The invasion continues: Alien species expected to increase by 36% until 2050
5 October 2020
Compared to the year 2005, the number of alien species is expected to increase by 36% by the middle of this century. The majority of these newcomers are insects. These are the results of a study by an international team of researchers led by Dr Hanno Seebens of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Germany.
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Scientists warn of increasing threats posed by invasive alien species
26 June 2020
Invasive alien species are one of the top five threats to biodiversity and ecosystems globally, yet only a handful of countries regard biosecurity measures as a priority.
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Identifying invasion syndromes to improve our capacity of understanding and managing biological invasions
2 April 2020
For decades, invasion scientists have been trying to identify generalisations that can allow us to understand which species will become invasive in the future, where and how they will be introduced, which impacts they will have in the invaded areas, and how we can efficiently manage them.
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Digging into the causes of plant invasion effects on native biodiversity: alien plants as temperature modifiers
2 October 2019
With a changing climate it becomes even more important to understand how animals experience temperature on the ground. On a warm summer's day, air temperature sensors might reach 30°C or more, yet a lizard will feel the heat differently in its own environment.
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Anthropic plant extinctions differ quantitatively and qualitatively between biodiversity hot- and coldspots
23 August 2019
In a paper recently published in Current Biology, an international team led by C·I·B research associate Jaco Le Roux and postdoctoral fellow Heidi Hirsch contrasted the patterns and dynamics of plant extinctions between biodiversity hot- and coldspots.
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What is Invasion Biology?
Invasion biology is the study of both the species that become invasive in a system and their impacts on the system they have invaded, as well as the remediation of such invasions.