Environmental and economic impact of alien terrestrial arthropods in Europe
- In the last few decades, the abundance and importance of invasive alien species have grown continuously due to the undiminished growth of global trade. In most cases, arthropod introductions were unintended and occurred as hitchhikers or contaminants. Alien arthropods can have significant environmental impacts and can be economically costly. To measure these impacts, we expand a generic impact scoring system initially developed for mammals and birds, and applied it to terrestrial arthropods. It consists of six environmental impact categories and six economic impact categories, each with five impact levels. Information on impact was derived from an intensive analysis of published scientific literature. The scoring of the 77 most widely distributed arthropod species alien to Europe revealed the mite Varroa destructor as the most harmful species, followed by the Chinese longhorn beetle Anoplophora chinensis and the Argentine ant Linepithema humile. The highest environmental impact is through herbivory, disease transmission, and ecosystem impacts. The highest economic impact is on agriculture and human infrastructure and administration. The generic impact scoring system allows the impact scores of vertebrates and arthropods to be compared, thus serving as a background for the decision making processes of policy makers and stakeholders.
Verfasserangaben: | Sibylle Vaes-Petignat, Wolfgang Nentwig |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-347678 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.22.6620 |
ISSN: | 1314-2488 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | 22.2014, S. 23-42 |
Dokumentart: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 31.07.2014 |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 26.06.2014 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 31.07.2014 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Invasive terrestrial arthropods; generic impact scoring system; non-native; prioritization |
Ausgabe / Heft: | 22 |
Seitenzahl: | 20 |
Erste Seite: | 23 |
Letzte Seite: | 42 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 366023772 |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | NeoBiota / NeoBiota 22 |
Übergeordnete Einheit: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-347255 |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |