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Jamie K. Reaser - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Envisioning a national Invasive Species information framework
Biological Invasions, 2020Co-Authors: Jamie K. Reaser, Annie Simpson, Gerald F. Guala, Jeffrey T. Morisette, Pam FullerAbstract:With a view toward creating a national Early Detection and Rapid Response Program (EDRR) program, the United States National Invasive Species Council Management Plan for 2016–2018 calls for a series of assessments of federal EDRR capacities, including the evaluation of “relevant federal information systems to provide the data and other information necessary for risk analyses/horizon scanning, rapid specimen identification, and rapid response planning.” This paper is a response to that directive. We provide an overview of information management needs for enacting EDRR and discuss challenges to meeting these needs. We then review the history of relevant US policy directives for advancing Invasive Species information systems and provide an overview of federal Invasive Species information system capacities, including current gaps and inconsistencies. We conclude with a summary of key principles and needs for establishing a national Invasive Species information framework. Our findings are consistent with earlier studies and, thus, emphasize the need to act on long-recognized needs. As a supplement to this paper, we have cataloged federal Invasive Species databases and information tools identified through this work.
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A global strategy to defeat Invasive Species.
Science (New York N.Y.), 2001Co-Authors: Jeffrey K. Waage, Jamie K. ReaserAbstract:In “black carp and sick cows” (Editorial, 13 Apr., p. [169][1]), Donald Kennedy illustrates that globalization of trade, travel, and transport can have unintended negative consequences, namely, the relocation and establishment of Invasive Species ([1][2]). He is justifiably concerned that there is too little awareness of this international threat and no general strategy for dealing with the invaders. In 1996, this same concern was voiced by representatives of 80 countries and the United Nations ([2][3]). This led The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, The World Conservation Union, CAB International, and Invasive Species experts from a wide array of disciplines to establish the Global Invasive Species Program (GISP) in 1997. GISP's mission is to employ its scientific and technical expertise to increase the ability of all nations to minimize the spread and impact of Invasive Species. In its first phase of operations, GISP has produced four books ([3][4]) and designed a database for the world's worst invaders ( ) and a toolkit of best management practices. GISP's global strategy recommends actions that governments and other bodies can take to address the Invasive Species problem. Its recommendations informed the development of the United States' first national Invasive Species management plan, released by the National Invasive Species Council in January (available at ). GISP's studies indicate that prevention is more economical and feasible than controlling outbreaks of Invasives. Thus, the improvement of prevention systems and their expansion to incorporate agricultural and environmental threats should be an international goal. Many Invasive Species have “lag periods” after introduction when small populations can be eradicated or contained; therefore, limited resources are best expended to detect and respond to newly established Invasives. Ultimately, a nation's ability to address its Invasive Species problems is determined by its access to global information sources, the strength of its taxonomic capacity, and its willingness to cooperate with other countries. 1. [↵][5]“Invasive Species” means an alien (non-native) Species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. U.S. Executive Order 13112, 3 Feb. 1999. 2. [↵][6]1. O. T. Sandland 2. et al. , Ed. Norway/United Nations Conference on Alien Species (Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management and Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway, 1996). 3. [↵][7]1. J.A. McNeely , Ed. The Great Reshuffling: Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species (World Conservation Union, Cambridge, MA, 2001) H. A. Mooney, R. J. Hobbs, Eds., Invasive Species in a Changing World (Island Press, Washington, DC, 2000);C. Perrings et al., Eds., The Economics of Biological Invasions (Edwar Elgar, Northampton, MA, 2000);C. Shine et al., A Guide to Designing Legal and Institutional Frameworks on Alien Invasive Species (IUCN, World Conservation Union, Bonn, Germany, 2000). [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.292.5515.169 [2]: #ref-1 [3]: #ref-2 [4]: #ref-3 [5]: #xref-ref-1-1 "View reference 1 in text" [6]: #xref-ref-2-1 "View reference 2 in text" [7]: #xref-ref-3-1 "View reference 3 in text"
Sylvaine Giakoumi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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management priorities for marine Invasive Species
Science of The Total Environment, 2019Co-Authors: Sylvaine Giakoumi, Stelios Katsanevakis, Paolo G Albano, Ernesto Azzurro, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Emma Cebrian, Alan Deidun, Dor Edelist, Patrice FrancourAbstract:Managing Invasive alien Species is particularly challenging in the ocean mainly because marine ecosystems are highly connected across broad spatial scales. Eradication of marine Invasive Species has only been achieved when Species were detected early, and management responded rapidly. Generalized approaches, transferable across marine regions, for prioritizing actions to control Invasive populations are currently lacking. Here, expert knowledge was elicited to prioritize 11 management actions for controlling 12 model Species, distinguished by differences in dispersion capacity, distribution in the area to be managed, and taxonomic identity. Each action was assessed using five criteria (effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, impacts on native communities, and cost), which were combined in an ‘applicability’ metric. Raising public awareness and encouraging the commercial use of Invasive Species were highly prioritized, whereas biological control actions were considered the least applicable. Our findings can guide rapid decision-making on prioritizing management options for the control of Invasive Species especially at early stages of invasion, when reducing managers' response time is critical.
