Established Invasive Tree Species Offer Opportunities for Forest Resilience to Climate Change

B Nyssen, JD Ouden, A Bindewald, P Brancalion… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose of review A rapidly changing climate is weakening the resilience of forest
ecosystems through vitality loss of major native tree species, which reduces the ability of …

A systematic review of invasive non‐native freshwater bivalves

JG Prestes, L Carneiro, NOR Miiller… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of invasive species has become an increasing environmental problem in
freshwater ecosystems due to the high economic and ecological impacts it has generated …

Biological invasions negatively impact global protected areas

L Carneiro, NOR Miiller, RN Cuthbert… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Protected areas underpin global biodiversity conservation and sustainability agendas.
Biological invasions increasingly threaten the ecological functioning and long-term …

The need of centralized coordination to counter biological invasions in the European Union

I Kurtul, PJ Haubrock - Environmental Sciences Europe, 2024 - Springer
Non-native species monitoring faces global challenges due to resource disparities,
hindering effective implementation. Current strategies are fragmented and resource …

Moving from the species to the population level in biological invasions

R Sousa, JG Nogueira, J Padilha - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Invasion scientists need to focus on the population level, not the species level, if aiming to
unravel the complexities of invasion dynamics at meaningful spatial and temporal scales …

World of Crayfish™: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens

MC Ion, CC Bloomer, TI Bărăscu, FJ Oficialdegui… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Accurate mapping of species distributions is essential for enhancing and improving
conservation efforts and decision-making regarding both native and non-native taxa …

Microplastics promote the invasiveness of invasive alien species under fluctuating water regime

RF Zhang, YJ Guo, YW Lai, TT Zhao… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastic (MP) pollution and alien plant invasions are two important threats to terrestrial
ecosystems. Microplastics alter the physical and chemical characteristics of soil, potentially …

Anthropogenic induced drivers of fish assemblages in small water bodies and conservation implications

K Thomas, M Brabec, L Kalous, M Gottwald… - Ecohydrology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic interventions are threatening small freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity,
which continues to decline at an alarming rate. To address their biodiversity value, 210 small …

The wild cost of invasive feral animals worldwide

I Soto, P Balzani, FJ Oficialdegui, C Molinero… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Invasive non-native species are a growing burden to economies worldwide. While
domesticated animals (ie livestock, beasts of burden or pets) have enabled our ways of life …

Exploring invasiveness and versatility of used microhabitats of the globally invasive Gambusia holbrooki

I Kurtul, AS Tarkan, HM Sarı, PJ Haubrock, I Soto… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-native species can lead to severe impacts on invaded ecosystems, including the
decline of ecosystem function through deleterious impacts on species diversity. The …