Alien invasive species: a major driver of native species declines and extinctions?

Although there is wide consensus thatbiodiversity is threatened worldwide by human activities,the role that alien invasive species (AIS) play in this processis controversial. Many reports have addressed thisissue, but their conclusions differ widely. Disagreementsare partly due to the fact that driv...

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Autores: Correa, Nancy, Boltovskoy, Demetrio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/224608
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/224608
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alien invasive species
Extinctions
Biodiversity declines
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Sumario:Although there is wide consensus thatbiodiversity is threatened worldwide by human activities,the role that alien invasive species (AIS) play in this processis controversial. Many reports have addressed thisissue, but their conclusions differ widely. Disagreementsare partly due to the fact that drivers of species declinesand extinctions are multiple and concurrent, and unevenlydistributed among taxa and geographic regions, but con-flicting interpretations of the same sources of informationseem to play an important role as well. These discrepanciesunderscore our poor understanding of the role of AIS inthe declines and extinctions of native organisms, hinderingdecisions associated with resource allocation for managementactions.