More than "100 worst" alien species in Europe
CITATION: Nentwig, W. et al. 2018. More than "100 worst" alien species in Europe. Biological Invasions, 20:1611–1621, doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1651-6. The original publication is available at https://link.springer.com ‘‘One hundred worst’’ lists of alien species of the greatest concern prove...
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ftunstellenbosch:oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/117612 2023-11-12T04:15:26+01:00 More than "100 worst" alien species in Europe Nentwig, Wolfgang Bacher, Sven Kumschick, Sabrina Pysek, Petr Vila, Montserrat 2018-08-08T11:27:37Z 11 pages application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/117612 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1651-6 unknown Springer Nentwig, W. et al. 2018. More than "100 worst" alien species in Europe. Biological Invasions, 20:1611–1621, doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1651-6. 1573-1464 (online) 1387-3547 (print) doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1651-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/117612 Authors retain copyright Environmental impacts Alien species -- Effect of environment on Alien species -- Europe Introduced organisms -- Europe Generic impact scoring system Aichi target 9 Introduced organisms -- Risk assessment -- Europe Socio-economic impact Article 2018 ftunstellenbosch https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1651-6 2023-10-22T07:37:43Z CITATION: Nentwig, W. et al. 2018. More than "100 worst" alien species in Europe. Biological Invasions, 20:1611–1621, doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1651-6. The original publication is available at https://link.springer.com ‘‘One hundred worst’’ lists of alien species of the greatest concern proved useful for raising awareness of the risks and impacts of biological invasions amongst the general public, politicians and stakeholders. All lists so far have been based on expert opinion and primarily aimed at representativeness of the taxonomic and habitat diversity rather than at quantifying the harm the alien species cause. We used the generic impact scoring system (GISS) to rank 486 alien species established in Europe from a wide range of taxonomic groups to identify those with the highest environmental and socioeconomic impact. GISS assigns 12 categories of impact, each quantified on a scale from 0 (no impact detectable) to 5 (the highest impact possible). We ranked species by their total sum of scores and by the number of the highest impact scores. We also compared the listing based on GISS with other expert-based lists of the ‘‘worst’’ invaders. We propose a list of 149 alien species, comprising 54 plants, 49 invertebrates, 40 vertebrates and 6 fungi. Among the highest ranking species are one bird (Branta canadensis), four mammals (Rattus norvegicus, Ondatra zibethicus, Cervus nippon, Muntiacus reevesi), one crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), one mite (Varroa destructor), and four plants (Acacia dealbata, Lantana camara, Pueraria lobata, Eichhornia crassipes). In contrast to other existing expert-based ‘‘worst’’ lists, the GISS-based list given here highlights some alien species with high impacts that are not represented on any other list. The GISS provides an objective and transparent method to aid prioritization of alien species for management according to their impacts, applicable across taxa and habitats. Our ranking can also be used for justifying inclusion on lists such as the alien species of Union concern of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Branta canadensis Mite Stellenbosch University: SUNScholar Research Repository Biological Invasions 20 6 1611 1621 |
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CITATION: Nentwig, W. et al. 2018. More than "100 worst" alien species in Europe. Biological Invasions, 20:1611–1621, doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1651-6. The original publication is available at https://link.springer.com ‘‘One hundred worst’’ lists of alien species of the greatest concern proved useful for raising awareness of the risks and impacts of biological invasions amongst the general public, politicians and stakeholders. All lists so far have been based on expert opinion and primarily aimed at representativeness of the taxonomic and habitat diversity rather than at quantifying the harm the alien species cause. We used the generic impact scoring system (GISS) to rank 486 alien species established in Europe from a wide range of taxonomic groups to identify those with the highest environmental and socioeconomic impact. GISS assigns 12 categories of impact, each quantified on a scale from 0 (no impact detectable) to 5 (the highest impact possible). We ranked species by their total sum of scores and by the number of the highest impact scores. We also compared the listing based on GISS with other expert-based lists of the ‘‘worst’’ invaders. We propose a list of 149 alien species, comprising 54 plants, 49 invertebrates, 40 vertebrates and 6 fungi. Among the highest ranking species are one bird (Branta canadensis), four mammals (Rattus norvegicus, Ondatra zibethicus, Cervus nippon, Muntiacus reevesi), one crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), one mite (Varroa destructor), and four plants (Acacia dealbata, Lantana camara, Pueraria lobata, Eichhornia crassipes). In contrast to other existing expert-based ‘‘worst’’ lists, the GISS-based list given here highlights some alien species with high impacts that are not represented on any other list. The GISS provides an objective and transparent method to aid prioritization of alien species for management according to their impacts, applicable across taxa and habitats. Our ranking can also be used for justifying inclusion on lists such as the alien species of Union concern of ... |
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