No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 15 Feb 2017 Greece, France, Germany, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Germany, Poland, Italy, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature Communications, volume 8 (eissn: 2041-1723,

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Authors: Hanno Seebens; Tim M. Blackburn; Ellie E. Dyer; Piero Genovesi; Philip E. Hulme; Jonathan M. Jeschke; Shyama Pagad; +38 Authors

APC: 2,500 EUR

pmid: 28198420

pmc: PMC5316856

handle: 11388/174681 , 11353/10.907592 , 11573/961835 , 20.500.12128/341 , 10019.1/104617 , 10182/9395

No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide

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Abstract Although research on human-mediated exchanges of species has substantially intensified during the last centuries, we know surprisingly little about temporal dynamics of alien species accumulations across regions and taxa. Using a novel database of 45,813 first records of 16,926 established alien species, we show that the annual rate of first records worldwide has increased during the last 200 years, with 37% of all first records reported most recently (1970–2014). Inter-continental and inter-taxonomic variation can be largely attributed to the diaspora of European settlers in the nineteenth century and to the acceleration in trade in the twentieth century. For all taxonomic groups, the increase in numbers of alien species does not show any sign of saturation and most taxa even show increases in the rate of first records over time. This highlights that past efforts to mitigate invasions have not been effective enough to keep up with increasing globalization.

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environment assessment, species globalization, Invasive Species, alien species, dynamique de colonisation, invasive species, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Chapter 2, espèce exotique, Sociology, Chapter 3, alien species, biological invasions, first-record rate, temporal changes, trade value, Milieux et Changements globaux, Chapter 4, Alien Invasive Species Assessment AIS, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, biodiversity, Islands, Species Distribution Modeling and Climate Change Impacts, Geography, Ecological Modeling, Life Sciences, buildup, Physical Sciences, donnée taxonomique, 570, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Science, Alien species, biogeographie, Mammal, Article, Species Specificity, espèce exotique invasive, IPBES, Computer Simulation, Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Demography, PATHWAYS, FRAMEWORK, TRADE, [SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, ANZSRC::060207 Population Ecology, dynamique temporelle, FOS: Biological sciences, Environmental Science, BIODIVERSITY, accumulation, Internationality, Time Factors, 590, distribution des populations, Invertebrate, Macroecology, info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/570, inter-taxonomic variation, Ecology, 106003 Biodiversity research, ANZSRC::050103 Invasive Species Ecology, Q, biological invasions; plant invasions; biogeography; trade; biodiversity; pathways; policy; extinctions; framework; islands, POLICY, FOS: Sociology, 106003 Biodiversitätsforschung, invasion biologique, Impact of Pollinator Decline on Ecosystems and Agriculture, Habitat Fragmentation, Drivers and Impacts of Forest Pest Dynamics, Census, Established alien species, dynamique de la colonisation, Population, Alien, Alien species -- Accumulation across regions and taxa, population distribution, BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, species accumulation, FUTURE, Introduced species, taxa, taxon, species invasions, Invasive species, Vascular plants, Invasive Alien Species, Macroecology, Biogeography of Invasions, Invasive Alien Plants, Human-mediated exchanges of species, Taxon, Introduced Species, PLANT INVASIONS, BIOGEOGRAPHY

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