Biological invasions: a field synopsis, systematic review, and database of the literature

Lowry, Edward; Rollinson, Emily; Laybourn, Adam J.; Scott, Tracy E.; Aiello‐Lammens, Matthew E.; Gray, Sarah M.; Mickley, James; Gurevitch, Jessica

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“…The terrestrial ecosystem has been the most studied, as in other studies with non-native species (e.g., Lowry et al 2013). Factors that may have stimulated the development of studies in terrestrial ecosystems rather than aquatic ones are the large affected area, the direct impact of NNFP on the ecosystem, the greater ease of study (Lowry et al 2013), the presence of flagship (Heywood 1996) or umbrella species (Wilcox 1984) that attract greater investment for research projects, or even the presence of species of economic interest (e.g., Ramos et al 2008).…”

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“…Factors that may have stimulated the development of studies in terrestrial ecosystems rather than aquatic ones are the large affected area, the direct impact of NNFP on the ecosystem, the greater ease of study (Lowry et al 2013), the presence of flagship (Heywood 1996) or umbrella species (Wilcox 1984) that attract greater investment for research projects, or even the presence of species of economic interest (e.g., Ramos et al 2008). Individually or combined, these factors may also have encouraged the highest concentration of studies in the Animalia and Plantae kingdoms, as our results show.…”

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“…Although largescale tree plantations have important implications for management and conservation of natural resources as well as biodiversity, a systematic review of the subject is lacking. Systematic reviews specify search criteria on a particular issue, using predefined protocols, aiming at reducing bias, allowing rigorous replication, and diagnosing gaps (Lowry et al 2013). Systematic reviews provide high-quality results, identifying, appraising, and synthesizing all relevant studies on a particular topic (Uman 2011, Lowry et al 2013, Mercuri et al 2016.…”

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Ecological impacts of non-native tree species plantations are broad and heterogeneous: a review of Brazilian research

Valduga

Zenni

Vitule

2016

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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Non-native tree plantations represent 7% of the world's forests and 1.24% of the Brazilian vegetation. Planted areas are expected to increase in the near future; thus, it is important to systematize existing knowledge on the ecological effects of plantations to aid forest management and biodiversity conservation. Here, we conducted a systematic review of the ecological literature associated with planted Pinus and Eucalyptus species in Brazil. We compared publication metrics with geographical distribution of species, ecosystems, biomes, studied taxa, and ecological impacts. We found 152 publications from 1992 to 2012. Number of publications positively correlated with area planted, number of plantations with forest certification, number of researchers, and richness of studied kingdoms. Most studies were in terrestrial ecosystems (92.1%), the Atlantic Forest biome (55.3%), and the kingdom Animalia (68.2%). Most impacts of non-native tree plantations were negative (55.9%), followed by positive (27%), and mixed (17.1%). Negative impacts were declines in species richness and abundance, seed bank diversity, and natural regeneration. Positive impacts were increase or mainteinance of seed bank diversity and natural regeneration. Mixed impacts were increases in abundance of native tree plantation pests. Taken together, results suggest forest management can help maintain biodiversity if it considers previous environmental conditions and integrates plantations with surrounding habitats.

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“…Similarly, in a recent systematic review on biological invasions, Lowry et al (2013) showed that almost half of the papers were field-observational studies. However, other types of studies were important, especially those using modeling techniques.…”

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“…To mitigate this global problem, interest in invasive species has grown substantially, mainly in the last decades (Qiu and Chen 2009, Lowry et al 2013) and in invasive species in freshwater ecosystems (Strayer 2010).…”

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The scientific literature on Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857) from 1982 to 2012

Barbosa¹

2014

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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Limnoperna fortunei (golden mussel) is a freshwater bivalve native to Southeast Asia, but is becoming an invasive species in several aquatic ecosystems in the world. In this study, a scientometric analysis was performed to identify the patterns, trends and gaps of knowledge for this invasive species. A survey of the published literature was conducted using the database of the Thomson Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). A total of 107 papers were surveyed that were published between 1982 and 2012 in 60 journals. The number of papers on L. fortunei over the years has increased, especially within the last eight years of the study period. Argentina, Brazil, and Japan are the countries that contributed the most papers to the literature on invasive bivalve. The majority of papers were field-observational studies. Among some important gaps that need to be addressed are the relatively small number and/or lack of studies conducted in the native countries and in countries invaded by L. fortunei, the lack of internationally collaborative publications in these countries, as well as a low number of internationally collaborative studies.

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Low structural complexity of nonnative grassland habitat exposes prey to higher predation

Norbury

Overmeire

2019

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The structural complexity of vegetation can have profound effects on the hunting efficiency of predators, thereby affecting their intake rate of prey. While studies have shown that vegetation complexity can play an important role in managing unwanted impacts of predators, it is less clear how structural complexity of invasive vegetation affects the vulnerability of terrestrial prey. Short nonnative pasture species bred for agricultural production, for example, are highly invasive and pervade grassland ecosystems worldwide. They generally have low structural complexity compared with taller native vegetation they often displace. We conducted controlled experiments to test whether nonnative pastures expose fauna to greater predation risk. Survival of invertebrates (tethered locusts) subject to predation by invasive mammalian insectivores (European hedgehogs) in nonnative pasture (0.10 per 24 h; 95% CI, 0.08–0.13) was less than one‐half that in structurally complex native perennial tussock (bunch) grass (0.24; 95% binomial CI, 0.18–0.31). A significant positive relationship was apparent between structural complexity (grass dry stem density) surrounding each locust and their survival. In a second experiment, survival of locusts placed solely in tussock increased with decreasing locust density in tussock, presumably reflecting fewer resource‐rich patches on which predators could focus. These results demonstrate that invasion by structurally simple nonnative vegetation exposes prey to greater risk of predation. This is concerning from a global nature conservation perspective given that conversion of nearly one‐half of the world's temperate grasslands to agriculture includes a range of invasive, structurally simple, nonnative, plant species. Minimizing invasion and maintaining and restoring complex habitat structure may be a useful conservation option for reducing unwanted predation.

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Biological invasions: a field synopsis, systematic review, and database of the literature

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Ecological impacts of non-native tree species plantations are broad and heterogeneous: a review of Brazilian research

Ecological impacts of non-native tree species plantations are broad and heterogeneous: a review of Brazilian research

The scientific literature on Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857) from 1982 to 2012

Low structural complexity of nonnative grassland habitat exposes prey to higher predation

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