Daniel Simberloff, Jean‐Louis Martin, Piero Genovesi, Virginie Maris et al.
Study of the impacts of biological invasions, a pervasive component of global change, has generated remarkable understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of the spread of introduced populations. The growing field of invasion science, poised at a crossroads where ecology, social sciences, resou...
Sven Bacher, Tim M. Blackburn, Franz Essl, Piero Genovesi et al.
Abstract Many alien taxa are known to cause socio‐economic impacts by affecting the different constituents of human well‐being (security; material and non‐material assets; health; social, spiritual and cultural relations; freedom of choice and action). Attempts to quantify socio‐economic impacts in ...
Giuseppe Mazza, Elena Tricarico, Piero Genovesi, Francesca Gherardi
Invasive alien species are one of the major agents of human-accelerated global change: they threaten biodiversity, alter ecosystem structure, functions and services, inflict large economic costs and cause serious problems to human health. The effects on human health are indeed a major problem and al...
Shyama Pagad, Piero Genovesi, Lucilla Carnevali, Dmitry Schigel et al.
Harmonised, representative data on the state of biological invasions remain inadequate at country and global scales, particularly for taxa that affect biodiversity and ecosystems. Information is not readily available in a form suitable for policy and reporting. The Global Register of Introduced and ...
Helen E. Roy, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Riccardo Scalerà, Alan J. A. Stewart et al.
Abstract Biological invasions are a threat to biodiversity, society and the economy. There is an urgent need to provide evidence‐based assessments of the risks posed by invasive alien species ( IAS ) to prioritize action. Risk assessments underpin IAS policies in many ways: informing legislation; pr...
Penny F. Langhammer, Joseph W. Bull, Jake E. Bicknell, Joseph Oakley et al.
Governments recently adopted new global targets to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity. It is therefore crucial to understand the outcomes of conservation actions. We conducted a global meta-analysis of 186 studies (including 665 trials) that measured biodiversity over time and compared outcom...
Helen E. Roy, Aníbal Pauchard, Peter Stoett, Tanara Renard Truong et al.
Although invasive alien species have long been recognized as a major threat to nature and people, until now there has been no comprehensive global review of the status, trends, drivers, impacts, management and governance challenges of biological invasions. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platfo...
Wolf‐Christian Saul, Helen E. Roy, Olaf Booy, Lucilla Carnevali et al.
Summary Preventing the arrival of invasive alien species ( IAS ) is a major priority in managing biological invasions. However, information on introduction pathways is currently scattered across many data bases that often use different categorisations to describe similar pathways. This hampers the i...
Shyama Pagad, Stewart Bisset, Piero Genovesi, Quentin Groom et al.
The Country Compendium of the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) is a collation of data across 196 individual country checklists of alien species, along with a designation of those species with evidence of impact at a country level. The Compendium provides a baseline for moni...
Petr Pyšek, Piero Genovesi, Jan Pergl, Andrea Monaco et al.
Valentina La Morgia, Daniele Paoloni, Piero Genovesi
BACKGROUND: Eradication of invasive alien species supports the recovery of native biodiversity. A new European Union Regulation introduces obligations to eradicate the most harmful invasive species. However, eradications of charismatic mammals may encounter strong opposition. Considering the case st...
Philip E. Hulme, Aníbal Pauchard, Petr Pyšek, Montserrat Vilà et al.
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Piero Genovesi, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Mélodie A. McGeoch, David B. Roy
Biological invasions are a major threat to biological diversity and to human well-being, affecting all regions of the world, and all ecosystems. The global community has committed to prevent and mitigate the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS), and to monitor trends in invasions. Following a rev...
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