A global picture of biological invasion threat on islands

C Bellard, JF Rysman, B Leroy, C Claud… - Nature Ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Biological invasions are among the main drivers of biodiversity losses. As threats from
biological invasions increase, one of the most urgent tasks is to identify areas of high …

What will the future bring for biological invasions on islands? An expert-based assessment

B Lenzner, G Latombe, C Capinha, C Bellard… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Biological invasions are a major threat to global biodiversity with particularly strong
implications for island biodiversity. Much research has been dedicated towards …

Insular threat associations within taxa worldwide

C Leclerc, F Courchamp, C Bellard - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The global loss of biodiversity can be attributed to numerous threats. While pioneer studies
have investigated their relative importance, the majority of those studies are restricted to …

Disentangling the abundance–impact relationship for invasive species

BA Bradley, BB Laginhas, R Whitlock… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
To predict the threat of biological invasions to native species, it is critical that we understand
how increasing abundance of invasive alien species (IAS) affects native populations and …

Global patterns in threats to vertebrates by biological invasions

C Bellard, P Genovesi… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological invasions as drivers of biodiversity loss have recently been challenged.
Fundamentally, we must know where species that are threatened by invasive alien species …

Looming extinctions due to invasive species: Irreversible loss of ecological strategy and evolutionary history

C Bellard, C Bernery, C Leclerc - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are one of the main drivers of biodiversity decline worldwide. However,
many associated extinctions are yet to occur, meaning that the ecological debt caused by …

Invasive alien species on islands: impacts, distribution, interactions and management

JC Russell, JY Meyer, ND Holmes… - Environmental …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Invasive alien species (IASs) on islands have broad impacts across biodiversity, agriculture,
economy, health and culture, which tend to be stronger than on continents. Across small …

Global networks for invasion science: benefits, challenges and guidelines

JG Packer, LA Meyerson, DM Richardson, G Brundu… - Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Much has been done to address the challenges of biological invasions, but fundamental
questions (eg, which species invade? Which habitats are invaded? How can invasions be …

Globally threatened vertebrates on islands with invasive species

DR Spatz, KM Zilliacus, ND Holmes, SHM Butchart… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Global biodiversity loss is disproportionately rapid on islands, where invasive species are a
major driver of extinctions. To inform conservation planning aimed at preventing extinctions …

Animal invaders threaten protected areas worldwide

X Liu, TM Blackburn, T Song, X Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Protected areas are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. However, alien species
invasion is an increasing threat to biodiversity, and the extent to which protected areas …