habitat distribution and overall conservation status. A clear preference to xeric Mediterranean habitats dominated by Pistacia lentiscus was seen. The lizard density of the whole Linosa population, estimated by various methods, is extremely high. Molecular analyses (partial sequencing of mitochondria! tRNAphe and 12S rDNA genes) and electrophoretic analysis of 26 presumptive gene loci were also carried out on samples representing the three P. filfolensis populations from Malta, Filfola and Linosa islands. Both molecular and allozyme data indicate that the populations of the Maltese Archipelago (Malta and Filfola) are closely related to each other, and that these populations are genetically relatively differentiated from the Linosa population. High levels of genetic variability characterise the latter population. Recent observations of the species on Lampione Islet indicate that it is locally widespread and abundant Even though P. filfolensis does not seem to be threatened on either Linosa or Lampione, the populations occurring on these islands need to be regularly monitored as island populations are known to be more susceptible to change and extinction than mainland ones.
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74. Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union
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Roy, Helen E, Bacher, Sven, Essl, Franz, Adriaens, Tim, Aldridge, David C, Bishop, John DD, Blackburn, Tim M, Branquart, Etienne, Brodie, Juliet, Carboneras, Carles, Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth J, Copp, Gordon H, Dean, Hannah J, Eilenberg, Jørgen, Gallardo, Belinda, Garcia, Mariana, García-Berthou, Emili, Genovesi, Piero, Hulme, Philip E, Kenis, Marc, Kerckhof, Francis, Kettunen, Marianne, Minchin, Dan, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Nieto, Ana, Pergl, Jan, Pescott, Oliver L, M Peyton, Jodey, Preda, Cristina, Roques, Alain, Rorke, Steph L, Scalera, Riccardo, Schindler, Stefan, Schönrogge, Karsten, Sewell, Jack, Solarz, Wojciech, Stewart, Alan JA, Tricarico, Elena, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Van Der Velde, Gerard, Vilà, Montserrat, Wood, Christine A, Zenetos, Argyro, and Rabitsch, Wolfgang
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consensus approach ,Consensus Development Conferences as Topic ,biological invasions ,risk assessment ,prioritization ,Biodiversity ,15. Life on land ,Environmental Policy ,introductions ,Animals ,14. Life underwater ,European Union ,impacts ,Introduced Species ,Ecosystem - Abstract
The European Union (EU) has recently published its first list of invasive alien species (IAS) of EU concern to which current legislation must apply. The list comprises species known to pose great threats to biodiversity and needs to be maintained and updated. Horizon scanning is seen as critical to identify the most threatening potential IAS that do not yet occur in Europe to be subsequently risk assessed for future listing. Accordingly, we present a systematic consensus horizon scanning procedure to derive a ranked list of potential IAS likely to arrive, establish, spread and have an impact on biodiversity in the region over the next decade. The approach is unique in the continental scale examined, the breadth of taxonomic groups and environments considered, and the methods and data sources used. International experts were brought together to address five broad thematic groups of potential IAS. For each thematic group the experts first independently assembled lists of potential IAS not yet established in the EU but potentially threatening biodiversity if introduced. Experts were asked to score the species within their thematic group for their separate likelihoods of i) arrival, ii) establishment, iii) spread, and iv) magnitude of the potential negative impact on biodiversity within the EU. Experts then convened for a 2-day workshop applying consensus methods to compile a ranked list of potential IAS. From an initial working list of 329 species, a list of 66 species not yet established in the EU that were considered to be very high (8 species), high (40 species) or medium (18 species) risk species was derived. Here, we present these species highlighting the potential negative impacts and the most likely biogeographic regions to be affected by these potential IAS.
