Introduction, spread, and impacts of invasive alien mammal species in Europe

Great study by @lisatede 👇
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RT @lisatede
🚨New Article🚨I’m excited to share my 1st first-author paper from my PhD, now published for @Mammal_Society!
👉Read it here http://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12277
Thanks to my amazing team @Dino_Biancolini @FranzEssl1 @carlo_rondinini
#SciComm #InvasionScience
https://twitter.com/lisatede/status/1463472046688673794

Fewer botanists reflects a larger problem caused by reduced academic training in taxonomy & organismal biology. The problem is acute for invertebrates and other inconspicuous (but potentially ecologically & economically important) taxa.

This erosion of expertise ("the Taxonomic Impediment") cannot be compensated by molecular technologies and threatens to undermine biosecurity. We identified it is a priority issue for #invasionscience in this article: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/er-2020-0088. #invasivespecies

5] The dispersal patterns, colonization dynamics, and
impacts of this global invasion can be explained using the same models, theories, concepts developed for invasive species in general. Humans are both invaders and superfacilitators of other invaders.

Recognizing humans as an #invasivespecies may be uncomfortable politically & philosophically, but it is consistent with ecology, evolutionary biology, and #invasionscience

This 2021 paper exemplifies the benefits of working with a great international team of collaborators. We describe 4 priority areas to advance #invasionscience in the face of rapid environmental change.

The field must evolve to meet the challenges of conserving biodiversity & ecosystem function, and reducing impacts on regional economies & human health, under unprecedented rates of invasion & potential synergies with other stressors incl climate change (https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/er-2020-0088) #invasivespecies

RT @AdriaensTim
teasing introduction to #SENs discussing applications in #invasionscience @InvasiBES @AlienScenarios

In a new era of exploration for extraterrestrial life (e.g. Mars return missions), there is a need to manage the risks of organisms being transported via space travel to and from Earth.

In a paper published earlier this year, my colleagues & I suggest that #invasionscience could be applied in collaboration with #astrobiology to enhance #biosecurity at planetary/interplanetary scales.

Here is a link to the article: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/3/247/6413826 @alienspecies

#Introduction
I am a PhD student at the University of Iceland working on alien European flounder in Iceland 🐟🇮🇸
somewhere between genetics and acoustic telemetry with increasing interest in human dimensions of #AlienSpecies @alienspecies

At #NeoBiota2022 I started a survey among #invasionscience community about defining a 🐟 in 🇮🇸 under uncertainty whether it arrived naturally or was introduced

If you work with #invasivespecies & have ~5min, take part! PLS retweet 🙂🇮🇸🐟
https://forms.office.com/r/dBSzVfsGvh