Food for thought: Risks of non-native species transfer to the Antarctic region with fresh produce

• Published in: Biological Conservation
• Main Authors: Hughes, Kevin A., Lee, Jennifer E., Tsujimoto, Megumu, Imura, Satoshi, Bergstrom, Dana M., Ware, Chris, Lebouvier, Marc, Huiskes, Ad H.L., Gremmen, Niek J.M., Frenot, Yves, Bridge, Paul D., Chown, S. L.
• Other Authors: British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo (NiPR), Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy, Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement - CNRS Ecologie et Environnement (INEE-CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), CABI Bioservices, SCAR Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica British Antarctic Survey's Polar Science for Planet Earth core program EO-LTMS, contribution to International Polar Year 'Aliens in Antarctica'
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: Alien; Non-indigenous; Biosecurity; Propagules; Food; Polar; Antarctica; Sub-Antarctic; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Antarctic; Rothera; Rothera Research Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00645860; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.001

International audience To understand fully the risk of biological invasions, it is necessary to quantify propagule pressure along all introduction pathways. In the Antarctic region, importation of fresh produce is a potentially high risk, but as yet unquantified pathway. To address this knowledge ga...