TY - CHAP
T1 - Monitoring trends in biological invasion, its impact and policy responses
AU - Genovesi, Piero
AU - Butchart, Stuart H M
AU - McGeoch, Melodie
AU - Roy, David B
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Biological invasions are a major threat to biodiversity, second only to habitat change, and have been a primary cause of species extinction over the last 500 years. For example, invasive alien species are cited as a factor in over 50% of animal extinctions where the cause is known, and for 1 out of every 5 (20%) of extinctions, invasions were the only cited cause. Invasive alien species (IAS) are also among the most important threats to globally threatened species. Invasives are the second most important threat to birds, impacting 52% of Critically Endangered species and 51% of all threatened species. They are the fourth most important threat to threatened amphibians (possibly even underestimated owing to uncertainty over the origin of chytridiomycosis), and third most important for threatened mammals. Furthermore, invasions cause huge economic losses – e.g. costs in Europe exceed 12 billion euros per year – they are responsible for the spread of many diseases, and can disrupt ecosystem services of crucial importance for human well-being, such as food security and access to water.
AB - Biological invasions are a major threat to biodiversity, second only to habitat change, and have been a primary cause of species extinction over the last 500 years. For example, invasive alien species are cited as a factor in over 50% of animal extinctions where the cause is known, and for 1 out of every 5 (20%) of extinctions, invasions were the only cited cause. Invasive alien species (IAS) are also among the most important threats to globally threatened species. Invasives are the second most important threat to birds, impacting 52% of Critically Endangered species and 51% of all threatened species. They are the fourth most important threat to threatened amphibians (possibly even underestimated owing to uncertainty over the origin of chytridiomycosis), and third most important for threatened mammals. Furthermore, invasions cause huge economic losses – e.g. costs in Europe exceed 12 billion euros per year – they are responsible for the spread of many diseases, and can disrupt ecosystem services of crucial importance for human well-being, such as food security and access to water.
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U2 - 10.1002/9781118490747.ch7
DO - 10.1002/9781118490747.ch7
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9781444332926
SN - 9781444332919
T3 - Conservation Science and Practice Series
SP - 138
EP - 158
BT - Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation
A2 - Collen, Ben
A2 - Pettorelli, Nathalie
A2 - Baillie, Jonathan E M
A2 - Durant, Sarah M
PB - John Wiley & Sons
CY - Chichester UK
ER -