75. Socio-economic impact classification of alien taxa (SEICAT)
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Bacher, Sven, Blackburn, Tim M., Essl, Franz, Genovesi, Piero, Heikkilä, Jaakko, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Jones, Glyn, Keller, Reuben, Kenis, Marc, Kueffer, Christoph, Martinou, Angeliki F., Nentwig, Wolfgang, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Richardson, David M., Roy, Helen E., Saul, Wolf-Christian, Scalera, Riccardo, Vilà, Montserrat, Wilson, John R. U., Kumschick, Sabrina, Bacher, Sven, Blackburn, Tim M., Essl, Franz, Genovesi, Piero, Heikkilä, Jaakko, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Jones, Glyn, Keller, Reuben, Kenis, Marc, Kueffer, Christoph, Martinou, Angeliki F., Nentwig, Wolfgang, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Richardson, David M., Roy, Helen E., Saul, Wolf-Christian, Scalera, Riccardo, Vilà, Montserrat, Wilson, John R. U., and Kumschick, Sabrina
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Many alien taxa are known to cause socio-economic impacts by affecting the different constituents of human well-being (security; material and non-material assets; health; social, spiritual and cultural relations; freedom of choice and action). Attempts to quantify socio-economic impacts in monetary terms are unlikely to provide a useful basis for evaluating and comparing impacts of alien taxa because they are notoriously difficult to measure and important aspects of human well-being are ignored.Here, we propose a novel standardised method for classifying alien taxa in terms of the magnitude of their impacts on human well-being, based on the capability approach from welfare economics. The core characteristic of this approach is that it uses changes in peoples' activities as a common metric for evaluating impacts on well-being.Impacts are assigned to one of five levels, from Minimal Concern to Massive, according to semi-quantitative scenarios that describe the severity of the impacts. Taxa are then classified according to the highest level of deleterious impact that they have been recorded to cause on any constituent of human well-being. The scheme also includes categories for taxa that are not evaluated, have no alien population, or are data deficient, and a method for assigning uncertainty to all the classifications. To demonstrate the utility of the system, we classified impacts of amphibians globally. These showed a variety of impacts on human well-being, with the cane toad (Rhinella marina) scoring Major impacts. For most species, however, no studies reporting impacts on human well-being were found, i.e. these species were data deficient.The classification provides a consistent procedure for translating the broad range of measures and types of impact into ranked levels of socio-economic impact, assigns alien taxa on the basis of the best available evidence of their documented deleterious impacts, and is applicable across taxa and at a range of spatial scales. The
76. Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species
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Roy, Helen E., Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Scalera, Riccardo, Stewart, Alan, Gallardo, Belinda, Genovesi, Piero, Essl, Franz, Adriaens, Tim, Bacher, Sven, Booy, Olaf, Branquart, Etienne, Brunel, Sarah, Copp, Gordon Howard, Dean, Hannah, D?hondt, Bram, Josefsson, Melanie, Kenis, Marc, Kettunen, Marianne, Linnamagi, Merike, Lucy, Frances, Martinou, Angeliki, Moore, Niall, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Nieto, Ana, Pergl, Jan, Peyton, Jodey, Roques, Alain, Schindler, Stefan, Schönrogge, Karsten, Solarz, Wojciech, Stebbing, Paul D., Trichkova, Teodora, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Valkenburg, Johan van, Zenetos, Argyro, Roy, Helen E., Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Scalera, Riccardo, Stewart, Alan, Gallardo, Belinda, Genovesi, Piero, Essl, Franz, Adriaens, Tim, Bacher, Sven, Booy, Olaf, Branquart, Etienne, Brunel, Sarah, Copp, Gordon Howard, Dean, Hannah, D?hondt, Bram, Josefsson, Melanie, Kenis, Marc, Kettunen, Marianne, Linnamagi, Merike, Lucy, Frances, Martinou, Angeliki, Moore, Niall, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Nieto, Ana, Pergl, Jan, Peyton, Jodey, Roques, Alain, Schindler, Stefan, Schönrogge, Karsten, Solarz, Wojciech, Stebbing, Paul D., Trichkova, Teodora, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Valkenburg, Johan van, and Zenetos, Argyro
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Biological invasions are a threat to biodiversity, society and the economy. There is an urgent need to provide evidence-based assessments of the risks posed by invasive alien species (IAS) to prioritize action. Risk assessments underpin IAS policies in many ways: informing legislation; providing justification of restrictions in trade or consumer activities; prioritizing surveillance and rapid response. There are benefits to ensuring consistency in content of IAS risk assessments globally, and this can be achieved by providing a framework of minimum standards as a checklist for quality assurance. From a review of existing risk assessment protocols, and with reference to the requirements of the EU Regulation on IAS (1143/2014) and international agreements including the World Trade