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Stanley MC, McNaughton EJ, Fewster RM, Galbraith JA. Cumulative propagule pressure exerted by escaped pet parrots. J Appl Ecol 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Margaret C. Stanley
- Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Auckland Council Auckland New Zealand
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- Department of Statistics Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Department of Natural Sciences Auckland Museum Auckland New Zealand
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Cardador L, Tella JL, Louvrier J, Anadón JD, Abellán P, Carrete M. Climate matching and anthropogenic factors contribute to the colonization and extinction of local populations during avian invasions. DIVERS DISTRIB 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Department of Conservation Biology Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD‐CSIC) Seville Spain
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- CEFE University Montpellier CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier France
- Department of Ecological Dynamics Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin Germany
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (IPE‐CSIC) Zaragoza Spain
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- Department of Zoology, Universidad de Sevilla Facultad de Biología Seville Spain
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- Department Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems University Pablo de Olavide Seville Spain
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Cantwell-Jones A, Ball J, Collar D, Diazgranados M, Douglas R, Forest F, Hawkins J, Howes MJR, Ulian T, Vaitla B, Pironon S. Global plant diversity as a reservoir of micronutrients for humanity. NATURE PLANTS 2022; 8:225-232. [PMID: 35210559 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01100-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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With more than two billion people suffering from malnutrition and diets homogenizing globally, it is vital to identify and conserve nutrient-rich species that may contribute to improving food security and diversifying diets. Of the approximately 390,000 vascular plant species known to science, thousands have been reported to be edible, yet their nutritional content remains poorly characterized. Here we use phylogenetic information to identify plants with the greatest potential to support strategies alleviating B-vitamin deficiencies. We predict the B-vitamin profiles of >6,400 edible plants lacking nutritional data and identify 1,044 species as promising key sources of B vitamins. Several of these source species should become conservation priorities, as 63 (6%) are threatened in the wild and 272 (26%) are absent from seed banks. Moreover, many of these conservation-priority source species overlap with hotspots of malnutrition, highlighting the need for safeguarding strategies to ensure that edible plant diversity remains a reservoir of nutrition for future generations, particularly in countries needing it most. Although by no means a silver bullet to tackling malnutrition, conserving a diverse portfolio of edible plants, unravelling their nutritional potentials, and promoting their sustainable use are essential strategies to enhance global nutritional resilience.
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- Aoife Cantwell-Jones
- Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP, and the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Organismal and Environmental Biology, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, UK
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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Domínguez-Pérez L, Gil-Delgado A. Population increase of the invasive red–whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus in Valencia, Spain. ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 2022. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2022.45.0085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The red–whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus is a medium–sized passerine that has been classified as an invasive species because of its impact on native ecosystems. It was first reported in the Canary Islands of Spain in 1997. In March 2003, it was sighted in the province of Valencia, in eastern Spain, in a residential area called ‘La Cañada’. From 2015 to 2020 we monitored its population in a suburban area close to La Cañada using point counts every spring. Since 2015, the population has shown a trend towards a significant increase in this area, with an estimate of (2,428 < 2,878 < 3,412) individuals in 2020. Its frequency of occurrence has also increased, and it appears to have a continuous distribution in the study area. In the last 17 years the red–whiskered bulbul has spread as far as 20 km from La Cañada, and it is expected to continue spreading and increasing in numbers, with consequences as yet unknown.
