A conceptual framework for range-expanding species that track human-induced environmental change

Essl, Franz; Dullinger, Stefan; Genovesi, Piero; Hulme, Philip E; Jeschke, Jonathan M; Katsanevakis, Stelios; Kühn, Ingolf; Lenzner, Bernd; Pauchard, Aníbal; Pyšek, Petr; Rabitsch, Wolfgang; Richardson, David M; Seebens, Hanno; van Kleunen, Mark; van der Putten, Wim H; Vilà, Montserrat; Bacher, Sven

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A conceptual framework for range-expanding species that track human-induced environmental change

Essl, Franz Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, in Vienna, Austria - Department of Botany and Zoology, at Stellenbosch University, in Stellenbosch, South Africa
Dullinger, Stefan Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, in Vienna, Austria
Genovesi, Piero Institute for Environmental Protection and Research and is chair of the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, in Rome, Italy
Hulme, Philip E Bio-Protection Research Centre, at Lincoln University, in Christchurch, New Zealand
Jeschke, Jonathan M Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany - Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy's Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany - Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany
Katsanevakis, Stelios Department of Marine Sciences, Mytilene, Greece
Kühn, Ingolf Department of Community Ecology, Halle, Germany - Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Halle, Germany - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle–Jena–Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Lenzner, Bernd Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, in Vienna, Austria
Pauchard, Aníbal Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, at the University of Concepcion, in Concepción, Chile - Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, in Santiago, Chile
Pyšek, Petr Department of Invasion Ecology, in Průhonice, Czech Republic - Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, at Charles University, in Prague, Czech Republic
Rabitsch, Wolfgang Environment Agency Austria's Department of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation, in Vienna, Austria
Richardson, David M Department of Botany and Zoology, at Stellenbosch University, in Stellenbosch, South Africa
Seebens, Hanno Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
van Kleunen, Mark Ecology section of the Department of Biology at the University of Konstanz, in Konstanz, Germany - Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, at Taizhou University, in Taizhou, China
van der Putten, Wim H Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, in Wageningen, The Netherlands - Laboratory of Nematology at Wageningen University and Research Centre, in Wageningen, The Netherlands
Vilà, Montserrat Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), in Sevilla, Spain
Bacher, Sven Department of Biology at the University of Fribourg, in Fribourg, Switzerland

01.11.2019

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BioScience. - 2019, vol. 69, no. 11, p. 908–919

English For many species, human-induced environmental changes are important indirect drivers of range expansion into new regions. We argue that it is important to distinguish the range dynamics of such species from those that occur without, or with less clear, involvement of human-induced environmental changes. We elucidate the salient features of the rapid increase in the number of species whose range dynamics are human induced, and review the relationships and differences to both natural range expansion and biological invasions. We discuss the consequences for science, policy and management in an era of rapid global change and highlight four key challenges relating to basic gaps in knowledge, and the transfer of scientific understanding to biodiversity management and policy. We conclude that range-expanding species responding to human-induced environmental change will become an essential feature for biodiversity management and science in the Anthropocene. Finally, we propose the term neonative for these taxa.

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Faculté des sciences et de médecine

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Département de Biologie

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