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0000-0001-8034-5831
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Stellenbosch University
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The EICAT+ framework enables classification of positive impacts of alien taxa on native biodiversity
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 16-08-2022
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3001729
Abstract: Species introduced through human-related activities beyond their native range, termed alien species, have various impacts worldwide. The IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) is a global standard to assess negative impacts of alien species on native bio ersity. Alien species can also positively affect bio ersity (for instance, through food and habitat provisioning or dispersal facilitation) but there is currently no standardized and evidence-based system to classify positive impacts. We fill this gap by proposing EICAT+, which uses 5 semiquantitative scenarios to categorize the magnitude of positive impacts, and describes underlying mechanisms. EICAT+ can be applied to all alien taxa at different spatial and organizational scales. The application of EICAT+ expands our understanding of the consequences of biological invasions and can inform conservation decisions.
Non-natives: 141 scientists object
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-2011
DOI: 10.1038/475036A
Does origin determine environmental impacts? Not for bamboos
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-02-2019
DOI: 10.1002/PPP3.5
Emerging infectious diseases and biological invasions
Publisher: The Royal Society
Date: 03-2019
DOI: 10.1098/RSOS.181577
Abstract: The study and management of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and of biological invasions both address the ecology of human-associated biological phenomena in a rapidly changing world. However, the two fields work mostly in parallel rather than in concert. This review explores how the general phenomenon of an organism rapidly increasing in range or abundance is caused, highlights the similarities and differences between research on EIDs and invasions, and discusses shared management insights and approaches. EIDs can arise by: (i) crossing geographical barriers due to human-mediated dispersal, (ii) crossing compatibility barriers due to evolution, and (iii) lifting of environmental barriers due to environmental change. All these processes can be implicated in biological invasions, but only the first defines them. Research on EIDs is embedded within the One Health concept—the notion that human, animal and ecosystem health are interrelated and that holistic approaches encompassing all three components are needed to respond to threats to human well-being. We argue that for sustainable development, biological invasions should be explicitly considered within One Health. Management goals for the fields are the same, and direct collaborations between invasion scientists, disease ecologists and epidemiologists on modelling, risk assessment, monitoring and management would be mutually beneficial.
A vision for global monitoring of biological invasions
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2017
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