Species introduced through human-related activities beyond their native range, termed alien
species, have various impacts worldwide. The IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for …

Assessing the impacts of alien plant species is a major task in invasion science and vitally
important for supporting invasion-related policies. Since 1993, a range of assessment …

Biological invasions have become a defining feature of marine Mediterranean ecosystems
with significant impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. We …

Species moved by human activities beyond the limits of their native geographic ranges into
areas in which they do not naturally occur (termed aliens) can cause a broad range of …

Despite intensive research during the past decade on the effects of alien species, invasion
science still lacks the capacity to accurately predict the impacts of those species and …

Prioritization is indispensable for the management of biological invasions, as recognized by
the Convention on Biological Diversity, its current strategic plan, and specifically Aichi Target …

Non‐native species cause changes in the ecosystems to which they are introduced. These
changes, or some of them, are usually termed impacts; they can be manifold and potentially …

Background Invasive alien species (IAS) cause significant economic losses in all parts of the
world. Although IAS are widespread in Africa and cause serious negative impacts on …

Abstract Recently, Blackburn et al.(2014) developed a simple, objective and transparent
method for classifying alien taxa in terms of the magnitude of their detrimental environmental …

Biological invasions are a threat to biodiversity, society and the economy. There is an urgent
need to provide evidence‐based assessments of the risks posed by invasive alien species …