The annual trade in exotic vertebrates as pets is a multi‐billion‐dollar global business.
Thousands of species, and tens of millions of individual animals, are shipped both …

The recognition that invasive alien species (IAS) are among the greatest threats to
biodiversity has stimulated a growing interest in their impacts on native amphibians. Here …

Our ability to predict invasions has been hindered by the seemingly idiosyncratic context-
dependency of individual invasions. However, we argue that robust and useful …

The unrivaled growth in e‐commerce of animals and plants presents an unprecedented
opportunity to monitor wildlife trade to inform conservation, biosecurity, and law …

Exotic reptile and amphibian species have the potential to have ecological or economic
impacts in New Zealand. Tony Whitaker, the consultant herpetologist for the New Zealand …

Biological invasions are a major concern in conservation, especially because global
transport of species is still increasing rapidly. Conservationists hope to anticipate and thus …

The ornamental aquarium pet trade is a leading pathway for the introduction of aquatic
invasive species. In addition to purchasing live organisms in stores, hobbyists are engaging …

Prioritization of introduction pathways is seen as an important component of the
management of biological invasions. We address whether established alien plants …

The global pet trade provides a pathway for introduced species to invade new environments.
Most studies use trade data as an indirect proxy for propagule pressure exerted by the pet …

̶The sale of crayfish in the pet trade has increased in recent decades, and a substantial
fraction of the world's entire range of crayfish species is available in the pet trade. The …