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Impact of biological invasions on ecosystem services

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    SYSNO ASEP0483472
    Document TypeM - Monograph Chapter
    R&D Document TypeMonograph Chapter
    TitleDisplacement and local extinction of native and endemic species
    Author(s) Pyšek, Petr (BU-J) RID, ORCID
    Blackburn, T. M. (GB)
    García-Berthou, E. (ES)
    Perglová, Irena (BU-J) RID
    Rabitsch, W. (AT)
    Source TitleImpact of biological invasions on ecosystem services. - Cham : Springer, 2017 / Vila M. ; Hulme P. E. - ISBN 978-3-319-45121-3
    Pagess. 157-175
    Number of pages19 s.
    Number of pages341
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryCH - Switzerland
    Keywordsbiological invasions ; extinction ; impact
    Subject RIVEH - Ecology, Behaviour
    OECD categoryEcology
    R&D ProjectsGB14-36079G GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportBU-J - RVO:67985939
    UT WOS000416348700014
    DOI10.1007/978-3-319-45121-3_10
    AnnotationThe observational evidence on non-native plants, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks earthworms, and insects as drivers of population declines or extinctions of native taxa suggests that non-native predators are far more likely to cause the extinction of native species than non-native competitors. Notable examples of such taxa include non-native vertebrates and mollusks as mainly predators and plants and insects as mainly competitors. The most vulnerable species are insular endemics, presumably because of the lack of coevolution between introduced predator and native prey. Island-like situations contribute to severe impacts because the affected native taxa have nowhere to escape. The presence of dormant stages in plants makes it possible to escape unfavourable conditions over time and might contribute to the lack of clear evidence of native plant species driven to extinction by plant invaders. Overall, robust evidence has accumulated during the past few decades that non-native species are drivers of local and global extinctions of threatened, often endemic, native species.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Botany
    ContactMartina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8
    Year of Publishing2018
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