The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks
International wildlife trade is a major source of current biological invasions. However, the power of trade regulations to reduce invasion risks at large, continental scales has not been empirically assessed. The European wild bird trade ban was implemented in 2005 to counter the spread of the avian...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/190073 2024-02-11T10:02:15+01:00 The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks Cardador, Laura Tella, José Luis Anadón, J. D. Abellán, Pedro Carrete, Martina 2019 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/190073 https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12631 unknown Publisher's version Sí doi:10.1111/conl.12631 issn: 1755-263X Conservation Letters, 12(3) (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/190073 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2019 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12631 2024-01-16T10:43:21Z International wildlife trade is a major source of current biological invasions. However, the power of trade regulations to reduce invasion risks at large, continental scales has not been empirically assessed. The European wild bird trade ban was implemented in 2005 to counter the spread of the avian flu. We tested whether the ban reduced invasion risk in two European countries, where 398 nonnative bird species were introduced into the wild from 1912 to 2015. The number of newly introduced species per year increased exponentially until 2005 (in parallel with the volume of wild bird importations), and then sharply decreased in subsequent years. Interestingly, a rapid trade shift from wild-caught birds to captive-bred birds, which have lower invasive potential than wild-caught birds, allowed the maintenance of bird availability in markets. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of a trade ban for preventing biological invasions without impacting the ability to meet societal demands. Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Avian flu Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Conservation Letters 12 3 e12631 |
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International wildlife trade is a major source of current biological invasions. However, the power of trade regulations to reduce invasion risks at large, continental scales has not been empirically assessed. The European wild bird trade ban was implemented in 2005 to counter the spread of the avian flu. We tested whether the ban reduced invasion risk in two European countries, where 398 nonnative bird species were introduced into the wild from 1912 to 2015. The number of newly introduced species per year increased exponentially until 2005 (in parallel with the volume of wild bird importations), and then sharply decreased in subsequent years. Interestingly, a rapid trade shift from wild-caught birds to captive-bred birds, which have lower invasive potential than wild-caught birds, allowed the maintenance of bird availability in markets. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of a trade ban for preventing biological invasions without impacting the ability to meet societal demands. Peer Reviewed |
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Cardador, Laura Tella, José Luis Anadón, J. D. Abellán, Pedro Carrete, Martina |
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Cardador, Laura Tella, José Luis Anadón, J. D. Abellán, Pedro Carrete, Martina The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks |
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Cardador, Laura Tella, José Luis Anadón, J. D. Abellán, Pedro Carrete, Martina |
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The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks |
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The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks |
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Publisher's version Sí doi:10.1111/conl.12631 issn: 1755-263X Conservation Letters, 12(3) (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/190073 |
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