Carneiro, L., Leroy, B., Capinha, C. et al. (14 more authors) (2025) Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. ISSN 0169-5347
Abstract
Biological invasions alter ecosystems by disrupting ecological processes that can degrade biodiversity, harm human health, and cause massive economic burdens. Existing frameworks to classify the ecological impacts either miss many types of impact or conflate mechanisms (causes) with the impacts themselves (consequences). We propose a comprehensive typology of 19 types of ecological impact across six levels of ecological organisation. This allows more accurate diagnosis of the cause of impact and can help triage management options to tackle each impact–mechanism combination. We integrated the typology with broad ecological concepts such as energy, mass, and information flow and storage. By highlighting cascading effects across multiple levels, this typology provides a clearer framework for documenting, and communicating invasion impacts, thereby improving management and research.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of an article published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
Keywords: | invasive alien species, non-native species, environmental effect, ecological impact classification, impact type |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) MR/X035662/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2025 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 29 May 2025 13:16 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.010 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224959 |
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