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- ICIBYBE/Dept. of Microbiology and Ecology, Univ. of Valencia, Spain
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Su S, Vall‐llosera M, Cassey P, Blackburn TM, Carrete M, Tella JL. Drivers of alien species composition in bird markets across the world. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e8397. [PMID: 35127001 PMCID: PMC8794708 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The global pet trade is a major pathway for the introduction of invasive alien species. The composition of species selected for transport is driven by market demands, which may be influenced by a combination of both historical and cultural factors. We compared Eastern (Taiwan) and Western (Australia and the Iberian Peninsula) bird markets to explore factors associated with the species composition and geographic origin of the birds for sale. We used a bespoke randomization test to compare species composition, geographic origins, and species overlap at different taxonomic levels among bird markets across countries. Alien species identified in the study accounted for more than 10% of the world's bird species. Parrots and songbirds were the most common alien bird taxa traded across all markets. In both Iberian and Australian markets, there was a strong bias toward parrots, waxbills, gamebirds, and finches. In Taiwan, species traded more than expected were parrots, waxbills, starlings, and leafbirds. Neotropical species were the most traded group in the three markets. Afrotropical species were also traded more than expected in Iberian and Australian markets, while the Taiwanese traded more alien species from neighboring Asian regions. The bird trade focuses on the same few bird groups worldwide. The composition and origin of species preferred in the Western markets may be influenced by colonial histories, cultural similarity, and strict regulations on wildlife importation, while species preferences in Eastern markets are strongly influenced by regional culture and proximity. Propagule pressure is a dominant factor influencing the success of biological invasions; it is important to recognize differences in the composition of bird markets among regions because they can translate into different invasion risks, among other factors.
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- Shan Su
- The Wildlife Conservation Research UnitDepartment of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and EnvironmentUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Environment InstituteUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSAAustralia
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Environment InstituteUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSAAustralia
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and EnvironmentUniversity College LondonLondonUK
- Institute of ZoologyZoological Society of LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Conservation BiologyEstación Biológica de Donana (CSIC)SevillaSpain
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- Department of Conservation BiologyEstación Biológica de Donana (CSIC)SevillaSpain
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Cardador L, Abellán P, Blackburn TM. Incorporating phylogeographic information in alien bird distribution models increases geographic extent but not accuracy of predictions. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02673-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Soares FC, Leal AI, Palmeirim JM, Lima RF. Niche differences may reduce susceptibility to competition between native and non‐native birds in oceanic islands. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Filipa C. Soares
- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
- Associação Monte Pico São Tomé República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
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Marcenò C, Padullés Cubino J, Chytrý M, Genduso E, Salemi D, La Rosa A, Gristina AS, Agrillo E, Bonari G, Giusso del Galdo G, Ilardi V, Landucci F, Guarino R. Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring. J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Corrado Marcenò
- Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies University of Palermo Italy
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- Operational Center for Environmental Monitoring Institute for Environmental Protection and Research – ISPRA Roma Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Technology Free University of Bozen‐Bolzano Bolzano Italy
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- Department of Earth and Sea Science University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies University of Palermo Italy
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Baños‐Villalba A, Carrete M, Tella JL, Blas J, Potti J, Camacho C, Diop MS, Marchant TA, Cabezas S, Edelaar P. Selection on individuals of introduced species starts before the actual introduction. Evol Appl 2021; 14:781-793. [PMID: 33767752 PMCID: PMC7980263 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Biological invasion is a global problem with large negative impacts on ecosystems and human societies. When a species is introduced, individuals will first have to pass through the invasion stages of uptake and transport, before actual introduction in a non-native range. Selection is predicted to act during these earliest stages of biological invasion, potentially influencing the invasiveness and/or impact of introduced populations. Despite this potential impact of pre-introduction selection, empirical tests are virtually lacking. To test the hypothesis of pre-introduction selection, we followed the fate of individuals during capture, initial acclimation, and captivity in two bird species with several invasive populations originating from the international trade in wild-caught pets (the weavers Ploceus melanocephalus and Euplectes afer). We confirm that pre-introduction selection acts on a wide range of physiological, morphological, behavioral, and demographic traits (incl. sex, age, size of body/brain/bill, bill shape, body mass, corticosterone levels, and escape behavior); these are all traits which likely affect invasion success. Our study thus comprehensively demonstrates the existence of hitherto ignored selection acting before the actual introduction into non-native ranges. This could ultimately change the composition and functioning of introduced populations, and therefore warrants greater attention. More knowledge on pre-introduction selection also might provide novel targets for the management of invasive species, if pre-introduction filters can be adjusted to change the quality and/or quantity of individuals passing through such that invasion probability and/or impacts are reduced.
