Search Results - "Genovesi, Piero"
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Plant invasion science in protected areas: progress and priorities
Published in Biological invasions (01-05-2017)“…Invasive alien species are a major problem for managers of protected areas (PAs) worldwide. Until the 1980s biological invasions were widely considered to be…”
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Scientists' warning on invasive alien species
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-12-2020)“…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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Prioritizing species, pathways, and sites to achieve conservation targets for biological invasion
Published in Biological invasions (01-02-2016)“…Prioritization is indispensable for the management of biological invasions, as recognized by the Convention on Biological Diversity, its current strategic…”
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Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward
Published in Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) (01-01-2013)“…Study of the impacts of biological invasions, a pervasive component of global change, has generated remarkable understanding of the mechanisms and consequences…”
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Eradications of invasive alien species in Europe: a review
Published in Biological invasions (01-01-2005)“…Eradication of alien species is a key conservation tool to mitigate the impacts caused by biologic invasions. The aim of the present paper is to review the…”
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A unified classification of alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts
Published in PLoS biology (01-05-2014)“…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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The 100th of the world’s worst invasive alien species
Published in Biological invasions (01-05-2014)“…Biological invasions are among the greatest threats to global biodiversity, but in contrast to most other global threats, they suffer from specific…”
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Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-04-2016)“…More than US$21 billion is spent annually on biodiversity conservation. Despite their importance for preventing or slowing extinctions and preserving…”
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Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management
Published in Biological invasions (01-05-2020)“…Our ability to predict invasions has been hindered by the seemingly idiosyncratic context-dependency of individual invasions. However, we argue that robust and…”
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Assessing patterns in introduction pathways of alien species by linking major invasion data bases
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-04-2017)“…1. Preventing the arrival of invasive alien species (IAS) is a major priority in managing biological invasions. However, information on introduction pathways…”
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Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-01-2011)“…Globalization and economic growth are widely recognized as important drivers of biological invasions. Consequently, there is an increasing need for governments…”
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The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool
Published in Scientific reports (10-08-2022)“…Islands are global hotspots for biodiversity and extinction, representing ~ 5% of Earth’s land area alongside 40% of globally threatened vertebrates and 61% of…”
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How well do we understand the impacts of alien species on ecosystem services? A pan-European, cross-taxa assessment
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-04-2010)“…Recent comprehensive data provided through the DAISIE project (www.europe-aliens.org) have facilitated the development of the first pan-European assessment of…”
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Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-07-2010)“…The accelerating rates of international trade, travel, and transport in the latter half of the twentieth century have led to the progressive mixing of biota…”
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Invasive Rodent Eradication on Islands
Published in Conservation biology (01-10-2007)“…Invasive mammals are the greatest threat to island biodiversity and invasive rodents are likely responsible for the greatest number of extinctions and…”
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Scaling-up targets for a threatened butterfly: A method to define Favourable Reference Values
Published in Ecological indicators (01-12-2021)“…[Display omitted] •The Habitats Directive aims at species' Favourable Conservation Status (FCS).•Favourable Reference Values (FRV) are a tool for assessing the…”
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Global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees to prevent tree invasions and mitigate their negative impacts
Published in NeoBiota (08-10-2020)“…Sustainably managed non-native trees deliver economic and societal benefits with limited risk of spread to adjoining areas. However, some plantations have…”
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)’s Post-2020 target on invasive alien species – what should it include and how should it be monitored?
Published in NeoBiota (15-10-2020)“…The year 2020 and the next few years are critical for the development of the global biodiversity policy agenda until the mid-21 st century, with countries…”
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Biodiversity assessments: Origin matters
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Country Compendium of the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Published in Scientific data (09-07-2022)“…The Country Compendium of the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) is a collation of data across 196 individual country checklists of…”
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