Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the
rise in human population size. The numbers of invasive alien species–the subset of alien …

Unprecedented rates of introduction and spread of non-native species pose burgeoning
challenges to biodiversity, natural resource management, regional economies, and human …

Human activities such as the transport of species to new regions and modifications of the
environment are increasingly reshaping the distribution of biota. Accordingly, developing …

The Antarctic is considered to be a pristine environment relative to other regions of the Earth,
but it is increasingly vulnerable to invasions by marine, freshwater and terrestrial non‐native …

Globalized infectious diseases are causing species declines worldwide, but their source
often remains elusive. We used whole-genome sequencing to solve the spatiotemporal …

Since the majority of zoonotic emerging diseases originate from wildlife [2], as recent
outbreaks like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Nipah, or …

Human travel and global trade have tremendously increased the spread of invasive
microorganisms in new regions. Experimental and observational studies in terrestrial …

Abstract The European Union (EU) has recently published its first list of invasive alien
species (IAS) of EU concern to which current legislation must apply. The list comprises …

Ecological effects of alien species can be dramatic, but management and prevention of
negative impacts are often hindered by crypticity of the species or their ecological functions …

As the number of introduced species keeps increasing unabatedly, identifying and
prioritising current and potential Invasive Alien Species (IAS) has become essential to …