Growing non-native trees in European forests brings benefits and opportunities but also has its risks and limits

E Pötzelsberger, H Spiecker, C Neophytou… - Current Forestry …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Non-native tree species (NNT) raise a range of different
associations and emotions—to many citizens they are just an exotic curiosity in parks, to …

TEASIng apart alien species risk assessments: a framework for best practices

B Leung, N Roura‐Pascual, S Bacher… - Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Some alien species cause substantial impacts, yet most are innocuous. Given limited
resources, forecasting risks from alien species will help prioritise management. Given that …

A unified classification of alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts

TM Blackburn, F Essl, T Evans, PE Hulme… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Species moved by human activities beyond the limits of their native geographic ranges into
areas in which they do not naturally occur (termed aliens) can cause a broad range of …

Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity in Great Britain

HE Roy, J Peyton, DC Aldridge, T Bantock… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien species (IAS) are considered one of the greatest threats to biodiversity,
particularly through their interactions with other drivers of change. Horizon scanning, the …

Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species

HE Roy, W Rabitsch, R Scalera… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a threat to biodiversity, society and the economy. There is an urgent
need to provide evidence‐based assessments of the risks posed by invasive alien species …

Integrating invasive species policies across ornamental horticulture supply chains to prevent plant invasions

PE Hulme, G Brundu, M Carboni… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ornamental horticulture is the primary pathway for invasive alien plant introductions. We
critically appraise published evidence on the effectiveness of four policy instruments that …

Invasive alien species and disease risk: An open challenge in public and animal health

E Chinchio, M Crotta, C Romeo, JA Drewe… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Since the majority of zoonotic emerging diseases originate from wildlife [2], as recent
outbreaks like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Nipah, or …

Parasites and biological invasions: parallels, interactions, and control

AM Dunn, MJ Hatcher - Trends in parasitology, 2015 - cell.com
Species distributions are changing at an unprecedented rate owing to human activity. We
examine how two key processes of redistribution–biological invasion and disease …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing the environmental impacts of invasive alien plants: a review of assessment approaches

R Bartz, I Kowarik - NeoBiota, 2019 - neobiota.pensoft.net
Assessing the impacts of alien plant species is a major task in invasion science and vitally
important for supporting invasion-related policies. Since 1993, a range of assessment …

Planted forests and invasive alien trees in Europe: a code for managing existing and future plantings to mitigate the risk of negative impacts from invasions

G Brundu, DM Richardson - 2016 - scholar.sun.ac.za
Planted forests of alien tree species make significant contributions to the economy and
provide multiple products and ecosystem services On the other hand, non-native trees now …