Organisation, Convention on Biological Diversity and International Plant Protection Convention, coupled with consensus methods, we identified and agreed upon 14 minimum standards (attributes) a risk- assessment scheme should include. The agreed minimum standards were as follows: (1) basic species description; (2) likelihood of invasion; (3) distribution, spread and impacts; (4) assessment of introduction pathways; (5) assessment of impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems; (6) Assessment of impact on ecosystem services; (7) assessment of socio-economic impacts; (8) consideration of status (threatened or protected) of species or habitat under threat; (9) assessment of effects of future climate change; (10) completion possible even when there is a lack of information; (11) documents information sources; (12) provides a summary in a consistent and interpretable form; (13) includes uncertainty; (14) includes quality assurance. In deriving these minimum standards, gaps in knowledge required for completing risk assessments and the scope of existing risk assessment protocols were revealed, most notably in relation to assessing benefits, socio-economic impacts and impacts on ecosystem services but als
77. A vision for global monitoring of biological invasions
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Pyšek, Petr, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Blackburn, Tim M., Bacher, Sven, Capinha, César, Costello, Mark J., Fernández, Miguel, Gregory, Richard D., Hobern, Donald, Hui, Cang, Jetz, Walter, Kumschick, Sabrina, McGrannachan, Chris, Pergl, Jan, Roy, Helen E., Scalera, Riccardo, Squires, Zoe E., R.U.Wilson, John, Winter, Marten, Genovesi, Piero, McGeoch, Melodie A., Pyšek, Petr, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Blackburn, Tim M., Bacher, Sven, Capinha, César, Costello, Mark J., Fernández, Miguel, Gregory, Richard D., Hobern, Donald, Hui, Cang, Jetz, Walter, Kumschick, Sabrina, McGrannachan, Chris, Pergl, Jan, Roy, Helen E., Scalera, Riccardo, Squires, Zoe E., R.U.Wilson, John, Winter, Marten, Genovesi, Piero, and McGeoch, Melodie A.
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Managing biological invasions relies on good global coverage of species distributions. Accurate information on alien species distributions, obtained from international policy and cross-border co-operation, is required to evaluate trans-boundary and trading partnership risks. However, a standardized approach for systematically monitoring alien species and tracking biological invasions is still lacking. This Perspective presents a vision for global observation and monitoring of biological invasions. We show how the architecture for tracking biological invasions is provided by a minimum information set of Essential Variables, global collaboration on data sharing and infrastructure, and strategic contributions by countries. We show how this novel, synthetic approach to an observation system for alien species provides a tangible and attainable solution to delivering the information needed to slow the rate of new incursions and reduce the impacts of invaders. We identify three Essential Variables for Invasion Monitoring; alien species occurrence, species alien status and alien species impact. We outline how delivery of this minimum information set by joint, complementary contributions from countries and global community initiatives is possible. Country contributions are made feasible using a modular approach where all countries are able to participate and strategically build their contributions to a global information set over time. The vision we outline will deliver wide-ranging benefits to countries and international efforts to slow the rate of biological invasions and minimize their environmental impacts. These benefits will accrue over time as global coverage and information on alien species increases.
78. Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions
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Essl, Franz, Bacher, Sven, Blackburn, Tim M., Booy, Olaf, Brundu, Giuseppe, Brunel, Sarah, Cardoso, Ana-Cristina, Eschen, René, Gallardo, Belinda, Galil, Bella, García-Berthou, Emili, Genovesi, Piero, Groom, Quentin, Harrower, Colin, Hulme, Philip E., Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kenis, Marc, Kühn, Ingolf, Kumschick, Sabrina, Martinou, Angeliki F., Nentwig, Wolfgang, O'Flynn, Colette, Pagad, Shyama, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Richardson, David M., Roques, Alain, Roy, Helen E., Scalera, Riccardo, Schindler, Stefan, Seebens, Hanno, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Vilà, Montserrat, Wilson, John R. U., Essl, Franz, Bacher, Sven, Blackburn, Tim M., Booy, Olaf, Brundu, Giuseppe, Brunel, Sarah, Cardoso, Ana-Cristina, Eschen, René, Gallardo, Belinda, Galil, Bella, García-Berthou, Emili, Genovesi, Piero, Groom, Quentin, Harrower, Colin, Hulme, Philip E., Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kenis, Marc, Kühn, Ingolf, Kumschick, Sabrina, Martinou, Angeliki F., Nentwig, Wolfgang, O'Flynn, Colette, Pagad, Shyama, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Richardson, David M., Roques, Alain, Roy, Helen E., Scalera, Riccardo, Schindler, Stefan, Seebens, Hanno, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Vilà, Montserrat, and Wilson, John R. U.
