The Potential Conservation Value of Non‐Native Species

By M. Schlaepfer, D. Sax, Julian D. Olden. Conservation Biology, 2011

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The introduced flora of Madagascar (2012, background): “Ecological research increasingly suggests the rejection of idealized ecosystems based on an imagined past, favouring instead an acceptance of the dynamism of the environment, both with and without human influence, and a view towards the future (Choi 2007; Schlaepfer et al. 2011).”
An inventory of invasive alien species in China (2012, background): “…tools suggested so far often only focus on unwanted changes and rarely take into account possible welcome changes which might result from species introductions, as e.g. increasing population densities of threatened native species (Schlaepfer et al. 2011) or economic benefits (Leung et al. 2012).”
Framework and guidelines for implementing the proposed IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) (2015, background): “Nevertheless, impacts vary greatly among alien taxa and among ecosystems, habitats or native species in the recipient geographic range; many notable impacts only become obvious or significantly influential long after the onset of invasion (Williamson & Fitter, 1996; Graves & Shapiro, 2003; Sogge et ”
Conflicting values: ecosystem services and invasive tree management (2013, background): “Interactions among invasive species can also be important in the ecosystem services provided by invasive trees (Schlaepfer et al. 2011).”
Novel forests maintain ecosystem processes after the decline of native tree species (2012, background): “…carbon storage, and nutrient turnover are functional elements of ecosystems that provide the supporting services of nature (sensu Fischlin et al. 2007), the fact that they are provided by introduced rather than native species should not impugn their value (e.g., Schlaepfer et al. 2011).”
A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts (2014, background): “However, many alien species apparently have had little or no detectable effects on their new environment [1,10,11], and some effects may be considered to be positive [12–16].”
A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment (2012, background): “It is also important to emphasize that such impacts may not be perceived as negative (Schlaepfer et al., 2011).”
The Homogocene: a research prospectus for the study of biotic homogenisation (2018, background): “With increasing recognition of the important roles served by some non-native species in contemporary landscapes (Schlaepfer et al. 2011), enhanced focus on understanding the patterns and drivers of functional homogenisation is needed.”
Native invaders – challenges for science, management, policy, and society (2012, background): “Scientists and members of the public frequently disagree about the nature and magnitude of problems posed by invaders (Schlaepfer et al. 2011), which can directly affect management and conservation decisions (Shine and Doody 2011).”
Biological Invasions in Conservation Planning: A Global Systematic Review (2018, positive): “socio-economic benefits to parts of society and the prediction by some scientists of an increasing contribution of alien species to conservation objectives in the future (Schlaepfer et al., 2011), we are far from that happening in practice.”
Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities (2014, background): “…and biodiversity, e.g., by acting as ecosystem engineers and creating novel habitats, controlling other invasive species, providing food, and supporting ecosystem functioning in stressed or degraded ecosystems (Schlaepfer et al., 2011; Simberloff et al., 2013; Katsanevakis et al., in press).”
Resilience in ecology: Abstraction, distraction, or where the action is? (2014, neutral): “with social and ecological change (Schlaepfer et al., 2011).”
Seven considerations about dingoes as biodiversity engineers: the socioecological niches of dogs in Australia (2012, background): “The primacy of native animals over invasive animals is a human construct (Macdonald et al. 2007; Schlaepfer et al. 2011), as is the primacy of human food production over biodiversity conservation or vice versa; an ecosystem does not know or care about its constituent species.”
Origin matters: alien consumers inflict greater damage on prey populations than do native consumers (2013, background): “In spite of this evidence, several authors claim that concern over alien species has been exaggerated or misplaced (Gurevitch & Padilla, 2004; Goodenough, 2010; Davis et al., 2011; Schlaepfer et al., 2011a).”
Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity (2018, background): “Some have argued that alien species could, under certain circumstances (e.g. Gozlan, 2008), contribute to conservation goals by providing habitat or performing desirable ecosystem functions (Schlaepfer, Sax & Olden, 2011).”