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana‐CSICSevillaSpain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana‐CSICSevillaSpain
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Gras A, Hidalgo O, D’Ambrosio U, Parada M, Garnatje T, Vallès J. The Role of Botanical Families in Medicinal Ethnobotany: A Phylogenetic Perspective. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10010163. [PMID: 33467763 PMCID: PMC7830233 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Studies suggesting that medicinal plants are not chosen at random are becoming more common. The goal of this work is to shed light on the role of botanical families in ethnobotany, depicting in a molecular phylogenetic frame the relationships between families and medicinal uses of vascular plants in several Catalan-speaking territories. The simple quantitative analyses for ailments categories and the construction of families and disorders matrix were carried out in this study. A Bayesian approach was used to estimate the over- and underused families in the medicinal flora. Phylogenetically informed analyses were carried out to identify lineages in which there is an overrepresentation of families in a given category of use, i.e., hot nodes. The ethnobotanicity index, at a specific level, was calculated and also adapted to the family level. Two diversity indices to measure the richness of reported taxa within each family were calculated. A total of 47,630 use reports were analysed. These uses are grouped in 120 botanical families. The ethnobotanicity index for this area is 14.44% and the ethnobotanicity index at the family level is 68.21%. The most-reported families are Lamiaceae and Asteraceae and the most reported troubles are disorders of the digestive and nutritional system. Based on the meta-analytic results, indicating hot nodes of useful plants at the phylogenetic level, specific ethnopharmacological research may be suggested, including a phytochemical approach of particularly interesting taxa.
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- Airy Gras
- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Passeig del Migdia s.n., Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; (O.H.); (T.G.)
- Correspondence: (A.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Passeig del Migdia s.n., Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; (O.H.); (T.G.)
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- Mediterranean Ethnobiology Programme Director, Global Diversity Foundation, 37 St. Margarets Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2TU, UK;
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- Laboratori de Botànica (UB)—Unitat associada al CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat—IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain;
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Passeig del Migdia s.n., Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; (O.H.); (T.G.)
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- Laboratori de Botànica (UB)—Unitat associada al CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat—IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain;
- Secció de Ciències Biològiques, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Correspondence: (A.G.); (J.V.)
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Ascensão F, D'Amico M, Martins RC, Rebelo R, Barbosa AM, Bencatel J, Barrientos R, Abellán P, Tella JL, Cardador L, Anadón JD, Carrete M, Murgui E, Fernandes P, Santos SM, Mira A, da Luz Mathias M, Tiago P, Casabella E, Reino L, Paulo OS, Pereira HM, Capinha C. Distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberian Peninsula. NEOBIOTA 2021. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.64.55597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We present a dataset that assembles occurrence records of alien tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) in the Iberian Peninsula, a coherent biogeographically unit where introductions of alien species have occurred for millennia. These data have important potential applications for ecological research and management, including the assessment of invasion risks, formulation of preventive and management plans, and research at the biological community level on alien species. This dataset summarizes inventories and data sources on the taxonomy and distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberia Peninsula, comprising known locations from published literature, expert knowledge and citizen science platforms. An expert-based assessment process allowed the identification of unreliable records (misclassification or natural dispersion from native range), and the classification of species according to their status of reproduction in the wild. Distributional data was harmonized into a common area unit, the 10 × 10 km Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) system (n = 6,152 cells). The year of observation and/or year of publication were also assigned to the records. In total, we assembled 35,940 unique distribution records (UTM × species × Year) for 253 species (6 amphibians, 16 reptiles, 218 birds and 13 mammals), spanning between 1912 and 2020. The species with highest number of distribution records were the Mediterranean painted frog Discoglossus pictus (n = 59 UTM), the pond slider Trachemys scripta (n = 471), the common waxbill Estrilda astrild (n = 1,275) and the house mouse Mus musculus (n = 4,043), for amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, respectively. Most alien species recorded are native to Africa (33%), followed by South America (21%), Asia (19%), North America (12%) and Oceania (10%). Thirty-six species are classified by IUCN as threatened in their native range, namely 2 Critically Endangered (CR), 6 Endangered (EN), 8 Vulnerable (VU), and 20 species Near Threatened (NT). Species maps are provided in DataSet1, as well R code and GIS layers to update them as new records are obtained.
