Identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control

Abstract This study aims to identify environmentally suitable areas for 15 of the most harmful invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates (IATV) in Europe in a transparent and replicable way. We used species distribution models and publicly-available data from GBIF to predict environmental suitability a...

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Autores principales:	Ester Polaina, Tomas Pärt, Mariano R. Recio
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b636c8a3b0b04363a42cc4dde1dfef2a2021-12-02T15:33:12ZIdentifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control10.1038/s41598-020-68387-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/b636c8a3b0b04363a42cc4dde1dfef2a2020-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68387-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract This study aims to identify environmentally suitable areas for 15 of the most harmful invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates (IATV) in Europe in a transparent and replicable way. We used species distribution models and publicly-available data from GBIF to predict environmental suitability and to identify hotspots of IATV accounting for knowledge gaps in their distributions. To deal with the ecological particularities of invasive species, we followed a hierarchical approach to estimate the global climatic suitability for each species and incorporated this information into refined environmental suitability models within Europe. Combined predictions on environmental suitability identified potential areas of IATV concentrations or hotspots. Uncertainty of predictions identified regions requiring further survey efforts for species detection. Around 14% of Europe comprised potential hotspots of IATV richness, mainly located in northern France, UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. IATV coldspots covered ~ 9% of Europe, including southern Sweden and Finland, and northern Germany. Most of Europe (~ 77% area) comprised uncertain suitability predictions, likely caused by a lack of data. Priorities on prevention and control should focus on potential hotspots where harmful impacts might concentrate. Promoting the collection of presence data within data-deficient areas is encouraged as a core strategy against IATVs.Ester PolainaTomas PärtMariano R. RecioNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
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description	Abstract This study aims to identify environmentally suitable areas for 15 of the most harmful invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates (IATV) in Europe in a transparent and replicable way. We used species distribution models and publicly-available data from GBIF to predict environmental suitability and to identify hotspots of IATV accounting for knowledge gaps in their distributions. To deal with the ecological particularities of invasive species, we followed a hierarchical approach to estimate the global climatic suitability for each species and incorporated this information into refined environmental suitability models within Europe. Combined predictions on environmental suitability identified potential areas of IATV concentrations or hotspots. Uncertainty of predictions identified regions requiring further survey efforts for species detection. Around 14% of Europe comprised potential hotspots of IATV richness, mainly located in northern France, UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. IATV coldspots covered ~ 9% of Europe, including southern Sweden and Finland, and northern Germany. Most of Europe (~ 77% area) comprised uncertain suitability predictions, likely caused by a lack of data. Priorities on prevention and control should focus on potential hotspots where harmful impacts might concentrate. Promoting the collection of presence data within data-deficient areas is encouraged as a core strategy against IATVs.
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title	Identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control
title_short	Identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control
title_full	Identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control
title_fullStr	Identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control
title_full_unstemmed	Identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control
title_sort	identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in europe to assist transboundary prevention and control
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/b636c8a3b0b04363a42cc4dde1dfef2a
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Identifying hotspots of invasive alien terrestrial vertebrates in Europe to assist transboundary prevention and control

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