Patrice Francour - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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management priorities for marine Invasive Species
Science of The Total Environment, 2019Co-Authors: Sylvaine Giakoumi, Stelios Katsanevakis, Paolo G Albano, Ernesto Azzurro, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Emma Cebrian, Alan Deidun, Dor Edelist, Patrice FrancourAbstract:Managing Invasive alien Species is particularly challenging in the ocean mainly because marine ecosystems are highly connected across broad spatial scales. Eradication of marine Invasive Species has only been achieved when Species were detected early, and management responded rapidly. Generalized approaches, transferable across marine regions, for prioritizing actions to control Invasive populations are currently lacking. Here, expert knowledge was elicited to prioritize 11 management actions for controlling 12 model Species, distinguished by differences in dispersion capacity, distribution in the area to be managed, and taxonomic identity. Each action was assessed using five criteria (effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, impacts on native communities, and cost), which were combined in an ‘applicability’ metric. Raising public awareness and encouraging the commercial use of Invasive Species were highly prioritized, whereas biological control actions were considered the least applicable. Our findings can guide rapid decision-making on prioritizing management options for the control of Invasive Species especially at early stages of invasion, when reducing managers' response time is critical.
Reuben P Keller - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Invasive Species in Europe: ecology, status, and policy
Environmental Sciences Europe, 2011Co-Authors: Reuben P Keller, Juergen Geist, Johnathan M Jeschke, Ingolf KühnAbstract:Globalization of trade and travel has facilitated the spread of non-native Species across the earth. A proportion of these Species become established and cause serious environmental, economic, and human health impacts. These Species are referred to as Invasive, and are now recognized as one of the major drivers of biodiversity change across the globe. As a long-time centre for trade, Europe has seen the introduction and subsequent establishment of at least several thousand non-native Species. These range in taxonomy from viruses and bacteria to fungi, plants, and animals. Although Invasive Species cause major negative impacts across all regions of Europe, they also offer scientists the opportunity to develop and test theory about how Species enter and leave communities, how non-native and native Species interact with each other, and how different types of Species affect ecosystem functions. For these reasons, there has been recent growth in the field of invasion biology as scientists work to understand the process of invasion, the changes that Invasive Species cause to their recipient ecosystems, and the ways that the problems of Invasive Species can be reduced. This review covers the process and drivers of Species invasions in Europe, the socio-economic factors that make some regions particularly strongly invaded, and the ecological factors that make some Species particularly Invasive. We describe the impacts of Invasive Species in Europe, the difficulties involved in reducing these impacts, and explain the policy options currently being considered. We outline the reasons that Invasive Species create unique policy challenges, and suggest some rules of thumb for designing and implementing management programs. If new management programs are not enacted in Europe, it is inevitable that more Invasive Species will arrive, and that the total economic, environmental, and human health impacts from these Species will continue to grow.