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Rivas-Salvador J, Aguilera-Alcalá N, Tella JL, Carrete M. Assessing the introduction of exotic raptors into the wild from falconry. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02425-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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High Prevalence of Novel Beak and Feather Disease Virus in Sympatric Invasive Parakeets Introduced to Spain From Asia and South America. DIVERSITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/d12050192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is a globally widespread infectious bird disease that mainly affects species within the Order Psittaciformes (parrots and allies). The disease is caused by an avian circovirus (the beak and feather disease virus, BFDV), which is highly infectious and can lead to severe consequences in wild and captive populations during an outbreak. Both legal and illegal trading have spread the BFDV around the world, although little is known about its prevalence in invasive parrot populations. Here, we analyze the BFDV prevalence in sympatric invasive populations of rose-ringed (Psittacula krameri) and monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) in Southern Spain. We PCR-screened 110 blood samples (55 individuals from each species) for BFDV and characterized the genotypes of five positives from each species. About 33% of rose-ringed parakeets and 37% of monk parakeets sampled were positive for BFDV, while neither species showed disease symptoms. The circovirus identified is a novel BFDV genotype common to both species, similar to the BFDV genotypes detected in several parrot species kept in captivity in Saudi Arabia, South Africa and China. Our data evidences the importance of an accurate evaluation of avian diseases in wild populations, since invasive parrots may be bringing BFDV without showing any visually detectable clinical sign. Further research on the BFDV prevalence and transmission (individual–individual, captive–wild and wild–captive) in different bird orders and countries is crucial to understand the dynamics of the viral infection and minimize its impact in captive and wild populations.
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Hernández-Brito D, Blanco G, Tella JL, Carrete M. A protective nesting association with native species counteracts biotic resistance for the spread of an invasive parakeet from urban into rural habitats. Front Zool 2020; 17:13. [PMID: 32411270 PMCID: PMC7206781 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-020-00360-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Non-native species are often introduced in cities, where they take advantage of microclimatic conditions, resources provided by humans, and competitor/predator release to establish and proliferate. However, native communities in the surrounding rural or natural areas usually halt their spread through biotic resistance, mainly via top-down regulative processes (predation pressure). Here, we show an unusual commensal interaction between exotic and native bird species that favours the spread of the former from urban to rural habitats. Results We show how Monk parakeets Myiopsitta monachus, an invasive species often introduced in cities worldwide, associated for breeding with a much larger, native species (the white stork Ciconia ciconia) to reduce predation risk in central Spain, thus allowing their colonization of rural areas. Parakeets selected stork nests close to conspecifics and where breeding raptors were less abundant. Parakeets always flushed when raptors approached their nests when breeding alone, but stayed at their nests when breeding in association with storks. Moreover, when storks abandoned a nest, parakeets abandoned it in the following year, suggesting that storks actually confer protection against predators. Conclusions Our results show how a protective-nesting association between invasive and native species can counteract biotic resistance to allow the spread of an invasive species across non-urban habitats, where they may become crop pests. Monk parakeet populations are now growing exponentially in several cities in several Mediterranean countries, where they coexist with white storks. Therefore, management plans should consider this risk of spread into rural areas and favour native predators as potential biological controllers.
