ArticleEnvironmental sciences Europe2023
Unveiling the hidden economic toll of biological invasions in the European Union.
Article in Environmental sciences Europe, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Analysing factors underlying the reporting of established non-native species.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Public perception and acceptance of coypu Myocastor coypus removal in urban areas: influences of age and education.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2024Article
- Ecological features facilitating spread of alien plants along Mediterranean mountain roads.Biological invasions · 2024Article
- Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions.Bioscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Biological invasions threaten the functioning of ecosystems, biodiversity, and human well-being by degrading ecosystem services and eliciting massive economic costs. The European Union has historically been a hub for cultural development and global trade, and thus, has extensive opportunities for the introduction and spread of alien species. While reported costs of biological invasions to some member states have been recently assessed, ongoing knowledge gaps in taxonomic and spatio-temporal data suggest that these costs were considerably underestimated. Results: We used the latest available cost data in Conclusions: Our corrected estimate of observed costs was potentially 501% higher (US$28.0 billion) than currently recorded. Using future projections of current estimates, we also identified a substantial increase in costs and costly species (US$148.2 billion) by 2040. We urge that cost reporting be improved to clarify the economic impacts of greatest concern, concomitant with coordinated international action to prevent and mitigate the impacts of invasive alien species in the European Union and globally. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12302-023-00750-3.
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