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bioeconomics of Invasive Species integrating ecology economics policy and management
2009Co-Authors: Reuben P Keller, David M. Lodge, Jason F. ShogrenAbstract:FOREWORD 1. Introduction to Biological Invasions: Biological, Economic, and Social Perspectives 2. Integrating Economics and Biology for Invasive Species Management 3. Trait-Based Risk Assessment for Invasive Species 4. Identifying Suitable Habitat for Invasive Species Using Ecological Niche Models and the Policy Implications of Range Forecasts 5. Stochastic Models of Propagule Pressure and Establishment 6. Estimating Dispersal and Predicting Spread of Nonindigenous Species 7. Uncertain Invasions: A Biological Perspective 8. Economic Valuation and Invasive Species 9. Modeling Integrated Decision-making Responses to Invasive Species 10. The Laurentian Great Lakes as a Case Study of Biological Invasion 11. A Case Study on Rusty Crayfish: Interactions between Empiricists and Theoreticians 12. Advances in Ecological and Economical Analysis of Invasive Species: Dreissenid Mussels as a Case Study 13. Putting Bioeconomic Research into Practice
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Can ecologists heat up the discussion on Invasive Species risk
Risk Analysis, 2005Co-Authors: Jonathan M. Bossenbroek, J. Mcnulty, Reuben P KellerAbstract:Ecologists predict that Invasive Species and global climate change will be two of the leading drivers of global biodiversity loss over the next century (Sala et al., 2000). Society, however, has responded to these two threats in a very uneven way; global climate change has become a major focus of public policy, while problems from Invasive Species remain poorly addressed. This discrepancy is emphasized by the Kyoto Protocol, which brought 160 nations together in 1997 to create a program for worldwide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Despite the fact that ecologists have recognized Invasive Species as a serious problem since the 1950s (Elton, 1958), there has been no international effort comparable to the Kyoto Protocol to reduce their impacts. This discrepancy is also reflected at the national scale—this fiscal year the United States will spend close to $2 billion on climate change research (CCSP, 2004), while only $227 million is budgeted for Invasive Species research (NISC, 2005). In this editorial, we ask why ecologists have had so little success communicating the problems of Invasive Species to society, and offer some suggestions for how ecologists can be more effective at this in the future. Communicating the risks from Invasive Species is complicated. Each Invasive Species has different impacts, and there are many diverse vectors of introduction. In our experience, members of the general public are aware of a few specific examples of Invasive Species, but few people understand the global scale of vectors and impacts. In contrast, ecologists are
Annie Simpson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Envisioning a national Invasive Species information framework
Biological Invasions, 2020Co-Authors: Jamie K. Reaser, Annie Simpson, Gerald F. Guala, Jeffrey T. Morisette, Pam FullerAbstract:With a view toward creating a national Early Detection and Rapid Response Program (EDRR) program, the United States National Invasive Species Council Management Plan for 2016–2018 calls for a series of assessments of federal EDRR capacities, including the evaluation of “relevant federal information systems to provide the data and other information necessary for risk analyses/horizon scanning, rapid specimen identification, and rapid response planning.” This paper is a response to that directive. We provide an overview of information management needs for enacting EDRR and discuss challenges to meeting these needs. We then review the history of relevant US policy directives for advancing Invasive Species information systems and provide an overview of federal Invasive Species information system capacities, including current gaps and inconsistencies. We conclude with a summary of key principles and needs for establishing a national Invasive Species information framework. Our findings are consistent with earlier studies and, thus, emphasize the need to act on long-recognized needs. As a supplement to this paper, we have cataloged federal Invasive Species databases and information tools identified through this work.
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Vision of a Cyberinfrastructure for Nonnative, Invasive Species Management
BioScience, 2008Co-Authors: Jim Graham, Catherine S. Jarnevich, Annie Simpson, Alycia W. Crall, Greg Newman, Thomas J. StohlgrenAbstract:ABSTRACT Although the quantity of data on the location, status, and management of Invasive Species is ever increasing, Invasive Species data sets are often difficult to obtain and integrate. A cyberinfrastructure for such information could make these data available for Internet users. The data can be used to create regional watch lists, to send e-mail alerts when a new Species enters a region, to construct models of Species' current and future distributions, and to inform management. Although the exchange of environmental data over the Internet in the form of raster data is maturing, and the exchange of Species occurrence data is developing quickly, there is room for improvement. In this article, we present a vision for a comprehensive Invasive Species cyberinfrastructure that is capable of accessing data effectively, creating models of Invasive Species spread, and distributing this information.