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- Dailos Hernández-Brito
- 1Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- 2Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- 1Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- 3Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, University Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. de Utrera km. 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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Ascensão F, Latombe G, Anadón JD, Abellán P, Cardador L, Carrete M, Tella JL, Capinha C. Drivers of compositional dissimilarity for native and alien birds: the relative roles of human activity and environmental suitability. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02196-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Identifying risk factors for persistent versus casual establishment to prioritize rapid response to non-indigenous aquarium fish. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02191-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Carpio AJ, De Miguel RJ, Oteros J, Hillström L, Tortosa FS. Angling as a source of non-native freshwater fish: a European review. Biol Invasions 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02042-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cardador L, Blackburn TM. Human‐habitat associations in the native distributions of alien bird species. J Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Laura Cardador
- Department of Genetics, Evolution, and EnvironmentCentre for Biodiversity and Environment ResearchUniversity College London London UK
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, and EnvironmentCentre for Biodiversity and Environment ResearchUniversity College London London UK
- Institute of ZoologyZoological Society of London London UK
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Cardador L, Tella JL, Anadón JD, Abellán P, Carrete M. The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks. Conserv Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Laura Cardador
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment; University College London; London WC1E 6BT United Kingdom
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- Department of Conservation Biology; Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC); Américo Vespucio 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Department of Biology, Queens College; City University of New York; 65-30 Kissena Blvd Flushing New York NY 11367 USA
- Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Subprogram, The Graduate Center; City University of New York; 365 5th Ave New York NY 10016 USA
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- Department of Zoology; Universidad de Sevilla; Avenida Reina Mercedes 6 41012 Sevilla Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology; Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC); Américo Vespucio 41092 Sevilla Spain
- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Ctra. Utrera km 1 41013 Sevilla Spain
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Souza ENF, Williamson EM, Hawkins JA. Which Plants Used in Ethnomedicine Are Characterized? Phylogenetic Patterns in Traditional Use Related to Research Effort. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:834. [PMID: 29973942 PMCID: PMC6019821 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Plants are important resources in healthcare and for producing pharmaceutical drugs. Pharmacological and phytochemical characterization contributes to both the safe use of herbal medicines and the identification of leads for drug development. However, there is no recent assessment of the proportion of plants used in ethnomedicine that are characterized in this way. Further, although it is increasingly apparent that plants used in ethnomedicine belong to preferred phylogenetic lineages, it is not known how this relates to the focusing of research effort. Here we identify species and lineages rich in ethnomedicinal use and develop methods to describe how well they are known pharmacologically and/or phytochemically. We find 50% of plant species of the family Leguminosae used in ethnomedicine in Brazil, a geographical area where plants are an important part of healthcare, have been the focus of either phytochemical screening or testing for biological activity. Plant species which have more use reports are studied significantly more often (p < 0.05). Considering the taxonomic distribution of use, 70% of genera that include species with ethnomedicinal use have been studied, compared to 19% of genera with no reported use. Using a novel phylogenetic framework, we show that lineages with significantly greater numbers of ethnomedicinal species are phylogenetically over-dispersed within the family, highlighting the diversity of species used. "Hotnode clades" contain 16% of species but 46% of ethnomedicinally-used species. The ethnomedicinal species in hotnode clades have more use reports per species (p < 0.05), suggesting they are more frequently used. They are also more likely to be characterized pharmacologically and/or phytochemically. Research focus has followed traditional use by these measures, at least for these Brazilian plants, yet ethnomedicinal species yielding candidate drugs, raising public health concerns and more intensively studied lie outside of the hotnode clades.
