Biological Invasions : Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species

By David Pimentel. 2002

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Feral swine impacts on agriculture and the environment (2004, background): “About 400 of the 958 wildlife species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act are considered to be at risk primarily because of competition or predation by non-indigenous species (Nature Conservancy, 1996; Wilcove et al., 1998; Pimentel et al., 2002).”
Spatiotemporal complexity of biological invasion in a space- and time-discrete predator–prey system with the strong Allee effect (2012, background): “Biological invasions have been attracting considerable attention over the last few decades as they have a significant impact on biodiversity, agriculture, forestry and fishery all over the world (Pimentel, 2002).”
A place for alien species in ecosystem restoration (2004, background): “Those costs include direct financial impacts as well as harmful repercussions for native species, human health, agricultural productivity, ecosystem functioning, and more (Pimentel 2002).”
ENEMY RELEASE? AN EXPERIMENT WITH CONGENERIC PLANT PAIRS AND DIVERSE ABOVE- AND BELOWGROUND ENEMIES (2005, background): “Species invasions threaten the integrity of natural ecosystems and annually cause billions of dollars of economic losses worldwide (Mack et al. 2000, Pimentel 2002).”
A pan-European inventory of alien species: rationale, implementation and implications for managing biological invasions. (2009, background): “The strongest evidence is for alien pest and weeds that impact upon the agriculture, forestry, aquaculture and other sectors (Williamson 2002).”
Black, Grey and Watch Lists of alien species in the Czech Republic based on environmental impacts and management strategy (2016, unknown): “Costs due to IAS were estimated to reach up to 5% of global GDP (Pimentel et al. 2001, 2002).”
The impact of invasive fungi on agricultural ecosystems in the United States (2008, unknown): “Some reports estimate that up to 65% or an estimated $21 billion per year of crops are lost in the United States (U.S.) due to introduced plant pathogens (Pimental et al. 2002, 2005.”
Impacts of invasive Australian acacias: implications for management and restoration (2011, unknown): “…ecosystems (Richardson et al., 2000; Ortega & Pearson, 2005), resulting in losses of biodiversity, altered ecosystem functioning and a changed capacity to provide services (Vitousek et al., 1997; Pimentel, 2001; Levine et al., 2003; Didham et al., 2007; Pejchar & Mooney, 2009; Vilà et al., 2010).”
Global Analysis of Factors Affecting the Outcome of Freshwater Fish Introductions (2005, background): “Countries worldwide recognize the ecological and economic costs of invasions (Pimentel 2002), and ecological theory is now applied in the development of risk assessments to restrict harmful invaders (Ruesink et al. 1995; Kolar & Lodge 2001).”
The economic cost of managing invasive species in Australia (2016, background): “There are more than 80 species of exotic vertebrates that have established wild populations (Bomford and Hart 2002; BRS 2007), with the eleven most problematic species alone having negative impacts estimated a decade ago to cost $720 million annually (McLeod 2004).”
Invasive Species, Environmental Change and Management, and Health (2010, background): “Pimentel D, ed.”
The introduced flora of Madagascar (2012, unknown): “…approach, in the past few decades, scientists have come to see species introductions as one of the most important environmental threats globally (Pimentel 2002) as well as – to a lesser extent, perhaps – in Madagascar (Binggeli 2003; Griveaud and Albignac 1972; Holland and Olson 1989).”
Emerging microbial biocontrol strategies for plant pathogens. (2018, unknown): “The annual losses of potato crops due to late blight are conservatively estimated at US$6.7 billion per year [5 – 7].”
Invasive species of Heracleum in Europe: an insight into genetic relationships and invasion history (2007, unknown): “…development of scientific concepts aimed at understanding the biological basis of invasion (Hulme, 2003; Richardson & Pysek, 2006; Stohlgren et al., 2006) to practical implications, including control, management and the economic costs imposed by invasive species (Zavaleta, 2000; Pimentel, 2002).”
Invasive plants and their escape from root herbivory: a worldwide comparison of the root-feeding nematode communities of the dune grass Ammophila arenaria in natural and introduced ranges (2005, unknown): “Invasive species are a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystem processes in native communities (Rejmanek and Richardson 1996) and they may cause significant costs to the environment, economy and public health (Pimentel 2002).”
Ecological effects of invasive alien insects (2008, background): “The threat posed by invasive alien species on biodiversity is widely recognized (Williamson 1996; Wittenberg and Cock 2001; Pimentel 2002).”