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Alien versus native species as drivers of recent extinctions by Blackburn, Tim M, Bellard, Céline, Ricciardi, Anthony

“…Native plants and animals can rapidly become superabundant and dominate ecosystems, leading to claims that native species are no less likely than alien species…”
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Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions by Bellard, Céline, Cassey, Phillip, Blackburn, Tim M.

“…We assessed the prevalence of alien species as a driver of recent extinctions in five major taxa (plants, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals), using data…”
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Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems by Gibb, Rory, Redding, David W., Chin, Kai Qing, Donnelly, Christl A., Blackburn, Tim M., Newbold, Tim, Jones, Kate E.

“…Land use change—for example, the conversion of natural habitats to agricultural or urban ecosystems—is widely recognized to influence the risk and emergence of…”
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Dissecting the null model for biological invasions: A meta-analysis of the propagule pressure effect by Cassey, Phillip, Delean, Steven, Lockwood, Julie L, Sadowski, Jason S, Blackburn, Tim M

“…A consistent determinant of the establishment success of alien species appears to be the number of individuals that are introduced to found a population…”
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The influence of numbers on invasion success by Blackburn, Tim M., Lockwood, Julie L., Cassey, Phillip

“…The process by which a species becomes a biological invader, at a location where it does not naturally occur, can be divided into a series of sequential stages…”
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Scientists' warning on invasive alien species by Pyšek, Petr, Hulme, Philip E., Simberloff, Dan, Bacher, Sven, Blackburn, Tim M., Carlton, James T., Dawson, Wayne, Essl, Franz, Foxcroft, Llewellyn C., Genovesi, Piero, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Kühn, Ingolf, Liebhold, Andrew M., Mandrak, Nicholas E., Meyerson, Laura A., Pauchard, Aníbal, Pergl, Jan, Roy, Helen E., Seebens, Hanno, Kleunen, Mark, Vilà, Montserrat, Wingfield, Michael J., Richardson, David M.

“…ABSTRACT Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the rise in human population size. The numbers of invasive alien…”
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Climatic Predictors of Temperature Performance Curve Parameters in Ectotherms Imply Complex Responses to Climate Change by Clusella-Trullas, Susana, Blackburn, Tim M., Chown, Steven L.

“…Determining organismal responses to climate change is one of biology’s greatest challenges. Recent forecasts for future climates emphasize altered temperature…”
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Animal invaders threaten protected areas worldwide by Liu, Xuan, Blackburn, Tim M., Song, Tianjian, Wang, Xuyu, Huang, Cong, Li, Yiming

“…Protected areas are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. However, alien species invasion is an increasing threat to biodiversity, and the extent to…”
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On the island biogeography of aliens: a global analysis of the richness of plant and bird species on oceanic islands by Blackburn, Tim M, Steven Delean, Petr Pyšek, Phillip Cassey

“…AIM: (1) To characterize the relationship(s) between species richness and area for alien plant and bird species on islands, and to identify commonalities and…”
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A proposed unified framework for biological invasions by Blackburn, Tim M., Pyšek, Petr, Bacher, Sven, Carlton, James T., Duncan, Richard P., Jarošík, Vojtěch, Wilson, John R.U., Richardson, David M.

“…There has been a dramatic growth in research on biological invasions over the past 20 years, but a mature understanding of the field has been hampered because…”
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more you introduce the more you get: the role of colonization pressure and propagule pressure in invasion ecology by Lockwood, Julie L., Cassey, Phillip, Blackburn, Tim M.

“…We argue that 'propagule pressure', a key term in invasion biology, has been attributed at least three distinct definitions (with usage of a related term…”
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A unified classification of alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts by Blackburn, Tim M, Essl, Franz, Evans, Thomas, Hulme, Philip E, Jeschke, Jonathan M, Kühn, Ingolf, Kumschick, Sabrina, Marková, Zuzana, Mrugała, Agata, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Ricciardi, Anthony, Richardson, David M, Sendek, Agnieszka, Vilà, Montserrat, Wilson, John R U, Winter, Marten, Genovesi, Piero, Bacher, Sven

“…Species moved by human activities beyond the limits of their native geographic ranges into areas in which they do not naturally occur (termed aliens) can cause…”
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Magnitude and variation of prehistoric bird extinctions in the Pacific by Duncan, Richard P., Boyer, Alison G., Blackburn, Tim M.

