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0000-0003-2531-4463
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Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science
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Universidade Federal de Lavras
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Publications
Invasive alien acacias rapidly stock carbon, but threaten biodiversity recovery in young second-growth forests
Publisher: The Royal Society
Date: 14-11-2022
Abstract: Under the UN-Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and Bonn Challenge, second-growth forest is promoted as a global solution to climate change, degradation and associated losses of bio ersity and ecosystem services. Second growth is often invaded by alien tree species and understanding how this impacts carbon stock and bio ersity recovery is key for restoration planning. We assessed carbon stock and tree ersity recovery in second growth invaded by two Acacia species and non-invaded second growth, with associated edge effects, in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Carbon stock recovery in non-invaded forests was threefold lower than in invaded forests. Increasingly isolated, fragmented and deforested areas had low carbon stocks when non-invaded, whereas the opposite was true when invaded. Non-invaded forests recovered threefold to sixfold higher taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional ersity than invaded forest. Higher species turnover and lower nestedness in non-invaded than invaded forests underpinned higher abundance of threatened and endemic species in non-invaded forest. Non-invaded forests presented positive relationships between carbon and bio ersity, whereas in the invaded forests we did not detect any relationship, indicating that more carbon does not equal more bio ersity in landscapes with high vulnerability to invasive acacias. To deliver on combined climate change and bio ersity goals, restoration planning and management must consider biological invasion risk. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’.
Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 08-2023
Abstract: Biological invasions are a global challenge that has received insufficient attention. Recently available cost syntheses have provided policy- and decision makers with reliable and up-to-date information on the economic impacts of biological invasions, aiming to motivate effective management. The resultant InvaCost database is now publicly and freely accessible and enables rapid extraction of monetary cost information. This has facilitated knowledge sharing, developed a more integrated and multidisciplinary network of researchers, and forged multidisciplinary collaborations among erse organizations and stakeholders. Over 50 scientific publications so far have used the database and have provided detailed assessments of invasion costs across geographic, taxonomic, and spatiotemporal scales. These studies have provided important information that can guide future policy and legislative decisions on the management of biological invasions while simultaneously attracting public and media attention. We provide an overview of the improved availability, reliability, standardization, and defragmentation of monetary costs discuss how this has enhanced invasion science as a discipline and outline directions for future development.
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Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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