Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications

By Y. Frenot, Steven L. Chown, J. Whinam, P. Selkirk, Peter Convey, M. Skotnicki, D. Bergstrom. Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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Incursion and excursion of Antarctic biota: past, present and future (2006, positive): “Frenot et al. (2005) suggested this was probably related to considerably greater and sustained human activity on this island.”
The freezer defrosting: global warming and litter decomposition rates in cold biomes (2006, background): “So far, there is only very limited evidence that soil detritivores have shifted their range to cold biomes (Frenot et al. 2005).”
Conservation biogeography of the Antarctic (2012, background): “In terrestrial systems, the most significant threats are the impacts of climate change, invasive species, and their interaction (Walther et al., 2002; Frenot et al., 2005).”
Biotic interactions in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems: are they a factor? (2006, background): “Rounsevell, 1978) to indigenous communities, or translocations of indigenous species to areas where they are not currently found (Frenot et al., 2005)? To comprehend how Antarctic systems will respond to change, we need to urgently understand the functioning of the current systems”
The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels (2016, background): “Themost widespread alien species with the greatest impacts on seabirds tend to be predators, but invasive herbivores andplants can cause habitat deterioration, and introduced pathogens and insect vectors can become serious problems for animal health (Courchamp et al., 2003; Frenot et al., 2005).”
Review of impacts of the introduced house mouse on islands in the Southern Ocean: are mice equivalent to rats? (2009, background): “Possession 150 Rats Chapuis et al. (1994), Frenot et al. (2004) ”
A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond (2014, background): “While human impacts are well understood in some contexts (Frenot et al. 2005, Tin et al. 2009, Klein et al. 2014), in others they are not as well characterized.”
Humans introduce viable seeds to the Arctic on footwear (2012, background): “While the effectiveness of educating Antarctic expeditioners to clean footwear and personal equipment of seeds and contaminants was apparent (Bergstrom, pers. obs.)”
The significance of the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands for the assessment of the vulnerability of native communities to climate change, alien insect invasions and plant viruses (2011, background): “…(48 300–50 S, 68 270–70 350E), together with their comparatively low human visitation rates, have hindered biological invasions until the recent establishment of a permanent station in 1950 and the subsequent increase in visiting ships and visitors landing (Chown et al. 1998, Frenot et al. 2005).”
Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity in a changing world (2011, background): “…region, hence the drastic impacts that predatory mammals (cats, rodents) have had in the subAntarctic on ground- and burrow-nesting birds and those of a range of grazing mammals on the unique megaherbdominated plant communities that have evolved in their absence (reviewed by Frenot et al. 2005).”
Non-indigenous ungulates as a threat to biodiversity (2009, background): “…by introduced species, but the nature of these interactions and the apparent ease of establishment on islands varies among taxa and systems, and generalizations are problematic (e.g. Diamond, 1984; Brown, 1989; Case, 1996; Lonsdale, 1999; Sol, 2000; Duncan et al., 2003; Frenot et al., 2005).”
Terrestrial biodiversity in Antarctica - recent advances and future challenges (2010, background): “…from the deliberate and accidental introduction of many plants and animals (Convey, 2007b; Convey et al., 2006; Convey and Lebouvier, 2009; Frenot et al., 2005, 2008), providing an urgent warning of the potential consequences should invasive species become established on the Antarctic…”
Subantarctic flowering plants: pre‐glacial survivors or post‐glacial immigrants? (2010, background): “It is only during the last few hundred years, with the arrival of humans in the subantarctic, that new nonindigenous species have been introduced (Frenot et al., 2005).”
Barriers to globally invasive species are weakening across the Antarctic (2017, background): “…low compared to trends globally (Hughes & Convey, 2010; McGeoch, Shaw, Terauds, Lee, & Chown, 2015), the region has proven susceptible to the ecological impacts of biological invasions when they have occurred (Courchamp, Chapuis, & Pascal, 2003; Frenot et al., 2005; Lebouvier et al., 2011).”