Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking

PE Hulme - Biological Reviews, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Anticipating future biosecurity threats to prevent their occurrence is the most cost‐effective
strategy to manage invasive alien species. Yet, biological invasions are complex, highly …

Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

H Seebens, S Bacher, TM Blackburn… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions have steadily increased over recent centuries. However, we still lack a
clear expectation about future trends in alien species numbers. In particular, we do not know …

Insect and plant invasions follow two waves of globalisation

A Bonnamour, JMW Gippet, C Bertelsmeier - Ecology letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globalisation has facilitated the spread of alien species, and some of them have significant
impacts on biodiversity and human societies. It is commonly thought that biological …

Genomic data is missing for many highly invasive species, restricting our preparedness for escalating incursion rates

P Matheson, A McGaughran - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Biological invasions drive environmental change, potentially threatening native biodiversity,
human health, and global economies. Population genomics is an increasingly popular tool …

Do invasive mammal eradications from islands support climate change adaptation and mitigation?

PJ Kappes, CE Benkwitt, DR Spatz, CA Wolf, DJ Will… - Climate, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change represents a planetary emergency that is exacerbating the loss of native
biodiversity. In response, efforts promoting climate change adaptation strategies that …

Horizon scanning for potential invasive non‐native species across the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

W Dawson, JM Peyton, OL Pescott… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive non‐native species (INNS) are recognized as a major threat to island biodiversity,
ecosystems, and economies globally. Preventing high‐risk INNS from being introduced is …

Quantifying invasion degree by alien plants species in Reunion Island

P Fenouillas, C Ah‐Peng, E Amy, I Bracco… - Austral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The largest area of intact vegetation in the Mascarene's archipelago is found on Reunion
Island, but the remaining natural areas are under threats. Biological invasions are one of the …

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 …

Long‐term trajectories of non‐native vegetation on islands globally

A Walentowitz, B Lenzner, F Essl, N Strandberg… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐mediated changes in island vegetation are, among others, largely caused by the
introduction and establishment of non‐native species. However, data on past changes in …

How invaded are Hawaiian forests? Non-native understory tree dominance signals potential canopy replacement

KM Potter, C Giardina, RF Hughes, S Cordell… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context Non-native species invasions are altering the composition, structure, function, and
dynamics of forests globally. The Hawaiian Islands are a global biodiversity hotspot for non …