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Substantial progress has been made in understanding how pathways underlie and mediate biological invasions. However, key features of their role in invasions remain poorly understood, available knowledge is widely scattered, and major frontiers in research and management are insufficiently characterized. We review the state of the art, highlight recent advances, identify pitfalls and constraints, and discuss major challenges in four broad fields of pathway research and management: pathway classification, application of pathway information, management response, and management impact. We present approaches to describe and quantify pathway attributes (e.g., spatiotemporal changes, proxies of introduction effort, environmental and socioeconomic contexts) and how they interact with species traits and regional characteristics. We also provide recommendations for a research agenda with particular focus on emerging (or neglected) research questions and present new analytical tools in the context of pathway research and management
79. IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment: Chapter 4. Impacts of biological invasions on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life
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Bacher, Sven, Galil, Bella S., Nuñez, Martin A., Ansong, Michael, Cassey, Phillip, Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina, Fayvush, Georgi, Hiremath, Ankila J., Ikegami, Makihiko, Martinou, Angeliki F., McDermott, Shana M., Preda, Cristina, Vilà, Montserrat, Weyl, Olaf L. F., Fernandez, Romina D., Ryan-Colton, Ellen, Rai, Rajesh K., Richardson, David M., Angelidou, Ioanna, Atkore, Vidyadhar, Barney, Jacob N., Beckmann, Björn C., Bellard, Céline, Blackburn, Tim M., Blanchet, Edgar, Boser, Christina L., Boyes, Douglas H., Brockerhoff, Eckehard G., Buchter, Stefanie, Carbutt, Clinton, Carisio, Luca, Castro-Díez, Pilar, Cavadino, Imogen, Céspedes, Vanessa, Cheseaux, Johann, Chown, Steven L., Christophe, Diagne, Christopoulou, Aikaterini, Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Coetzee, Julie A., Coiro, Mario, Courchamp, Franck, Coutts, Shaun R., Crego, Ramiro D., De Groot, Maarten, Demetriou, Jakovos, Dickey, James W. E., Downs, Colleen T., Early, Regan, Ellender, Bruce R., Ens, Emilie, Espinosa-Torres, Paola M., Evans, Thomas, Flores-Males, Paola T., Fofonoff, Paul, Gallardo, Belinda, Gruber, Monica A. M., Hagen, Bianca, Harris, Maddie, Hoffmann, Benjamin D., Hui, Cang, Ivey, Philip, Jacobs, Lynn K., Jeschke, Jonathan M., Khan, Mohd A., Koese, Bram, Kumschick, Sabrina, Lach, Lori, Lapin, Katharina, Le Roux, Johannes J., Leihy, Rachel I., Leroy, Boris, Lester, Philip J., Lioy, Simone, Liu, Chunlong, MacMullen, Zoe J., Mazzitelli, Manuela A., Measey, John, Michel, Baptiste, Musseau, Camille L., Nahrung, Helen F., Neelavar Ananthram, Aravind, Núñez León, Melannie, Pauchard, Aníbal, Pazmino, Carlos, Pertierra, Luis R., Ricciardi, Anthony, Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo, Roberts, Georgia K., Rojas Martinez, Henry A., Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa, Russell, Shaina, Ryan-Schofield, Ned L., Sánchez, Rocío M., Santini, Alberto, Santoro, Davide, Scalera, Riccardo, Sheppard, Andy W., Shivambu, Tinyiko C., Sohrabi, Sima, Stammers, Ben, Stoett, Peter, Tambo, Justice A., Tekiela, Daniel R., Tricarico, Elena, Trillo, Alejandro, Turbelin, Anna J., van 't Hof, Pieter, Volery, Lara, Wasserman, Ryan, Zengeya, Tsungai A., and Zinnert, Laura
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IPBES ,Invasive alien species ,Assessment ,Chapter 4 - Abstract
Chapter 4: Impacts of biological invasions on nature, nature’s contributions to people, and good quality of life of the Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services., Suggested citation: Bacher, S., Galil, B. S., Nuñez, M. A., Ansong, M., Cassey, P., Dehnen-Schmutz, K., Fayvush, G., Hiremath, A. J., Ikegami, M., Martinou, A. F., McDermott, S. M., Preda, C., Vilà, M., Weyl, O. L. F., Fernandez, R. D., and Ryan-Colton, E. (2023). Chapter 4: Impacts of biological invasions on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life. In: Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Roy, H. E., Pauchard, A., Stoett, P., and Renard Truong, T. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7430731
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80. The EASIN Editorial Board: quality assurance, exchange and sharing of alien species information in Europe
