Recent years have witnessed an explosion of extensive geolocated datasets related to
human movement, enabling scientists to quantitatively study individual and collective …

Biodiversity on marine islands is characterized by unique biogeographic, phylogenetic and
functional characteristics. Islands hold a disproportionate amount of the world's biodiversity …

Socioeconomic factors, including population growth, global trade and the worldwide
transport of materials, interact with environmental drivers to determine the sustainability of …

Our ability to predict the spread of alien species is largely based on knowledge of previous
invasion dynamics of individual species. However, in view of the large and growing number …

Dengue and chikungunya are increasing global public health concerns due to their rapid
geographical spread and increasing disease burden. Knowledge of the contemporary …

Trade plays a key role in the spread of alien species and has arguably contributed to the
recent enormous acceleration of biological invasions, thus homogenizing biotas worldwide …

It has been argued that globalization in human-mediated dispersal of species breaks down
biogeographic boundaries, yet empirical tests are still missing. We used data on native and …

Aim Although global trade is implicated in biological invasions, the assumption that trade
networks explain the large‐scale distributions of non‐native species remains largely …

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 …

Protected areas (PA s) are intended to provide native biodiversity and habitats with a refuge
against the impacts of global change, particularly acting as natural filters against biological …