No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide

0479357 - BÚ 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Seebens, H. - Blackburn, T. M. - Dyer, E. E. - Genovesi, P. - Hulme, P. E. - Jeschke, J.M. - Pagad, S. - Pyšek, Petr - Winter, M. - Arianoutsou, M. - Bacher, S. - Blasius, B. - Brundu, G. - Capinha, C. - Celesti-Grapow, L. - Dawson, W. - Dullinger, S. - Fuentes, N. - Jäger, H. - Kartesz, J. - Kenis, M. - Kreft, H. - Kühn, I. - Lenzner, B. - Leibhold, A. - Mosena, A. - Moser, D. - Nishino, M. - Pearman, D. - Pergl, Jan - Rabitsch, W. - Rojas-Sandoval, J. - Roques, A. - Rorke, S. - Rossinelli, s. - Roy, H. E. - Sclarea, R. - Schindler, S. - Štajerová, Kateřina - Tokarska-Guzik, B. - van Kleunen, M. - Walker, K. - Weigelt, P. - Yamanaka, T. - Essl, F.
No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.
Nature Communications. Roč. 8, FEB 15 (2017), s. 1-9, č. článku 14435. E-ISSN 2041-1723
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G; GA ČR(CZ) GAP505/11/1112
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) AP1002
Program: Akademická prémie - Praemium Academiae
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : alien species * globalization * temporal trends
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 12.353, year: 2017

Using a novel database of 45,813 first records of 16,926 established alien species, we show that the annual rate of first records worldwide has increased during the last 200 years, with 37% of all first records reported most recently (1970–2014). Inter-continental and inter-taxonomic variation can be largely attributed to the diaspora of European settlers in the nineteenth century and to the acceleration in trade in the twentieth century. For all taxonomic groups, the increase in numbers of alien species does not show any sign of saturation and most taxa even show increases in the rate of first records over time.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0277862