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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union
Global Change Biology, Volume 25, No. 3, Year 2019
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The European Union (EU) has recently published its first list of invasive alien species (IAS) of EU concern to which current legislation must apply. The list comprises species known to pose great threats to biodiversity and needs to be maintained and updated. Horizon scanning is seen as critical to identify the most threatening potential IAS that do not yet occur in Europe to be subsequently risk assessed for future listing. Accordingly, we present a systematic consensus horizon scanning procedure to derive a ranked list of potential IAS likely to arrive, establish, spread and have an impact on biodiversity in the region over the next decade. The approach is unique in the continental scale examined, the breadth of taxonomic groups and environments considered, and the methods and data sources used. International experts were brought together to address five broad thematic groups of potential IAS. For each thematic group the experts first independently assembled lists of potential IAS not yet established in the EU but potentially threatening biodiversity if introduced. Experts were asked to score the species within their thematic group for their separate likelihoods of i) arrival, ii) establishment, iii) spread, and iv) magnitude of the potential negative impact on biodiversity within the EU. Experts then convened for a 2-day workshop applying consensus methods to compile a ranked list of potential IAS. From an initial working list of 329 species, a list of 66 species not yet established in the EU that were considered to be very high (8 species), high (40 species) or medium (18 species) risk species was derived. Here, we present these species highlighting the potential negative impacts and the most likely biogeographic regions to be affected by these potential IAS. © 2018 The Authors. Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Authors & Co-Authors
Roy, Helen Elizabeth
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Uk Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bacher, Sven
Switzerland, Fribourg
University of Fribourg
Essl, Franz
Austria, Vienna
Environment Agency Austria
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Adriaens, Tim
Belgium, Brussels
Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels
Aldridge, David C.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Bishop, John D.D.
United Kingdom, Plymouth
Marine Biological Association
Blackburn, Tim M.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London
Branquart, Etienne
Belgium, Gembloux
Service Public de Wallonie
Brodie, Juliet A.
United Kingdom, London
The Natural History Museum, London
Cook, Elizabeth Joanne
United Kingdom, Oban
The Scottish Association for Marine Science
Copp, Gordon Howard
United Kingdom, Lowestoft
Centre for the Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
United Kingdom, Bournemouth
Bournemouth University
Dean, Hannah J.
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Uk Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Eilenberg, Jørgen
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Gallardo, Belinda
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
García-Berthou, Emili
Spain, Girona
Universitat de Girona
Genovesi, Piero
Italy, Rome
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Hulme, Philip E.
New Zealand, Lincoln
Lincoln University
Kenis, Marc
Switzerland, Delemont
Cabi, Switzerland
Kettunen, Marianne
Unknown Affiliation
Minchin, Dan
Unknown Affiliation
Nentwig, Wolfgang M.
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Pergl, Jan
Czech Republic, Prague
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Peyton, Jodey M.
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Uk Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Preda, Cristina
Romania, Constanta
Ovidius University of Constanta
Roques, Alain
France, Orleans
Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière Urzf
Rorke, Stephanie L.
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Uk Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Scalera, Riccardo
Unknown Affiliation
Schindler, Stefan
Austria, Vienna
Environment Agency Austria
Schönrogge, Karsten
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Uk Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Sewell, Jack
United Kingdom, Plymouth
Marine Biological Association
Solarz, Wojciech
Poland, Warszawa
Polish Academy of Sciences
Stewart, Alan J.A.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Tricarico, Elena
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
Vanderhoeven, Sonia
Belgium, Brussels
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
van der Velde, G.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit
Netherlands, Leiden
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Vilà, Montserrat
Spain, Sevilla
Csic - Estación Biologica de Doñana
Zenetos, Argyro A.
Unknown Affiliation
Rabitsch, Wolfgang Bernhard
Austria, Vienna
Environment Agency Austria
Statistics
Citations: 113
Authors: 38
Affiliations: 33
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/gcb.14527
ISSN:
13541013