Invasion Science: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities. ...

We identified emerging scientific, technological, and sociopolitical issues likely to affect how biological invasions are studied and managed over the next two decades. Issues were ranked according to their probability of emergence, pervasiveness, potential impact, and novelty. Top-ranked issues inc...

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Main Authors: Ricciardi, Anthony, Blackburn, Tim M, Carlton, James T, Dick, Jaimie TA, Hulme, Philip E, Iacarella, Josephine C, Jeschke, Jonathan M, Liebhold, Andrew M, Lockwood, Julie L, MacIsaac, Hugh J, Pyšek, Petr, Richardson, David M, Ruiz, Gregory M, Simberloff, Daniel, Sutherland, William J, Wardle, David A, Aldridge, David C
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2017
Subjects:
Arctic globalization
gene drives
global change
invasive species
microbial ecology
rapid evolution
Ecosystem
Introduced Species
Arctic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.15758
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269520
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Summary:We identified emerging scientific, technological, and sociopolitical issues likely to affect how biological invasions are studied and managed over the next two decades. Issues were ranked according to their probability of emergence, pervasiveness, potential impact, and novelty. Top-ranked issues include the application of genomic modification tools to control invasions, effects of Arctic globalization on invasion risk in the Northern Hemisphere, commercial use of microbes to facilitate crop production, the emergence of invasive microbial pathogens, and the fate of intercontinental trade agreements. These diverse issues suggest an expanding interdisciplinary role for invasion science in biosecurity and ecosystem management, burgeoning applications of biotechnology in alien species detection and control, and new frontiers in the microbial ecology of invasions. ...

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