Troubling travellers: are ecologically harmful alien species associated with particular introduction pathways?

0479535 - BÚ 2018 RIV BG eng J - Journal Article
Pergl, Jan - Pyšek, Petr - Bacher, S. - Essl, F. - Genovesi, P. - Harrower, C. - Hulme, P. E. - Jeschke, J.M. - Kenis, M. - Kühn, I. - Perglová, Irena - Rabitsch, W. - Roques, A. - Roy, D. B. - Roy, H. E. - Vila, M. - Winter, M. - Nentwig, W.
Troubling travellers: are ecologically harmful alien species associated with particular introduction pathways?
Neobiota. Roč. 32, č. 1 (2017), s. 1-20. ISSN 1619-0033. E-ISSN 1314-2488
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G; GA ČR(CZ) GAP504/11/1028
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) AP1002; COST(XE) TD1209
Program: Akademická prémie - Praemium Academiae; FA
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : invasions * pathways * impact
OECD category: Biodiversity conservation
Impact factor: 3.405, year: 2017

Plants introduced by the pathways release, corridor and unaided were disproportionately more likely to have ecological impacts than those introduced as contaminants. In contrast, impacts were not associated with particular introduction pathways for invertebrates, mammals or fish. While for plants management strategies should be targeted towards the appropriate pathways, for animals, management should focus on reducing the total number of taxa introduced, targeting those pathways responsible for high numbers of introductions. However, regardless of taxonomic group, having multiple introduction pathways increases the likelihood of the species having an ecological impact.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0277866