Current status of Brazilian scientific production on non-native species

Defining invasive species and demonstrating impacts of biological invasions: a scientometric analysis of studies on invasive alien plants in Brazil over the past 20 years

“…In the context of biological invasions, this represents an important tool in the analysis of conservation issues in mega-diverse natural areas such as Brazilian biomes (Frehse et al 2016). Scientometric studies play a leading role in surveying the state of the art of scientific literature (Santos et al 2021), developing explanatory ecological models (Barbosa et al 2012), forecasting the impacts of invasions in poorly-studied biomes (Pinto et al 2020) and optimising resources and directing new research (Fonseca et al 2021).…”

Distribution of invasive exotic species Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. in a forest fragment in the Amazon

“…Changes in land use are increasingly intense in the Amazon region; it is estimated that 20% of the biome has already been devastated and deforestation has continued to rise since the last decade (Rutt et al, 2019). Concurrently, there is a lack of information on the presence of invasive exotic species in the North of Brazil, due to the low number of academic publications in this field (Santos et al, 2021). The scarcity of studies does not mean that invasive species are not present or that the risks and impacts of biological invasions are not a reality.…”

Prevalencia y parasitemia sanguínea de palomas turcas (Streptopelia decaocto) y huilotas (Zenaida macroura) en Durango, México

“…Las especies exóticas representan una amenaza para la estructura, función e integridad de los ecosistemas (Ferreira et al, 2021), contribuyen a la extinción de algunas especies (Rocha et al, 2021) e introducen agentes infecciosos al ambiente colonizado (Hernandez-Colina et al, 2021). La paloma de collar turca (STRDEC, Streptopelia decaocto) es una especie invasora con amplia distribución en Norteamérica (eBird, 2021).…”