Biological invasions and natural colonisations are different: the need for invasion science

0464412 - BÚ 2017 RIV BG eng J - Journal Article
Wilson, J. R. U. - García-Díaz, P. - Cassey, P. - Richardson, D. M. - Pyšek, Petr - Blackburn, T. M.
Biological invasions and natural colonisations are different: the need for invasion science.
Neobiota. Roč. 31, č. 1 (2016), s. 87-98. ISSN 1619-0033. E-ISSN 1314-2488
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) AP1002
Program: Akademická prémie - Praemium Academiae
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : biological invasions * species spread * colonization
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

In a recent Discussion Paper, Hoffmann and Courchamp (2016) posed the question: are biological invasions and natural colonisations that different? This apparently simple question resonates at the core of the biological study of human-induced global change, and we strongly believe that the answer is yes: biologi¬cal invasions and natural colonisations differ in processes and mechanisms in ways that are crucial for science, management, and policy. Invasion biology has, over time, developed into the broader transdisci¬plinary field of invasion science. At the heart of invasion science is the realisation that biological invasions are not just a biological phenomenon: the human dimension of invasions is a fundamental component in the social-ecological systems in which invasions need to be understood and managed.
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