The early detection of and rapid response (EDRR) to invasive species: a conceptual framework and federal capacities assessment

Biological Invasions, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 22(1), P. 1 - 19

Published: Dec. 31, 2019

Abstract Globalization necessitates that we address the negative externalities of international trade and transport, including biological invasion. The US government defines invasive species to mean, “with regard a particular ecosystem, non-native organism whose introduction causes, or is likely cause, economic environmental harm, harm human, animal, plant health.” Here role early detection rapid response (EDRR) in minimizing impact on interests. We provide review EDRR’s usage as federal policy planning term, introduce new conceptual framework for EDRR, assess capacities enacting well-coordinated EDRR. Developing national EDRR program worthwhile goal; our assessment nonetheless indicates its partners need overcome substantial conceptual, institutional, operational challenges include establishing clear consistent terminology use, strategically identifying communicating agency functions, improving interagency budgeting, facilitating application emerging technologies other resources support making information relevant preparedness implementation more readily accessible. This paper first special issue Biological Invasions includes 12 complementary papers intended inform development program.

Language: Английский

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Technology innovation: advancing capacities for the early detection of and rapid response to invasive species

Biological Invasions, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 22(1), P. 75 - 100

Published: Dec. 31, 2019

Abstract The 2016 – 2018 National Invasive Species Council ( NISC ) Management Plan and Executive Order 13751 call for US federal agencies to foster technology development application address invasive species their impacts. This paper complements draws on an Innovation Summit, review of advanced biotechnologies applicable management, a survey that respond these high-level directives. We provide assessment government capacities the early detection rapid response (EDRR) through advances in application; examples emerging technologies detection, identification, reporting, species; guidance fostering further advancements technologies. Throughout paper, we how are applying improve programmatic effectiveness cost-efficiencies. also highlight outstanding technology-related needs identified by overcome barriers enacting EDRR. Examples include improvements research facility infrastructure, data mobilization across wide range parameters (from genetic landscape scales), promotion support filling key gaps technological capacity (e.g., portable, field-ready devices with automated capacities), greater investments prizes challenge competitions.

Language: Английский

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A review of invasive species reporting apps for citizen science and opportunities for innovation

NeoBiota, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 71, P. 165 - 188

Published: Feb. 25, 2022

Smartphone apps have enhanced the potential for monitoring of invasive alien species (IAS) through citizen science. They now capacity to massively increase volume and spatiotemporal coverage IAS occurrence data accrued in centralised databases. While more reporting are developed each year, innovation across diverse functionalities management this field occurring separately simultaneously amongst numerous research groups with little attention trends, priorities opportunities improvement. This creates risk duplication effort missed implementing new existing that would directly benefit management. Using a literature search Early Detection Rapid Response implementation, smartphone app development apps, we rubric quantitatively assessing functionality applied 41 free, English-language available via major mobile stores North America. The five highest performing achieved scores 61.90% 66.35% relative hypothetical maximum score, indicating many features functionalities, acknowledged be useful literature, not present sampled apps. suggests current do make use all known could maximise their efficacy. Major implementation gaps, highlighted by analysis, included limited user engagement (particularly gamification elements social media compatibility), ancillary information on effort, detection method, ability report absences local habitat characteristics. greatest advancement early likely result from gamification. engaging growing community non-professional contributors encourage frequent prolonged participation. We discuss these gaps relation increasingly urgent need frameworks. also recommend future innovations help slow spread curb global economic biodiversity extinction crises. suggest further funding investment other greatly efficacy contributions addressing contemporary biological invasion threat.

Language: Английский

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Ecological countermeasures for preventing zoonotic disease outbreaks: when ecological restoration is a human health imperative

Restoration Ecology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 29(4)

Published: Feb. 18, 2021

Ecological restoration should be regarded as a public health service. Unfortunately, the lack of quantitative linkages between environmental and human has limited recognition this principle. The advent COVID-19 pandemic provides impetus for further discussion. We propose ecological countermeasures highly targeted, landscape-based interventions to arrest drivers land use-induced zoonotic spillover. provide examples activities that reduce disease risk five-point action plan at human-ecosystem nexus. In conclusion, we make case are tenet ecology with goals.

Language: Английский

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A framework to integrate innovations in invasion science for proactive management

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 97(4), P. 1712 - 1735

Published: April 22, 2022

ABSTRACT Invasive alien species (IAS) are a rising threat to biodiversity, national security, and regional economies, with impacts in the hundreds of billions U.S. dollars annually. Proactive or predictive approaches guided by scientific knowledge essential keeping pace growing invasions under climate change. Although rapid development diverse technologies has produced tools potential greatly accelerate invasion research management, innovation far outpaced implementation coordination. Technological methodological syntheses urgently needed close gap facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration synergy among evolving disciplines. A broad review is necessary demonstrate utility relevance work fields generate actionable science for ongoing crisis. Here, we such advances relevant including remote sensing, epidemiology, big data analytics, environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling, genomics, others, present generalized framework distilling existing emerging into products proactive IAS management. This integrated workflow provides pathway scientists practitioners disciplines contribute applied biology coordinated, synergistic, scalable manner.

