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Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe
Tedeschi, Lisa; Lenzner, Bernd; Schertler, Anna; Wessely, Johannes; Biancolini, Dino; Capinha, César; Melone, Beatrice; Soria, Carmen DianaBiological invasions are major drivers of biodiversity change. Alien mammals are par-ticularly concerning in Europe, where their expansion remains unabated, though thedriving factors are still unclear. Well-documented introductions and distributions inthis continent provide a unique opportunity to understand how human activities influ-enced this expansion. We modelled the potential alien ranges of 46 establishe...
Policies slow biological invasions in Europe, but legacies still matter
Canelles, Quim; Pérez-Granados, Cristian; Roura-Pascual, Núria; Biancolini, Dino; Blackburn, Tim M.; Capinha, César; Dawson, Wayne; Essl, FranzBiological invasions are a main cause of biodiversity loss, prompting international agreements and national policies aimed at preventing and managing the introduction, establishment, spread, and impacts of alien species. However, whether these measures have effectively reduced invasions remains uncertain. In this study, we compared the absolute number of established alien species and changes in invasion rates, ...
The global distribution patterns of alien vertebrate richness in mountains
García-Rodríguez, Adrián; Lenzner, Bernd; Velasco, Julián A.; Schertler, Anna; Omer, Ali; Seebens, Hanno; Capinha, César; Gallardo, BelindaThe diverse biotas of the world’s mountains face a challenging future due to increasing threats like climate change, land-use change, and biological invasions, the last being particularly understudied in these regions. Here we compile occurrence records for 717 alien vertebrate species distributed in 2984 mountains worldwide. We analyze their distribution, biogeographic origin, presence in protected areas, and ...
Economic costs of invasive non-native species in urban areas: an underexplored ...
Heringer, Gustavo; Fernandez, Romina D.; Bang, Alok; Cordonnier, Marion; Novoa, Ana; Lenzner, Bernd; Capinha, César; Renault, David; Roiz, DavidUrbanization is an important driver of global change associated with a set of environmental modifications that affect the introduction and distribution of invasive non-native species (species with populations transported by humans beyond their natural biogeographic range that established and are spreading in their introduced range; hereafter, invasive species). These species are recognized as a cause of large e...
Biogeography and global flows of 100 major alien fungal and fungus-like oomycet...
Schertler, Anna; Lenzner, Bernd; Dullinger, Stefan; Moser, Dietmar; Bufford, Jennifer L.; Ghelardini, Luisa; Santini, Alberto; Capinha, CésarAim: Spreading infectious diseases associated with introduced pathogens can have devastating effects on native biota and human livelihoods. We analyse the global distribution of 100 major alien fungal and oomycete pathogens with substantial socio-economic and environmental impacts and examine their taxonomy, ecological characteristics, temporal accumulation trajectories, regional hot- and coldspots of taxon ric...
Biogeography and global flows of 100 major alien fungal and fungus‐like oomycet...
Schertler, Anna; Lenzner, Bernd; Dullinger, Stefan; Moser, Dietmar; Bufford, Jennifer L.; Ghelardini, Luisa; Santini, Alberto; Capinha, CésarAim: Spreading infectious diseases associated with introduced pathogens can have devastating effects on native biota and human livelihoods. We analyse the global distribution of 100 major alien fungal and oomycete pathogens with substantial socio-economic and environmental impacts and examine their taxonomy, ecological characteristics, temporal accumulation trajectories, regional hot- and coldspots of taxon ric...
Regional invasion history and land use shape the prevalence of non‐native speci...
Liu, Daijun; Essl, Franz; Lenzner, Bernd; Moser, Dietmar; Semenchuk, Philipp; Blackburn, Tim M.; Cassey, Phillip; Biancolini, Dino; Capinha, CésarThe ecological impact of non-native species arises from their establishment in local assemblages. However, the rates of non-native spread in new regions and their determinants have not been comprehensively studied. Here, we combined global databases documenting the occurrence of non-native species and residence of non-native birds, mammals, and vascular plants at regional and local scales to describe how the li...
Potential sources of time lags in calibrating species distribution models
Essl, Franz; García‐Rodríguez, Adrián; Lenzner, Bernd; Alexander, Jake M.; Capinha, César; Gaüzère, Pierre; Guisan, Antoine; Kühn, IngolfThe Anthropocene is characterized by a rapid pace of environmental change and is causing a multitude of biotic responses, including those that affect the spatial distribution of species. Lagged responses are frequent and species distributions and assemblages are consequently pushed into a disequilibrium state. How the characteristics of environmental change—for example, gradual ‘press’ disturbances such as risi...
The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local asse...
Liu, Daijun; Semenchuk, Philipp; Essl, Franz; Lenzner, Bernd; Moser, Dietmar; Blackburn, Tim M.; Cassey, Phillip; Biancolini, Dino; Capinha, CésarWhile the regional distribution of non-native species is increasingly well documented for some taxa, global analyses of non-native species in local assemblages are still missing. Here, we use a worldwide collection of assemblages from five taxa - ants, birds, mammals, spiders and vascular plants - to assess whether the incidence, frequency and proportions of naturalised nonnative species depend on type and inte...
Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050
Seebens, Hanno; Bacher, Sven; Blackburn, Tim M.; Capinha, César; Dawson, Wayne; Dullinger, Stefan; Genovesi, Piero; Hulme, Philip E.; Kleunen, MarkBiological invasions have steadily increased over recent centuries. However, we still lack a clear expectation about future trends in alien species numbers. In particular, we do not know whether alien species will continue to accumulate in regional floras and faunas, or whether the pace of accumulation will decrease due to the depletion of native source pools. Here, we apply a new model to simulate future numbe...