Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward

Daniel Simberloff (1) , Jean-Louis Martin (2) , Piero Genovesi (3) , Virginie Maris (2) , David A. Wardle (4) , James Aronson (2, 5) , Franck Courchamp (6) , Bella Galil (7) , Emili García-Berthou (8) , Michel Pascal (9) , Petr Pyšek (10, 11) , Ronaldo Sousa (12, 13) , Eric Tabacchi (14) , Montserrat Vilà (15)

1 The University of Tennessee [Knoxville]
2 CEFE - Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
3 IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
4 SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
5 Missouri Botanical Garden
6 ESE - Ecologie Systématique et Evolution
7 IOLR - Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
8 UdG - Universitat de Girona
9 ESE - Écologie et santé des écosystèmes
10 CAS - Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague]
11 UK - Univerzita Karlova [Praha, Česká republika] = Charles University [Prague, Czech Republic]
12 Universidade do Minho = University of Minho [Braga]
13 Universidade do Porto = University of Porto
14 LEFE - Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement
15 CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain]

Study of the impacts of biological invasions, a pervasive component of global change, has generated remarkable understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of the spread of introduced populations. The growing field of invasion science, poised at a crossroads where ecology, social sciences, resource management, and public perception meet, is increasingly exposed to critical scrutiny from several perspectives. Although the rate of biological invasions, elucidation of their consequences, and knowledge about mitigation are growing rapidly, the very need for invasion science is disputed. Here, we highlight recent progress in understanding invasion impacts and management, and discuss the challenges that the discipline faces in its science and interactions with society.

Mots clés: Biosecurity; Community and ecosystem impact; Eradication; Long-term management; Societal perception

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie; Ecosystèmes

Daniel Simberloff, Jean-Louis Martin, Piero Genovesi, Virginie Maris, David A. Wardle, et al.. Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2013, vol. 28 (1), pp. 58-66. ⟨10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.013⟩. ⟨hal-00958711⟩