What Is the Impact of Accidentally Transporting Terrestrial Alien Species? A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Model

J Borgelt, M Dorber, C Géron, KJJ Kuipers… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alien species form one of the main threats to global biodiversity. Although Life Cycle
Assessment attempts to holistically assess environmental impacts of products and services …

Looking beyond the political boundaries: an integrated inventory of invasive alien flora of South Asia

R Gulzar, SA Wani, T Hassan, CS Reddy… - Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Worldwide, invasive alien species (IAS) cause significant ecological and economic impacts.
To meet the Target-6 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework that deals with …

Niche overlap between native Cirrhinus molitorella and potential invasive competitors

D Xing, X Zhu - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological invasion is one of the important reasons for the decline of freshwater biodiversity
in China and even in the world. The Pearl river basin is one of the most threatened areas in …

Climate change threatens the future viability of translocated populations

JM Bellis, J Maschinski, N Bonnin… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The dynamic nature of climate change diminishes the effectiveness of static approaches
to nature conservation. Areas that were once suitable for species may no longer be suitable …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity increases resistance of grasslands against plant invasions under multiple environmental changes

C Cheng, Z Liu, W Song, X Chen, Z Zhang, B Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Biodiversity often helps communities resist invasion. However, it is unclear whether this
diversity–invasion relationship holds true under environmental changes. Here, we conduct a …

[PDF][PDF] Connectivity and climate change drive the global distribution of highly invasive termites

E Duquesne, D Fournier - NeoBiota, 2024 - neobiota.pensoft.net
Termites are amongst the most abundant and ecologically-important groups of insects in
tropical forests. However, the destructive potential of some species amounts to billions of …

Multiple invasion routes have led to the pervasive introduction of earthworms in North America

J Mathieu, JW Reynolds, C Fragoso… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil-dwelling organisms play a key role in ecosystem functioning and the delivery of
ecosystem services. As a consequence, soil taxa such as earthworms are iconic in good …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the occurrence of alien species on Brazilian freshwater ecosystems: insights from a comprehensive survey

AO Latini, DC Resende, DP Silva… - Acta Limnologica …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Aim Assessing the damage caused to natural environments and native biodiversity by alien
species is challenging. We tested whether the number of detections of alien species is …

Invasion risk of the currently cultivated alien flora in southern Africa is predicted to decline under climate change

A Omer, F Essl, S Dullinger, B Lenzner… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Alien species can have massive impacts on native biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and
human livelihoods. Assessing which species from currently cultivated alien floras may …

Tracking long-term shifts in non-native freshwater macroinvertebrates across three European countries

M Toutain, I Soto, JJ Rasmussen, Z Csabai… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-native species introductions have been acknowledged as one of the main drivers of
freshwater biodiversity decline worldwide, compromising provided ecosystem services and …