... /Saale. For the first time it is now possible to get a comprehensive overview of which alien species are present in Europe, their impacts and consequences for the environment and society. More than 11 ...
... loss or fragmentation, especially given the predictions that climate change will simultaneously promote the expansion of invasive alien species and greater extinction rates in others," he says.
... and recreational boating have led to an army of marine alien species hitchhiking around the globe. Now ... waves a hidden invasion of non-native species is taking place around our shores.
"Many marine ...
... the researchers and their publication in the journal Preslia. By contrast, in 1980 only 1568 alien species were registered. Of these, 580 had come from outside Europe. According to the researchers, ...
... and – in extreme cases – ecosystem "meltdown". As a result, control or eradication of invasive alien species is widely undertaken. However, important lessons must be learned from events on Macquarie ...
... results and utilize them to strengthen inspection activities at airports in order to protect the world from the devastating impacts of alien species on natural ecosystems as well as on human health."
... results and utilize them to strengthen inspection activities at airports, in order to protect the world from the devastating impacts of alien species on natural ecosystems as well as on human health."
... coordinating body a necessity"
The authors of the paper, who recently edited the Handbook of Alien Species in Europe2, recommend the European Parliament and Council give serious consideration to the ...
Deliberately introduced to hunt beetles, invasive cane toad populations have exploded in Australia. Now scientists propose attacking the alien species with ants that feast on cane toad flesh.Video.
... crop losses in the United Kingdom due to alien arthropods at €2.8 billion (about $3.7 ... million ($197 million).
The authors also describe the alien species generating the highest reported financial ...
While the implications of climate change for biodiversity have been widely recognised, the insidious effect of invasive alien species (IAS) on global biodiversity stays under the radar...
... legal protection under national or international law. Agricultural development, logging, invasive alien species, and unsustainable hunting and trapping are the main threats to bird species and IBAs ...
New smart-phone applications may enable the public to help
scientists monitor invasive species and collect data in a fraction
of the time it normally takes. Video.
Giant alien snakes--some of which have been known to kill
humans--could easily colonize Florida and other parts of the United
States, a new report says.
Jamaica and four other Caribbean countries have been granted US$1.7 million to reduce the biodiversity threat of invasive alien species.
