Title

Assessing Invasive Alien Species Across Multiple Spatial Scales: Working Globally And Locally

Abstract

Quantitative investigations on invasive alien species (IAS) across multiple spatial scales are needed because biological invasions often encompass enormous expanses in both donor and invaded ranges and because the immigrants may be carried great distances between these ranges. Although invasion biology is rich in anecdotes, translation of this information into generalizations remains limited by technical shortcomings in data acquisition, inconsistent data assembly, and the continuing search for meaningful indices of the impact of IAS. Much better justification of and greater opportunities to combat IAS could be achieved by distilling all information for IAS into spatially explicit case histories and synthetic predictions on the epidemiology and consequences of biological invasions for public review, discussion, and action. © The Ecological Society of America.

Publication Date

5-1-2007

Publication Title

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volume

5

Issue

4

Number of Pages

217-220

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[217:AIASAM]2.0.CO;2

Socpus ID

34249016621 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34249016621

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