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- Estevão N. F. Souza
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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Centeno-Cuadros A, Tella JL, Delibes M, Edelaar P, Carrete M. Validation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for fast and portable sex determination across the phylogeny of birds. Mol Ecol Resour 2017; 18:251-263. [PMID: 29091348 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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PCR is a universal tool for the multiplication of specific DNA sequences. For example, PCR-based sex determination is widely used, and a diversity of primer sets is available. However, this protocol requires thermal cycling and electrophoresis, so results are typically obtained in laboratories and several days after sampling. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is an alternative to PCR that can take molecular ecology outside the laboratory. Although its application has been successfully probed for sex determination in three species of a single avian Family (raptors, Accipitridae), its generality remains untested and suitable primers across taxa are lacking. We designed and tested the first LAMP-based primer set for sex determination across the modern birds (NEO-W) based on a fragment of the gene chromo-helicase-DNA-binding protein located on the female-specific W chromosome. As nucleotide identity is expected to increase among more related taxa, taxonomically targeted primers were also developed for the Order Falconiformes and Families Psittacidae, Ciconiidae, Estrildidae and Icteridae as examples. NEO-W successfully determined sex in a subset of 21 species within 17 Families and 10 Orders and is therefore a candidate primer for all modern birds. Primer sets designed specifically for the selected taxa correctly assigned sex to the evaluated species. A short troubleshooting guide for new LAMP users is provided to identify false negatives and optimize LAMP reactions. This study represents the crucial next step towards the use of LAMP for molecular sex determination in birds and other applications in molecular ecology.
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- A Centeno-Cuadros
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain.,Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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Mueller JC, Edelaar P, Baños-Villalba A, Carrete M, Potti J, Blas J, Tella JL, Kempenaers B. Selection on a behaviour-related gene during the first stages of the biological invasion pathway. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:6110-6121. [PMID: 28926158 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Human-induced biological invasions are common worldwide and often have negative impacts on wildlife and human societies. Several studies have shown evidence for selection on invaders after introduction to the new range. However, selective processes already acting prior to introduction have been largely neglected. Here, we tested whether such early selection acts on known behaviour-related gene variants in the yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer), a pet-traded African songbird. We tested for nonrandom allele frequency changes after trapping, acclimation and survival in captivity. We also compared the native source population with two independent invasive populations. Allele frequencies of two SNPs in the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene-known to be linked to behavioural activity in response to novelty in this species-significantly changed over all early invasion stages. They also differed between the African native population and the two invading European populations. The two-locus genotype associated with reduced activity declined consistently, but strongest at the trapping stage. Overall genetic diversity did not substantially decrease, and there is little evidence for new alleles in the introduced populations, indicating that selection at the DRD4 gene predominantly worked on the standing genetic variation already present in the native population. Our study demonstrates selection on a behaviour-related gene during the first stages of a biological invasion. Thus, pre-establishment stages of a biological invasion do not only determine the number of propagules that are introduced (their quantity), but also their phenotypic and genetic characteristics (their quality).
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- Jakob C Mueller
- Department of Behavioural Ecology & Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.,Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology & Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany
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Abellán P, Tella JL, Carrete M, Cardador L, Anadón JD. Climate matching drives spread rate but not establishment success in recent unintentional bird introductions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:9385-9390. [PMID: 28784783 PMCID: PMC5584426 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704815114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Understanding factors driving successful invasions is one of the cornerstones of invasion biology. Bird invasions have been frequently used as study models, and the foundation of current knowledge largely relies on species purposefully introduced during the 19th and early 20th centuries in countries colonized by Europeans. However, the profile of exotic bird species has changed radically in the last decades, as birds are now mostly introduced into the invasion process through unplanned releases from the worldwide pet and avicultural trade. Here we assessed the role of the three main drivers of invasion success (i.e., event-, species-, and location-level factors) on the establishment and spatial spread of exotic birds using an unprecedented dataset recorded throughout the last 100 y in the Iberian Peninsula. Our multimodel inference phylogenetic approach showed that the barriers that need to be overcome by a species to successfully establish or spread are not the same. Whereas establishment is largely related to event-level factors, apparently stochastic features of the introduction (time since first introduction and propagule pressure) and to the origin of introduced species (wild-caught species show higher invasiveness than captive-bred ones), the spread across the invaded region seems to be determined by the extent to which climatic conditions in the new region resemble those of the species' native range. Overall, these results contrast with what we learned from successful deliberate introductions and highlight that different management interventions should apply at different invasion stages, the most efficient strategies being related to event-level factors.
