Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change

A Ricciardi, JC Iacarella, DC Aldridge… - Environmental …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Unprecedented rates of introduction and spread of non-native species pose burgeoning
challenges to biodiversity, natural resource management, regional economies, and human …

No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide

H Seebens, TM Blackburn, EE Dyer, P Genovesi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Although research on human-mediated exchanges of species has substantially intensified
during the last centuries, we know surprisingly little about temporal dynamics of alien …

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 …

Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities

R Early, BA Bradley, JS Dukes, JJ Lawler… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Invasive alien species (IAS) threaten human livelihoods and biodiversity globally. Increasing
globalization facilitates IAS arrival, and environmental changes, including climate change …

Unwelcome exchange: International trade as a direct and indirect driver of biological invasions worldwide

PE Hulme - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Biological invasions are synonymous with international trade. The direct effects of trade
have largely been quantified using relationships between imports and the number of alien …

Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools

H Seebens, TM Blackburn, EE Dyer… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Our ability to predict the identity of future invasive alien species is largely based upon
knowledge of prior invasion history. Emerging alien species—those never encountered as …

Trends in the detection of aquatic non‐indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50‐year perspective

SA Bailey, L Brown, ML Campbell… - Diversity and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The introduction of aquatic non‐indigenous species (ANS) has become a major driver
for global changes in species biogeography. We examined spatial patterns and temporal …

Map** the global state of invasive alien species: patterns of invasion and policy responses

AJ Turbelin, BD Malamud… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To use global databases to (1) provide a visualization of global geographical patterns of
species invasions, origins and pathways and (2) depict the international uptake of legislative …

Prioritizing species, pathways, and sites to achieve conservation targets for biological invasion

MA McGeoch, P Genovesi, PJ Bellingham… - Biological …, 2016 - Springer
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 …