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Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions

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  • Danish A. Ahmed

    (GUST - Gulf University for Science and Technology)

  • Phillip J. Haubrock

    (GUST - Gulf University for Science and Technology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum [Frankfurt] - Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung - Leibniz Association, CENAKVA - South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses [University of South Bohemia] - Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters [University of South Bohemia] - University of South Bohemia)

  • Ross N. Cuthbert

    (Institute for Global Food Security [Belfast] - QUB - Queen's University [Belfast])

  • Alok Bang

    (Azim Premji University, Society for Ecology Evolution and Development)

  • Ismael Soto

    (CENAKVA - South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses [University of South Bohemia] - Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters [University of South Bohemia] - University of South Bohemia)

  • Paride Balzani

    (CENAKVA - South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses [University of South Bohemia] - Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters [University of South Bohemia] - University of South Bohemia)

  • Ali Serhan Tarkan

    (MSKU - Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi [Türkiye Cumhuriyetı] = Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University [Türkiye] = Université Sıtkı Koçman de Muğla [Turquie], Faculty of Science and Technology [Poole] - BU - Bournemouth University [Poole])

  • Rafael L. Macêdo

    (UNIRIO - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Laís Carneiro

    (UFPR - Universidade Federal do Parana [Curitiba] - UFPR - Universidade Federal do Paraná [Curitiba, Brasil] = Federal University of Paraná [Curitiba, Brazil] = Université fédérale du Paraná [Curitiba, Brésil])

  • Thomas W. Bodey

    (University of Aberdeen)

  • Francisco J. Oficialdegui

    (CENAKVA - South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses [University of South Bohemia] - Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters [University of South Bohemia] - University of South Bohemia)

  • Pierre Courtois

    (CEE-M - Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier)

  • Melina Kourantidou

    (SDU - University of Southern Denmark, AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IUEM - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Elena Angulo

    (EBD - Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain])

  • Gustavo Heringer

    (UFLA - Universidade Federal de Lavras = Federal University of Lavras)

  • David Renault

    (ECOBIO - Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes] - UR - Université de Rennes - INEE-CNRS - Institut Ecologie et Environnement - CNRS Ecologie et Environnement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Anna J. Turbelin

    (ESE - Ecologie Systématique et Evolution - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, NRCan - Natural Resources Canada, GLFC - Great Lakes Forestry Centre - NRCan - Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service - CFS (CANADA))

  • Emma J. Hudgins

    (Carleton University - Department of Biology [Ottawa] - Carleton University)

  • Chunlong Liu

    (OUC - Ocean University of China, Institute of Hydrobiology [Wuhan] - CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing])

  • Showkat Ahmad Gojery

    (University of Kashmir)

  • Ugo Arbieu

    (ESE - Ecologie Systématique et Evolution - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, SBiK-F - Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre - Goethe University Frankfurt = Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main - Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung - Leibniz Association, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute)

  • Christophe Diagne

    (UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier)

  • Boris Leroy

    (BOREA - Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UA - Université des Antilles)

  • Elizabeta Briski

    (GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research [Kiel])

  • Corey J. A Bradshaw

    (Flinders University [Adelaide, Australia], ARC Center Excellence Australian Biodiversity and Heritage - UNSW - University of New South Wales)

  • Franck Courchamp

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

Abstract

Biological invasions are a global challenge that has received insufficient attention. Recently available cost syntheses have provided policy- and decision makers with reliable and up-to-date information on the economic impacts of biological invasions, aiming to motivate effective management. The resultant InvaCost database is now publicly and freely accessible and enables rapid extraction of monetary cost information. This has facilitated knowledge sharing, developed a more integrated and multidisciplinary network of researchers, and forged multidisciplinary collaborations among diverse organizations and stakeholders. Over 50 scientific publications so far have used the database and have provided detailed assessments of invasion costs across geographic, taxonomic, and spatiotemporal scales. These studies have provided important information that can guide future policy and legislative decisions on the management of biological invasions while simultaneously attracting public and media attention. We provide an overview of the improved availability, reliability, standardization, and defragmentation of monetary costs; discuss how this has enhanced invasion science as a discipline; and outline directions for future development.

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  • Danish A. Ahmed & Phillip J. Haubrock & Ross N. Cuthbert & Alok Bang & Ismael Soto & Paride Balzani & Ali Serhan Tarkan & Rafael L. Macêdo & Laís Carneiro & Thomas W. Bodey & Francisco J. Oficialdegui, 2023. "Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions," Post-Print hal-04148456, HAL.
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