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Andreas Zikos, Gergely Király, Ioan Sîrbu, Noa Shenkar, Elena Tricarico, Michel Bariche, Ivan Deriu, Melih Ertan Çinar, Stelios Katsanevakis, Eugenio Gervasini, Argyro Zenetos, Stefano Piraino, Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad, Marco Faasse, Thierry Backeljau, Fabio Crocetta, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Vadim E. Panov, Jean-Lou Justine, Fabio D’Amico, Konstantinos Tsiamis, Alain Roques, Giovanna Curto, Giuseppe Brundu, Assunta Bertaccini, Martina Carrete, Andrea Vannini, Martin R. Langer, Ioannis Bazos, Margarita Arianoutsou, Ya'Arit Levitt, Riccardo Scalera, European Commission, Department of Marine Sciences [Aegean], University of the Aegean, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), American University of Beirut [Beyrouth] (AUB), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Department of Agriculture, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Nematology Laboratory, USDA-ARS : Agricultural Research Service, eCOAST Marine Research, Partenaires INRAE, Netherland Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, University of West Hungary [Sopron], Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Tel Aviv University [Tel Aviv], Museum of Natural History, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre, Università del Salento, Environment Agency Austria, Unité de recherche Zoologie Forestière (URZF), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Species Survival Commission, University of Sibiu, Universtiy of Florence, Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems, Tuscia University, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences [Oslo], Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO)-Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden], Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Tel Aviv University (TAU), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence (UniFI), Università degli studi della Tuscia [Viterbo], Tsiamis, Konstantino, Gervasini, Eugenio, D’Amico, Fabio, Deriu, Ivan, Katsanevakis, Stelio, Crocetta, Fabio, Zenetos, Argyro, Arianoutsou, Margarita, Backeljau, Thierry, Bariche, Michel, Bazos, Ioanni, Bertaccini, Assunta, Brundu, Giuseppe, Carrete, Martina, Çinar, Melih, Curto, Giovanna, Faasse, Marco, Justine, Jean Lou, Király, Gergely, Langer, Martin, Levitt, Ya'Arit, Panov, Vadim, Piraino, Stefano, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Roques, Alain, Scalera, Riccardo, Shenkar, Noa, Sîrbu, Ioan, Tricarico, Elena, Vannini, Andrea, Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn, Zikos, Andrea, Cardoso, Ana Cristina, Tsiamis, K., Gervasini, E., D’Amico, F., Deriu, I., Katsanevakis, S., Crocetta, F., Zenetos, A., Arianoutsou, M., Backeljau, T., Bariche, M., Bazos, I., Bertaccini, A., Brundu, G., Carrete, M., Ertan Çinar, M., Curto, G., Faasse, M., Justine, J-L., Király, G., Langer, M.R., Levitt, Y., Panov, V.E., Piraino, S., Rabitsch, W., Roques, A., Scalera, R., Shenkar, N., Sîrbu, I., Tricarico, E., Vannini, A., Vøllestad, L.A., Zikos, A., Cardoso, A.C., Tsiamis, Konstantinos, and Ege Üniversitesi
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0106 biological sciences ,invasive alien species ,web platform ,Knowledge management ,Ecology ,business.industry ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Editorial board ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,data quality ,database ,information system ,data quality, database, information system, invasive alien species, web platform ,Data quality ,Information system ,business ,Alien species ,Biology ,Quality assurance ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
WOS: 000422633100002, The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) aims to facilitate the exploration of alien species information in Europe, and is recognized as the information system supporting European Union Member States in the implementation of the recently published Invasive Alien Species Regulation. In this paper, we present the role and activities of the EASIN Editorial Board (EB), which is responsible for the quality assurance, safeguarding and constant improvement of EASIN. The EB is supported by a web platform that facilitates online discussions about alien species. This platform creates a virtual community by providing a forum-like interface that is moderated by the EB Members but is freely accessible to the scientific community and the general public. It allows all registered users to make comments, raise questions and share experience and expertise on alien species in Europe. Moreover, it provides a means for exchanging opinions and solving disputes in a transparent way. The overall EB activity is commonly agreed upon procedures and standards., European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), The authors wish to thank the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) for their support. We thank also the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and corrections.
