While decision-making can benefit from considering positive and negative outcomes of
change, over the past half-century, research on non-native species has focused …

Biotic homogenisation is defined as decreasing dissimilarity among ecological assemblages
sampled within a given spatial area over time. Biotic differentiation, in turn, is defined as …

We summarized existing knowledge on Dreissena polymorpha (the zebra mussel) and D. r.
bugensis (the quagga mussel), including data on their taxonomy, systematics, evolution, life …

Standardised terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and
communication. In invasion science–a dynamic and rapidly evolving discipline–the …

Highlights•Global change includes multiple overlapping and interacting drivers.•These
drivers can have complex and counterintuitive effects on insects.•Global change reorganizes …

The economic costs of non-indigenous species (NIS) are a key factor for the allocation of
efforts and resources to eradicate or control baneful invasions. Their assessments are …

Compassionate conservation holds that compassion should transform conservation. It has
prompted heated debate and has been criticized strongly. We reviewed the debate to …

For about a century, biodiversity in the tidal Wadden Sea (North Sea, European Atlantic) has
increased by more than one hundred introduced species from overseas. Most originate from …

The concept of novel ecosystems has been discussed for over more than a decade to
describe ecosystems that have an altered species composition and function, such that the …

Rewilding is a restoration approach that aims to promote self-regulating complex
ecosystems by restoring non-human ecological processes while reducing human control …