Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

• Published in: Biological Reviews
• Main Authors: Castro-Diez, Pilar, Vaz, Ana Sofia, Silva, Joaquim S., Van Loo, Marcela, Alonso, Alvaro, Aponte, Cristina, Bayon, Alvaro, Bellingham, Peter J., Chiuffo, Mariana C., DiManno, Nicole, Julian, Kahua, Kandert, Susanne, La Porta, Nicola, Marchante, Helia, Maule, Hamish G., Mayfield, Margaret M., Metcalfe, Daniel, Monteverdi, M. Cristina, Nunez, Martin A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Ingrid M., Peltzer, Duane A., Potgieter, Luke J., Raymundo, Maia, Rayome, Donald, Reisman-Berman, Orna, Richardson, David M., Roos, Ruben E., Saldana, Asuncion, Shackleton, Ross T., Torres, Agostina, Trudgen, Melinda, Urban, Josef, Vicente, Joana R., Vila, Montserrat, Ylioja, Tiina, Zenni, Rafael D., Godoy, Oscar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Biological invasions > Effect of global warming on; Non-native tree > Economic aspects; Ecosystem services > Economic aspects; Cultural ecosystem services > Management; Introduced organisms > Environmental aspects; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/110774; https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12511

CITATION: Castro-Diez, P., et al. 2019. Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services. Biological Reviews, 94(4):1477-1501, doi:10.1111/brv.12511. The original publication is available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com Non-native tree (NNT) species have been transported worldwide to create or enhance services that are fundamental for human well-being, such as timber provision, erosion control or ornamental value; yet NNTs can also produce undesired effects, such as fire proneness or pollen allergenicity. Despite the variety of effects that NNTs have on multiple ecosystem services, a global quantitative assessment of their costs and benefits is still lacking. Such information is critical for decision-making, management and sustainable exploitation of NNTs. We present here a global assessment of NNT effects on the three main categories of ecosystem services, including regulating (RES), provisioning (PES) and cultural services (CES), and on an ecosystem disservice (EDS), i.e. pollen allergenicity. By searching the scientific literature, country forestry reports, and social media, we compiled a global data set of 1683 case studies from over 125 NNT species, covering 44 countries, all continents but Antarctica, and seven biomes. Using differentmeta-analysis techniques, we found that, while NNTs increase most RES (e.g. climate regulation, soil erosion control, fertility and formation), they decrease PES (e.g. NNTs contribute less than native trees to global timber provision). Also, they have different effects on CES (e.g. increase aesthetic values but decrease scientific interest), and no effect on the EDS considered. NNT effects on each ecosystem (dis)service showed a strong context dependency, varying across NNT types, biomes and socio-economic conditions. For instance, some RES are increased more by NNTs able to fix atmospheric nitrogen, and when the ecosystem is located in low-latitude biomes; some CES are increased more by NNTs in less-wealthy countries or in countries with higher ...