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- Pedro Abellán
- Department of Biology, Queens College, City University of New York, New York, NY 11367;
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain
- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Queens College, City University of New York, New York, NY 11367
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Cardador L, Lattuada M, Strubbe D, Tella JL, Reino L, Figueira R, Carrete M. Regional Bans on Wild-Bird Trade Modify Invasion Risks at a Global Scale. Conserv Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Laura Cardador
- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- CEABN/InBIO, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada “Professor Baeta Neves”, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Universidade de Lisboa; Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa Portugal
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC); 41013 Seville Spain
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics; Justus Liebig University Giessen; D-35392 Giessen Germany
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark; University of Copenhagen; DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark
- Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology; Ghent University; B-9000 Ghent Belgium
- Department of Biology; Evolutionary Ecology Group; Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC); 41013 Seville Spain
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- CEABN/InBIO, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada “Professor Baeta Neves”, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Universidade de Lisboa; Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa Portugal
- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade de Évora; 7004-516 Évora Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- CEABN/InBIO, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada “Professor Baeta Neves”, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Universidade de Lisboa; Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa Portugal
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; 41013 Sevilla Spain
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Dyer EE, Cassey P, Redding DW, Collen B, Franks V, Gaston KJ, Jones KE, Kark S, Orme CDL, Blackburn TM. The Global Distribution and Drivers of Alien Bird Species Richness. PLoS Biol 2017; 15:e2000942. [PMID: 28081142 PMCID: PMC5230740 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Alien species are a major component of human-induced environmental change. Variation in the numbers of alien species found in different areas is likely to depend on a combination of anthropogenic and environmental factors, with anthropogenic factors affecting the number of species introduced to new locations, and when, and environmental factors influencing how many species are able to persist there. However, global spatial and temporal variation in the drivers of alien introduction and species richness remain poorly understood. Here, we analyse an extensive new database of alien birds to explore what determines the global distribution of alien species richness for an entire taxonomic class. We demonstrate that the locations of origin and introduction of alien birds, and their identities, were initially driven largely by European (mainly British) colonialism. However, recent introductions are a wider phenomenon, involving more species and countries, and driven in part by increasing economic activity. We find that, globally, alien bird species richness is currently highest at midlatitudes and is strongly determined by anthropogenic effects, most notably the number of species introduced (i.e., “colonisation pressure”). Nevertheless, environmental drivers are also important, with native and alien species richness being strongly and consistently positively associated. Our results demonstrate that colonisation pressure is key to understanding alien species richness, show that areas of high native species richness are not resistant to colonisation by alien species at the global scale, and emphasise the likely ongoing threats to global environments from introductions of species. The introduction of alien species is one of the primary ways in which human actions are changing the environment. Alien species have been responsible for numerous global and local extinctions and are eroding the uniqueness of many natural environments. There is thus a basic need to understand which areas end up with more alien species. Here, we use a major new global database on the distribution of alien birds to show, first, how patterns in the number of species introduced to a location (colonisation pressure) have changed over time. We show that historical introductions were driven largely by European, and especially British, colonialism. However, the rate of bird introductions is increasing, with shifts in the locations of origin and introduction of species probably driven by the cage bird trade. We then combine information on where bird species have been introduced with a global map of alien bird species richness to identify the main drivers of richness. We show that colonisation pressure is the strongest predictor of alien bird species richness, but that there are other anthropogenic and environmental drivers. Most notably, once colonisation pressure has been accounted for, alien bird species richness is higher in areas where native bird species richness is higher.
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- Ellie E. Dyer
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Conservation Science and Technology, and School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom
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- The Biodiversity Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and NESP Threatened Species hub, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom
- Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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Carpio AJ, Guerrero-Casado J, Barasona JA, Tortosa FS, Vicente J, Hillström L, Delibes-Mateos M. Hunting as a source of alien species: a European review. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1313-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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