“…The largest extinction event in the Holocene occurred on Pacific islands, where Late Quaternary fossils reveal the loss of thousands of bird populations…”
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Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species by JESCHKE, JONATHAN M, BACHER, SVEN, BLACKBURN, TIM M, DICK, JAIMIE T. A, ESSL, FRANZ, EVANS, THOMAS, GAERTNER, MIRIJAM, HULME, PHILIP E, KÜHN, INGOLF, MRUGAŁA, AGATA, PERGL, JAN, PYŠEK, PETR, RABITSCH, WOLFGANG, RICCIARDI, ANTHONY, RICHARDSON, DAVID M, SENDEK, AGNIESZKA, VILÀ, MONTSERRAT, WINTER, MARTEN, KUMSCHICK, SABRINA

“…Non‐native species cause changes in the ecosystems to which they are introduced. These changes, or some of them, are usually termed impacts; they can be…”
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The Global Distribution and Drivers of Alien Bird Species Richness by Dyer, Ellie E, Cassey, Phillip, Redding, David W, Collen, Ben, Franks, Victoria, Gaston, Kevin J, Jones, Kate E, Kark, Salit, Orme, C David L, Blackburn, Tim M

“…Alien species are a major component of human-induced environmental change. Variation in the numbers of alien species found in different areas is likely to…”
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The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide by Liu, Daijun, Semenchuk, Philipp, Essl, Franz, Lenzner, Bernd, Moser, Dietmar, Blackburn, Tim M., Cassey, Phillip, Biancolini, Dino, Capinha, César, Dawson, Wayne, Dyer, Ellie E., Guénard, Benoit, Economo, Evan P., Kreft, Holger, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, van Kleunen, Mark, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Rondinini, Carlo, Seebens, Hanno, Weigelt, Patrick, Winter, Marten, Purvis, Andy, Dullinger, Stefan

“…While the regional distribution of non-native species is increasingly well documented for some taxa, global analyses of non-native species in local assemblages…”
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Going cheap: determinants of bird price in the Taiwanese pet market by Su, Shan, Cassey, Phillip, Vall-Llosera, Miquel, Blackburn, Tim M

“…International wildlife trade is the largest emerging source of vertebrate invasive alien species. In order to prevent invasions, it is essential to understand…”
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Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of human-driven extinction waves by Cooke, Rob, Sayol, Ferran, Andermann, Tobias, Blackburn, Tim M., Steinbauer, Manuel J., Antonelli, Alexandre, Faurby, Søren

“…Birds are among the best-studied animal groups, but their prehistoric diversity is poorly known due to low fossilization potential. Hence, while many…”
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Phylogenetically Informed Analysis of the Allometry of Mammalian Basal Metabolic Rate Supports Neither Geometric Nor Quarter-Power Scaling by White, Craig R., Blackburn, Tim M., Seymour, Roger S.

“…The form of the relationship between the basal metabolic rate (BMR) and body mass (M) of mammals has been at issue for almost seven decades, with debate…”
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Quantifying global colonization pressures of alien vertebrates from wildlife trade by Li, Yiming, Blackburn, Tim M., Luo, Zexu, Song, Tianjian, Watters, Freyja, Li, Wenhao, Deng, Teng, Luo, Zhenhua, Li, Yuanyi, Du, Jiacong, Niu, Meiling, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Jinyu, Yang, Jiaxue, Wang, Siqi

“…The global trade in live wildlife elevates the risk of biological invasions by increasing colonization pressure (the number of alien species introduced to an…”
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