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Invasive alien species

2020
(Uploaded by Plazi for the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment) No abstract provided.
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Invasion of alien species

1997
Abstract We begin with a classic example of invasion, the spatial spread of muskrats (Ondatra zibethica) in central Europe from 1909 to 1927. Figure 2.1, which appeared in Elton's book (1958), gives the contours of the range of spread based on Ulbrich's data (1930).
Nanako Shigesada, Kohkichi Kawasaki
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Economics of invasive alien species.

2012
Abstract This chapter discusses why the management or spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is an economic issue, and summarizes the economic impact of invasive species at the international scale. The economic impact of IAS in India and efforts to control the spread of IAS in the region are covered. Issues with regard to the control of IAS are
Vinish Kathuria Vinish Kathuria, S. P. Singh   +1 more
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Invasive alien species

Abstract This article provides an overview of the biological invasion process, the impact of invasive alien species, and management strategies. The process of biological invasion involves the movement of species, through human activities, from their native range to regions of the world where they would not naturally occur, thereby ...
Helen Roy, Rob Cooke, Sarah Hartley, Catie Johnston, Tom August, Tanara Renard Truong   +5 more
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Invasive Alien Species – The Eradication or Use of Invasive Alien Species Under EU Law

2020
The EU adopted a Regulation striving to tackle one of the primary threats to biodiversity, namely Invasive Alien Species (“IAS”). The article provides an overview of the IAS Regulation and discusses the Union list, the listing criteria as well as the restrictions set forth.
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Invasive Alien Species in the Danube

2015
Invasive alien species (IAS) have been recognized as one of the major threats to native biodiversity in the Danube Basin. The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art regarding IAS along the Danube River and its main tributaries. The work is mainly based on the results of the Danube research expeditions, Joint Danube Survey 2 (2007), Joint ...
Paunović, Momir, Csányi, Béla, Simonović, Predrag, Zorić, Katarina   +3 more
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Impacts of invasions by alien species

Journal of Zoology, 1998
AbstractAre British animals and plants being threatened by the invasion of alien species? This was the question addressed at a Scientific Meeting of the Zoological Society of London on 10 March 1998 in three talks exploring the potential impacts of invading Chinese mitten crabs in the Thames catchment (Paul Clark and Philip Rainbow, The Natural History
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Invasive Alien Species and Their Indicators

2014
Biodiversity is obstructed not only by climate change but also, among other factors, by invasive alien species (IAS). The infiltration/invasion, overgrowth, and control of IAS is linked to many elements, such as human activities that change our environment in such a way that, together with climate change, new opportunities for alien species to conquer ...
Robert H. Armon, Argyro Zenetos
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Impacts of Alien Invasive Species

2017
Many of the mutualisms discussed earlier are geographically localised and reflect some form of coadaptation between partners within local environments. Those ecological specialists or associates are moulded by the local ecological contexts, and their persistence depends on continuity of the contexts in which those partnerships have been developed ...
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Prioritizing invasive alien species in Italy: screening of marine alien species

2018
Si riportano i primi risultati dell'esercizio di prioritizzazione delle specie aliene dei mari italiani condotto per conto di ISPRA dagli esperti dei singoli gruppi tassonomici iscritti al Gruppo Alloctone della Società Italiana di Biologia ...
Marchini, A., Cardeccia, A., Andaloro, F., Azzurro, E., Carnevali, Lucilla, Castelli, Alberto, Cecere, E., Donnarumma, L., Ferrario, J., Genovesi, P., Giangrande, A., Gravili, C., Grieco, Flavia, Langeneck, J., Mancinelli, G., Mastrototaro, F., Mazziotti, C., MISTRI, MAURIZIO, Montesanto, F., Munari, C., Orsi-Relini, L., Petrocelli, A., Piazzi, L., Relini, G., Russo, G. F., Sfriso, A., Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.   +26 more
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