Patterns and Rate of Growth of Studies in Invasion Ecology

MacIsaac, Hugh J.; Tedla, Rahel A.; Ricciardi, Anthony

doi:10.1002/9781444329988.ch5

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“…Some of this growth in attention may be related to the increasing prevalence of invasive species and to two international initiatives: the scientific committee on problems of the environment (SCOPE) (Davis, 2011) and the Convention on Biological Diversity, signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. The increasing number of investigations in aquatic ecosystems is related mainly to species that have caused severe ecological and economic damages, such as common carp, brown trout, tilapia, and zebra mussels (MacIsaac et al, 2011).…”

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Aquatic invasive species: general trends in the literature and introduction to the special issue

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Invasion rates are increasing worldwide and most are due to the actions of humans. Deliberate introductions, escapes, and hitchhiking with global commerce transport species to other continents. While most species fail to thrive or have minor impacts on their new ecosystems, the large number of introductions has led to numerous problems. Aquatic invasive species are particularly pervasive and may cause food web disruption, biodiversity loss, and economic harm. Biological invasions appear in an increasing number of publications in the aquatic and general ecology literature. This special issue of Hydrobiologia includes 31 papers on aquatic invasive species and the factors that influence their dispersal and success, along with their impacts. Ecosystems include freshwater ponds, lakes and reservoirs, small streams and large rivers, and coastal marine systems. Study regions occur in temperate, as well as less-studied tropical and sub-tropical regions of four different continents. We discuss the dynamics of invasive species research in the current literature and provide a brief overview of the contributions to this issue.

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Aquatic invasive species: general trends in the literature and introduction to the special issue

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“…Invasion literature has grown rapidly (MacIsaac et al. ) and many population‐ to ecosystem‐level impacts of biological invasions are recognised (reviewed by Mack et al. ).…”

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The threat of invasive species to bats: a review

Welch

Leppanen

2017

Mammal Review

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Biological invasions are a major driver of biodiversity loss, but no study has described the scope of threats to bats (Chiroptera) by invasive species. We reviewed the literature for negative effects of invasive species to bats and summarised threats according to four categories: predation, disease, competition, and indirect interactions. We identified threats of 37 invasive species to 40 bat species. Ten bat species were threatened by more than one invasion pathway. About 38 percent of cases are speculative and 18 percent circumstantial, many attributed to overlapping ranges, and most accounts do not quantify effects needed to forecast bat population impacts. Evidence of cat predation is frequently cited, constituting the greatest incidence of observational data. Other direct and indirect impacts were documented from goats, dogs, brown tree snake, rainbow lorikeet, rose‐ringed parakeet, yellow crazy ant, giant centipede, palm, burdock, avian cholera, and white‐nose syndrome. Circumstantial evidence suggests impacts by rats, stoats, coqui frog, common wolf snake, little fire ant, kudzu, and Lantana camara. Other impacts by giant centipede, yellow crazy ant, cats, goats, rats, and avian cholera are speculative, as are those from pigs, deer, white eye, common starling, house sparrow, rock dove, barn and little owls, brush‐tailed possum, honeybee, wasp, phytophagous insects, tamarisk, Cinnamomum verum, and Tabebuia pallida. Over 60 percent of bat species reviewed are island‐dwelling, corresponding with evidence indicating that most extinctions occur on islands and invasive species’ impacts are worse for island than mainland populations. Although appreciable bat population reductions owing to invasive species are often unproven, invasions are likely to exacerbate effects of other vulnerabilities. Multiple invaders and synergistic interactions may ultimately lead to species losses. Managers should exercise the precautionary principle by taking action against non‐native species when first detected, even if new species do not appear to be detrimental.

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“…Biological invasions – the entry, establishment and spread of non‐native species – are considered a major cause of human‐induced environmental change and have become a pressing problem in every biome on earth (Elton ; Williamson ; Pimentel, Zuniga & Morrison ; MacIsaac, Tedla & Ricciardi ). Biological invasions threaten global biodiversity by altering the structure and function of ecosystems (Levine et al .…”

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Pervasive human‐mediated large‐scale invasion: analysis of spread patterns and their underlying mechanisms in 17 of China's worst invasive plants

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Summary1. Biological invasions constitute a major component of human-induced environmental change and have become a world-wide problem threatening global biodiversity and incurring massive economic costs. Consequently, research on biological invasions proliferates, placing a major emphasis on species traits and habitat characteristics associated with successful invasion. Yet, the mechanisms underlying rapid spread and the resulting patterns remain largely unexplored. 2. Using data collected since 1980 and earlier at the county level all over China, we studied the contribution of potential dispersal vectors -railroads, rail stations, roads, general human activity, rivers and winds -to the spread of 17 of China's worst invasive plant species. Focusing on long-distance dispersal events, we calculated the minimal arrival speed for the first record of each species in each county. We also developed and applied a new method to account for observation bias due to the proximity to roads, using observational data of 776 native (non-invasive) plant species throughout China. 3. We found that human-related vectors are accountable for the vast spread of all 17 invasive plant species we examined. Spread patterns were characterized by long jumps of tens to hundreds of kilometres and extremely fast average spread rates of roughly 2-4 km per year, and a very broad range (0Á1-128Á2 km per year) with high variability between years. These rates are much higher than those expected from classic dispersal vectors such as water, wind or animals. Commonly used fat-tailed dispersal kernels did not fit the observed distribution of long jumps for any species. 4. Synthesis. We found pervasive empirical evidence for the overriding role of humans in the largescale spread of invasive plants from multiple taxa. The observed spread patterns differ significantly from those portrayed in the literature, emphasizing the need to develop new frameworks to explore large-scale spread in general and invasive spread in particular. With public data sets of invasive species observations becoming increasingly more available, the time is ripe to go beyond exploration of species traits and habitat suitability and to examine the actual patterns and the mechanisms of largescale invasive spread, even at a scale of thousands of kilometres over land.

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Patterns and Rate of Growth of Studies in Invasion Ecology

Cited by 15 publications

References 31 publications

Aquatic invasive species: general trends in the literature and introduction to the special issue

Aquatic invasive species: general trends in the literature and introduction to the special issue

The threat of invasive species to bats: a review

Pervasive human‐mediated large‐scale invasion: analysis of spread patterns and their underlying mechanisms in 17 of China's worst invasive plants

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