Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions

BioScience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 73(8), P. 560 - 574

Published: Aug. 1, 2023

Biological invasions are a global challenge that has received insufficient attention. Recently available cost syntheses have provided policy- and decision makers with reliable up-to-date information on the economic impacts of biological invasions, aiming to motivate effective management. The resultant InvaCost database is now publicly freely accessible enables rapid extraction monetary information. This facilitated knowledge sharing, developed more integrated multidisciplinary network researchers, forged collaborations among diverse organizations stakeholders. Over 50 scientific publications so far used detailed assessments invasion costs across geographic, taxonomic, spatiotemporal scales. These studies important can guide future policy legislative decisions management while simultaneously attracting public media We provide an overview improved availability, reliability, standardization, defragmentation costs; discuss how this enhanced science as discipline; outline directions for development.

Language: Английский

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Predicting the global economic costs of biological invasions by tetrapods

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 967, P. 178425 - 178425

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Globalisation has accelerated rates of biological invasions worldwide, leading to widespread environmental perturbations that often translate into rapidly expanding socio-economic costs. Although such monetary costs can be estimated from the observed effects invasions, pathways lead invasive species become economically impactful remain poorly understood. Here, we implement first global-scale test hypothesis adaptive traits influence demographic resilience predict economic costs, using terrestrial vertebrates as models given their well-catalogued impacts and characteristics. Our results reveal total global tetrapods are conservatively in tens billions dollars, with vast majority due damage mammals. These predicted by longevity, female maturation age, diet invasion pathway traits, although directionality association between these drivers varied across classes. Alarmingly, unknown for >90 % recorded established alien invaded countries. huge demonstrate necessity mitigating tetrapod filling knowledge gaps. Effective identification predictive among within groups facilitate prioritisation resources efficiently target most damaging existing emerging species.

Language: Английский

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Global extrapolation drastically increases estimated economic costs of biological invasions

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 4, 2025

Biological invasions have been estimated to damage the global economy at a scale comparable natural disasters. However, these estimates rely on data from small proportion of invasive species and countries. Effectively managing requires better cost for neglected regions. Using random forest, we economic 1,419 in 184 countries, 1970 2020. The biological during this period was 10.3 trillion US dollars, almost six times higher than previous estimates. hundreds billions annually, decades earlier previously thought. In contrast with studies, show that plants are responsible majority costs. Low- middle-income countries were most affected, proportionally their Gross Domestic Product. A coordinated effort is crucial prevent aggravation damages coming decades, particularly economically vulnerable

Language: Английский

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Different objective, same mechanism, and unforeseen consequences: Insights into a pioneering species introduction for conservation

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 306, P. 111119 - 111119

Published: March 30, 2025

Language: Английский

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Management of the feral European Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus , on Akdamar Island, Lake Van, Türkiye

Zoology in the Middle East, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 12

Published: April 20, 2025

Language: Английский

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Widespread imprecision in estimates of the economic costs of invasive alien species worldwide

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 909, P. 167997 - 167997

Published: Oct. 30, 2023

Several hundred studies have attempted to estimate the monetary cost arising from management and/or impacts of invasive alien species. However, diversity methods used costs species, types that been reported, and spatial scales at which they assessed raise important questions as precision these reported costs. Benford's Law has increasingly a diagnostic tool assess accuracy reliability estimates in financial accounts but rarely applied audit data on environmental Therefore, distributions first, second- leading double-digits biological invasions, InvaCost database, were compared with null expectations under Law. There was strong evidence invasions departed considerably departures scale equal found global macroeconomic data. The rounding upwards appears be widespread. Furthermore, numerical heaping, where values cluster around specific numbers evident only 901 unique accounting for half 13,553 within database. Irrespective currency, value 1,000,000 most common estimate. An investigation anomalous entries concluded non-peer reviewed official government reports need provide greater detail regarding how are estimated. Despite undeniably high economic worldwide, individual records often imprecise possibly inflated this emphasises transparency rigour when reporting invasions. Identifying whether irregularities general other should research priority.

Language: Английский

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Managing the Conflict of Human–Wildlife Coexistence: A Community-Based Approach

Land, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(4), P. 832 - 832

Published: April 5, 2023

One of the most recent and pressing issues for policymakers to address is presence wild boars in urban rural areas. Their aggressive spread invasion human-populated areas have created an alarming problem as coexistence people poses serious threats human life property. Human-caused factors, such residential zone expansion land use change, exacerbated this problem. Furthermore, natural predator reduction climate change effects, create favorable conditions population growth. This study sought gain insights into citizens’ perspectives on a current issue, specifically boar colonization settings. Between September 2021 November 2022, survey was conducted two communities northern central Greece, addressing 800 citizens total. Obtained through hierarchical log-linear analysis, factor analysis two-step cluster findings indicate that appear be more concerned about agricultural production losses high risk road accidents, while invasion-level perception both Intensive hunting has gained widespread acceptance management tool populations areas, anthropocentric (EGO) ecocentric (ECO) social groups emerged.

Language: Английский

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Invasibility framework to predict the early colonization of alien Sonneratia in mangrove: Implications for coastal area management

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 364, P. 121461 - 121461

Published: June 18, 2024

Language: Английский

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Cycas micronesica Megastrobilus Traits Respond to Chronic Herbivory by Aulacaspis yasumatsui

Ecologies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4(2), P. 371 - 384

Published: June 4, 2023

Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi invaded Guam in 2003 and caused the widespread mortality of indigenous Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill population. The regeneration surviving tree population continues to be constrained 20 years later, a look at changes megastrobili traits may inform future conservation management decisions concerning regeneration. We quantified megastrobilus reproductive effort output from 2001 2022 address this need. each was immediately reduced by invasion, as number megasporophylls declined 29%, ovules 73% 2006. Reproductive also damaged, percent seed set 56% seeds per strobilus 88%. These fecundity metrics have shown few signs recovery through 2022. Our results reveal that chronic A. infestations, combined with other invasive herbivore threats, damaged host C. sustained reduction ovule production for megastrobilus, thereby impairing This plant response biotic threats is distinct ongoing mature trees emerging seedlings. Conservation interventions required foster return adequate during attempts aid recovery.

Language: Английский

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A Health Status Update of Myocastor coypus in Northern Italy

Animals, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 245 - 245

Published: Jan. 12, 2024

is a pest animal present in Africa, Europe, North America and Asia that causes agricultural ecological damages. Moreover, it has to be considered as potential risk for public health. Forty-four coypus from the "Parco Naturale La Mandria" (Piedmont region, Northwest Italy) have been analysed. A complete necropsy whole histological evaluation of liver, kidney lung carried out on all animals. positivity Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV),

Language: Английский

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