Let's welcome a variety of voices to invasion biology

Davis, Mark A.

doi:10.1111/cobi.13608

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“…As conservation decision-makers need multi-threat assessments such as ours to develop the most effective conservation actions [56], we use this well-researched case study as a model for informing conservation decisions of other threatened plant taxa [16]. Our report is useful for discussing the Anthropocene consequences and how the global disciplines of conservation science and invasion biology can be studied at the local level [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. In the short term, mitigation of the phytophagous non-native species' damage remains the only acute need to conserve this unique gymnosperm tree.…”

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“…Although this would appear to increase biodiversity, the negative impact of the new invasions on native organisms may actually decrease biodiversity [6]; therefore, due to the global influence of non-native organisms on native biodiversity, invasion biology has emerged as a bona fide discipline [10][11][12]. As this discipline continues to develop, the need to include multiple stakeholder groups such as humanities and social sciences has been recognized as a means of enabling successful outcomes [13]. Eradication of non-native species is most successful if organized efforts are initiated early in the invasion process.…”

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Biotic Threats to Cycas micronesica Continue to Expand to Complicate Conservation Decisions

Deloso

Terry

Yudin

et al. 2020

Insects

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Invasions of non-native species can threaten native biodiversity, and island ecosystems are ideal for studying these phenomena. In this article, first, we report on the invasive species that combine to threaten the island cycad Cycas micronesica by reviewing the history of previously reported invasions and providing an update of recent invasions. Then, we prioritize the threat status of each herbivore and the interactions among them. Plant damage was initiated in 2003─2005 by the non-native Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi armored scale, Erechthias sp. Meyrick leaf miner, and Luthrodes pandava Horsfield butterfly, which elicited unprecedented irruptions of the native Acalolepta marianarum Aurivillius stem borer and increased herbivory by feral pigs (Sus scrofa L.). The combined impact of these five consumers represents the greatest sustained threat to the cycad tree species. Mitigation of the damage caused by phytophagous non-native species is urgently needed to conserve this unique gymnosperm tree.

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Biotic Threats to Cycas micronesica Continue to Expand to Complicate Conservation Decisions

Deloso

Terry

Yudin

et al. 2020

Insects

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“…Some are of enormous economic importance to the well-being of people, and researchers in the humanities and social sciences are participating in discussions on this aspect of the issue. Among them, Davis (2020) emphasizes that several factors are creating ecologically novel environments and calls for the presence of different perspectives and voices. Vaz et al (2017) analyzed interdisciplinarity in invasion science papers and found that 92.4 % of publications with interdisciplinary participation deal with ecological questions, and only 4.4 and 3.2 % on social and social-ecological questions, respectively.…”

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The challenge of participatory restoration in rural areas

Moreno‐Casasola

2022

Bot. Sci.

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Restoration is a prominent field of research and of restoration projects that seek to recover degraded and dysfunctional ecosystems and the services they provide. Humanity’s environmental crisis has increased awareness of the urgent need to conserve ecosystems and their biodiversity. Many countries and international organizations have set ambitious plans and restoration targets. This paper emphasizes on current themes such as landscape restoration, invasive species, novel ecosystems, and the necessary involvement of local communities in ecological restoration. It is focused mainly on tropical forest ecosystems. Another aim of this paper is a review of the results obtained in diverse restoration practices that concentrate on inducing secondary succession processes in tropical forests. It draws heavily on case studies from Mexico. Members of society should play an active role in restoration planning and implementation. Social participation is central to the success and sustainability of restoration projects. Traditional ecological knowledge is essential in many projects, and there should be careful consideration of the ethics involved. In the coming years, we will probably see a surge in the unassisted revegetation and reforestation of many abandoned rural areas making the understanding and managing of these restoration processes necessary and crucial. Finally, a set of guidelines that view restoration as a long-term social and ecological process is given.

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“…Some species can establish and spread in a novel environment more successfully than others, and defining what makes a species 'invasive' is hotly contested [1][2][3][4] . Invasion biologists continue to debate whether an invasion's success can be better attributed to an intrinsic property of the founding population or to extrinsic conditions experienced by the population.…”

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Concurrent invasions of European starlings in Australia and North America reveal population‐specific differentiation in shared genomic regions

Hofmeister,

Stuart,

Warren

et al. 2023

Molecular Ecology

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A species' success during the invasion of new areas hinges on an interplay between the demographic processes common to invasions and the specific ecological context of the novel environment. Evolutionary genetic studies of invasive species can investigate how genetic bottlenecks and ecological conditions shape genetic variation in invasions, and our study pairs two invasive populations that are hypothesized to be from the same source population to compare how each population evolved during and after introduction. Invasive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) established populations in both Australia and North America in the 19th century. Here, we compare whole‐genome sequences among native and independently introduced European starling populations to determine how demographic processes interact with rapid evolution to generate similar genetic patterns in these recent and replicated invasions. Demographic models indicate that both invasive populations experienced genetic bottlenecks as expected based on invasion history, and we find that specific genomic regions have differentiated even on this short evolutionary timescale. Despite genetic bottlenecks, we suggest that genetic drift alone cannot explain differentiation in at least two of these regions. The demographic boom intrinsic to many invasions as well as potential inversions may have led to high population‐specific differentiation, although the patterns of genetic variation are also consistent with the hypothesis that this infamous and highly mobile invader adapted to novel selection (e.g., extrinsic factors). We use targeted sampling of replicated invasions to identify and evaluate support for multiple, interacting evolutionary mechanisms that lead to differentiation during the invasion process.

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Let's welcome a variety of voices to invasion biology

Abstract: Article Impact Statement: Efforts by some invasion biologists to limit voices from the humanities and social sciences weaken the field.

Cited by 10 publications

References 29 publications

Biotic Threats to Cycas micronesica Continue to Expand to Complicate Conservation Decisions

Biotic Threats to Cycas micronesica Continue to Expand to Complicate Conservation Decisions

The challenge of participatory restoration in rural areas

Concurrent invasions of European starlings in Australia and North America reveal population‐specific differentiation in shared genomic regions

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