Ecological Impacts of Alien Species: Quantification, Scope, Caveats, and Recommendations

By S. Kumschick, Mirijam Gaertner, M. Vilà, F. Essl, Jonathan M. Jeschke, A. Ricciardi, S. Bacher, T. Blackburn, T. Evans, I. Kühn and 5 more. 2015

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Direct interactions between invasive plants and native pollinators: evidence, impacts and approaches (2017, background): “…through time: either before and after invasion (but long-term data on pollinators are rarely available, and other confounding factors come into play with this approach (Kumschick et al. 2015)), or through the season in invaded sites compared with uninvaded sites (Jakobsson & Padr on 2014).”
Socio‐economic impact classification of alien taxa (SEICAT) (2018, background): “Although there is some correlation between environmental and socioeconomic impacts across species (Kumschick et al. 2015b), socio-economic impacts cannot reliably be inferred from their impact on the environment, e.g. the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) probably has a relatively low impact on…”
Towards a framework for understanding the context dependence of impacts of non‐native tree species (2020, background): “Here, we define impact as a positive or negative change in the state of an invaded ecosystem due to a non-native species (Jeschke et al., 2014; Kumschick et al., 2014).”
Application of the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) to a global assessment of alien bird impacts (2016, background): “…the mechanisms and processes that lead to successful invasions; the species which have (or are likely to have) the most damaging impacts; and the most appropriate courses of action to prioritize and manage alien invasions (Ricciardi et al., 2013; Simberloff et al., 2013b; Kumschick et al., 2015).”
Comparing impacts of alien plants and animals in Europe using a standard scoring system (2015, background): “More studies on context dependencies of impact should be performed to find out to what extent we can rely on information on a species’ impact history elsewhere (Kumschick et al. 2015).”
Linking the impacts of plant invasion on community functional structure and ecosystem properties (2016, methodology): “While FRic often depends on the number of species, FDiv and FDis are independent of species richness (Villeger et al. 2008; Laliberte & Legendre 2010).”
Global meta‐analysis of the impacts of terrestrial invertebrate invaders on species, communities and ecosystems (2016, methodology): “Although the most appropriate method for assessing impacts of invaders will vary depending on the taxon of the invader and the type of impact (Kumschick et al., 2015), impacts of invaders may be confounded with between-site differences in observational studies, whereas experimental studies can…”
Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change (2020, background): “…locations and establish self-sustaining populations (Catford et al. 2009; Jeschke and Heger 2018), it has been less successful in forecasting when and where such species will substantially affect their recipient environments (Ricciardi et al. 2013; Simberloff et al. 2013; Kumschick et al. 2015).”
Non-native species in urban environments: patterns, processes, impacts and challenges (2017, background): “2011), key assumptions regarding impacts (Jeschke et al. 2014; Kumschick et al. 2015) and many other concepts in invasion science are fit for purpose in urban environments.”