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81. Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union.
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Roy HE, Bacher S, Essl F, Adriaens T, Aldridge DC, Bishop JDD, Blackburn TM, Branquart E, Brodie J, Carboneras C, Cottier-Cook EJ, Copp GH, Dean HJ, Eilenberg J, Gallardo B, Garcia M, García-Berthou E, Genovesi P, Hulme PE, Kenis M, Kerckhof F, Kettunen M, Minchin D, Nentwig W, Nieto A, Pergl J, Pescott OL, M Peyton J, Preda C, Roques A, Rorke SL, Scalera R, Schindler S, Schönrogge K, Sewell J, Solarz W, Stewart AJA, Tricarico E, Vanderhoeven S, van der Velde G, Vilà M, Wood CA, Zenetos A, and Rabitsch W
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- Animals, Consensus Development Conferences as Topic, Environmental Policy, European Union, Introduced Species statistics & numerical data, Risk Assessment, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Introduced Species trends
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The European Union (EU) has recently published its first list of invasive alien species (IAS) of EU concern to which current legislation must apply. The list comprises species known to pose great threats to biodiversity and needs to be maintained and updated. Horizon scanning is seen as critical to identify the most threatening potential IAS that do not yet occur in Europe to be subsequently risk assessed for future listing. Accordingly, we present a systematic consensus horizon scanning procedure to derive a ranked list of potential IAS likely to arrive, establish, spread and have an impact on biodiversity in the region over the next decade. The approach is unique in the continental scale examined, the breadth of taxonomic groups and environments considered, and the methods and data sources used. International experts were brought together to address five broad thematic groups of potential IAS. For each thematic group the experts first independently assembled lists of potential IAS not yet established in the EU but potentially threatening biodiversity if introduced. Experts were asked to score the species within their thematic group for their separate likelihoods of i) arrival, ii) establishment, iii) spread, and iv) magnitude of the potential negative impact on biodiversity within the EU. Experts then convened for a 2-day workshop applying consensus methods to compile a ranked list of potential IAS. From an initial working list of 329 species, a list of 66 species not yet established in the EU that were considered to be very high (8 species), high (40 species) or medium (18 species) risk species was derived. Here, we present these species highlighting the potential negative impacts and the most likely biogeographic regions to be affected by these potential IAS., (© 2018 The Authors. Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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82. No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.
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Seebens H, Blackburn TM, Dyer EE, Genovesi P, Hulme PE, Jeschke JM, Pagad S, Pyšek P, Winter M, Arianoutsou M, Bacher S, Blasius B, Brundu G, Capinha C, Celesti-Grapow L, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Fuentes N, Jäger H, Kartesz J, Kenis M, Kreft H, Kühn I, Lenzner B, Liebhold A, Mosena A, Moser D, Nishino M, Pearman D, Pergl J, Rabitsch W, Rojas-Sandoval J, Roques A, Rorke S, Rossinelli S, Roy HE, Scalera R, Schindler S, Štajerová K, Tokarska-Guzik B, van Kleunen M, Walker K, Weigelt P, Yamanaka T, and Essl F
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- Computer Simulation, Geography, Internationality, Islands, Species Specificity, Time Factors, Introduced Species
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Although research on human-mediated exchanges of species has substantially intensified during the last centuries, we know surprisingly little about temporal dynamics of alien species accumulations across regions and taxa. Using a novel database of 45,813 first records of 16,926 established alien species, we show that the annual rate of first records worldwide has increased during the last 200 years, with 37% of all first records reported most recently (1970-2014). Inter-continental and inter-taxonomic variation can be largely attributed to the diaspora of European settlers in the nineteenth century and to the acceleration in trade in the twentieth century. For all taxonomic groups, the increase in numbers of alien species does not show any sign of saturation and most taxa even show increases in the rate of first records over time. This highlights that past efforts to mitigate invasions have not been effective enough to keep up with increasing globalization.
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