Language: Английский

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Citizen science can complement professional invasive plant surveys and improve estimates of suitable habitat

Diversity and Distributions, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 29(9), P. 1141 - 1156

Published: June 15, 2023

Abstract Aim Citizen science is a cost‐effective potential source of invasive species occurrence data. However, data quality issues due to unstructured sampling approaches may discourage the use these observations by and conservation professionals. This study explored utility low‐structure iNaturalist citizen in plant monitoring. We first examined prevalence taxa biases associated with Using four as examples, we then compared professional agency used two datasets model suitable habitat for each species. Location Hawai'i, USA. Methods To estimate data, number recorded botanical checklists Hawai'i. Sampling bias was quantified along gradients site accessibility, protective status vegetation disturbance using index. Habitat suitability modelled Maxent, from iNaturalist, agencies stratified subsets Results were biased towards species, which frequently areas higher road/trail density disturbance. Professional example tended occur less accessible, native‐dominated sites. models based on versus showed moderate overlap different distributions across classes. Stratifying had little effect how distributed this study. Main Conclusions Opportunistic have complement expand monitoring, found often affected inverse biases. Invasive represented high proportion observations, environments that not captured surveys. Combining thus led more comprehensive estimates habitat.

Language: Английский

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Modelling species distributions and environmental suitability highlights risk of plant invasions in western United States

Diversity and Distributions, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 27(4), P. 710 - 728

Published: Jan. 26, 2021

Abstract Aim Non‐native invasive plants impact ecosystems globally, and the distributions of many species are expanding. The current potential invaders have not been characterized at broad scales needed for effective management. We modelled 15 non‐native grass forb concern in western North America to define their environmental niches predict invasion risk. Location Arid semi‐arid United States. Methods distribution using presence/absence data from > 148,000 vegetation survey plots probability presence each based on associated climate, soil, topography disturbance records. Boosted regression tree models were trained tested within a buffer distance observations species. Buffers optimized by adding absence increasingly large areas until prediction was maximized, as defined area under precision‐recall curve (AUPRC). evaluated model AUPRC other metrics cross‐validation training areas, then projected final focal EPA level III ecoregions. Results Focal present 2.7% 21% 40 340 km radius. Models conservatively estimated presence, with typically low false positive rates moderate sensitivity. most influential predictors included minimum temperature (especially grasses), climatic water deficit, precipitation seasonality fire history. Cold desert ecoregions impacted species, predicted range expansion into prairie infilling Warm Desert Main conclusions Invasive likely expand ranges continued increases temperature, aridity burned will increase Monitoring mapping known focus detection, our methodology, aid identifying new invasions prioritizing prevention control.

Language: Английский

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Plant regulatory lists in the United States are reactive and inconsistent

Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 58(9), P. 1957 - 1966

Published: June 22, 2021

Abstract Global invasive species introductions are rising, necessitating coordinated regulatory strategies within and across national borders. Although states nations address their unique priorities using plant regulations, these regulations most likely to reduce introduction spread if they consistently enacted political borders proactively restrict early in the invasion process. Further, a unified landscape is particularly important given imminent range infilling large‐scale climate‐driven shifts of species. In United States, federal state several hundred noxious taxa an effort negative impacts. Using for lower 48 we assessed consistency among regulated based on similarities adjacent states’ lists. We proactivity by comparing lists plants’ current potential distributions occurrence records distribution models under climate change. States regulate from 0 162 taxa, with average only 16.8% overlap between states. Up 137 plants may be present but unregulated state, 110 553 listed were one or more where not yet present. However, 36 at least taxon (regulated state). Of models, identified 41 cases (38 21 states) listing was ‘climate proactive’ (regulated, could suitable establishment mid‐century). Policy implications . US inconsistent reactive prior its introduction, suggesting that proactive approach possible existing regulations. Coordination imperative gaps regional defences against projected suggest subnational, international governing bodies evaluate proactivity, as it paramount preventing next wave invasions.

Language: Английский

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America’s Most Wanted Fishes: cataloging risk assessments to prioritize invasive species for management action

Management of Biological Invasions, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 1 - 20

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Hundreds of fish species enter the United States through human intervention (e.g., importation) and some these fishes pose a substantial risk to nation's assets ecosystems.Prevention, early detection, rapid response (EDRR) are vital stop invasions, but time resources manage large suite that nation limited.Evaluating species' invasion in location is one way prioritize among many for management action.Species assessments often associated with information systems or published within grey literature peer-reviewed journal articles.Improving access available could help prioritizing action most potentially invasive species.We aggregated assessments, synthesizing current knowledge on invasions States.To accomplish this, we searched conducted review.We then summarized assessment results along importation statuses identified if imported, high-risk managed under federal state policy.Within scope conterminous U.S., found 98 species.Eighteen imported country, only three have been recently prohibited from according Lacey Act.We observed similar patterns at scales Great Lakes region Florida.Collectively, our work provides baseline estimate invaders U.S. importation, underscoring consider priority action, as well benchmark lack assessments.Insights this can be enriched when joined other information, which accomplished national EDRR system, an sharing hub development by Geological Survey.

Language: Английский

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Right place. Right time. Right tool: guidance for using target analysis to increase the likelihood of invasive species detection

Biological Invasions, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 22(1), P. 67 - 74

Published: Nov. 22, 2019

Abstract In response to the National Invasive Species Council’s 2016–2018 Management Plan , this paper provides guidance on applying target analysis as part of a comprehensive framework for early detection and rapid invasive species (EDRR). Target is strategic approach detecting one or more at specific locality time, using particular method and/or technology(ies). analyses, which are employed across wide range disciplines, intended increase likelihood known in order maximize survey effectiveness cost-efficiency. Although analyses not yet standard management, some federal agencies employing principle improve EDRR capacities. These initiatives can provide foundation standardized analyses. Guidance provided improving computational information. Federal their partners would benefit from concerted effort collect information necessary perform rigorous make it available through open access platforms.

Language: Английский

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