TY - JOUR
T1 - Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across the United Kingdom Overseas Territories
AU - Dawson, Wayne
AU - Peyton, Jodey M.
AU - Pescott, Oliver L.
AU - Adriaens, Tim
AU - Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth J.
AU - Frohlich, Danielle S.
AU - Key, Gillian
AU - Malumphy, Chris
AU - Martinou, Angeliki F.
AU - Minchin, Dan
AU - Moore, Niall
AU - Rabitsch, Wolfgang
AU - Rorke, Stephanie L.
AU - Tricarico, Elena
AU - Turvey, Katharine M.A.
AU - Winfield, Ian J.
AU - Barnes, David K.A.
AU - Baum, Diane
AU - Bensusan, Keith
AU - Burton, Frederic J.
AU - Carr, Peter
AU - Convey, Peter
AU - Copeland, Alison I.
AU - Fa, Darren A.
AU - Fowler, Liza
AU - García-Berthou, Emili
AU - Gonzalez, Albert
AU - González-Moreno, Pablo
AU - Gray, Alan
AU - Griffiths, Richard W.
AU - Guillem, Rhian
AU - Guzman, Antenor N.
AU - Haakonsson, Jane
AU - Hughes, Kevin A.
AU - James, Ross
AU - Linares, Leslie
AU - Maczey, Norbert
AU - Mailer, Stuart
AU - Manco, Bryan Naqqi
AU - Martin, Stephanie
AU - Monaco, Andrea
AU - Moverley, David G.
AU - Rose-Smyth, Christine
AU - Shanklin, Jonathan
AU - Stevens, Natasha
AU - Stewart, Alan J.
AU - Vaux, Alexander G.C.
AU - Warr, Stephen J.
AU - Werenkaut, Victoria
AU - Roy, Helen E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the U.K. Government, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Conflict, Security and Stabilisation Fund, and the GB Non‐Native Species Secretariat (GB NNSS) for the opportunity to undertake this research. Linda Raine (GB NNSS) provided organizational support. Damiano Oldoni provided data handling support. We acknowledge the participation of Amy‐Jayne Dutton, Quentin Groom (Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium), and Montserrat Vilà Planella (Estación Biológica de Doñana [EBD‐CSIC], Spain) in the workshops. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) award number NE/R016429/1, under the UK‐SCAPE program delivering National Capability. Peter Convey is supported by NERC core funding.
Funding Information:
informationThis work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) award number NE/R016429/1, under the UK-SCAPE program delivering National Capability. Peter Convey is supported by NERC core funding.We are grateful to the U.K. Government, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Conflict, Security and Stabilisation Fund, and the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat (GB NNSS) for the opportunity to undertake this research. Linda Raine (GB NNSS) provided organizational support. Damiano Oldoni provided data handling support. We acknowledge the participation of Amy-Jayne Dutton, Quentin Groom (Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium), and Montserrat Vilà Planella (Estación Biológica de Doñana [EBD-CSIC], Spain) in the workshops. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) award number NE/R016429/1, under the UK-SCAPE program delivering National Capability. Peter Convey is supported by NERC core funding.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
PY - 2022/11/28
Y1 - 2022/11/28
N2 - Invasive non-native species (INNS) are recognized as a major threat to island biodiversity, ecosystems, and economies globally. Preventing high-risk INNS from being introduced is the most cost-effective way to avoid their adverse impacts. We applied a horizon scanning approach to identify potentially INNS in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (OTs), ranging from Antarctica to the Caribbean, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic. High-risk species were identified according to their potential for arrival, establishment, and likely impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem function, economies, and human health. Across OTs, 231 taxa were included on high-risk lists. The highest ranking species were the Asian green mussel (Perna viridis), little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), and mesquite tree (Prosopis juliflora). Shipping containers were identified as the introduction pathway associated with the most species. The shared high-risk species and pathways identified provide a guide for other remote islands and archipelagos to focus ongoing biosecurity and surveillance aimed at preventing future incursions.
AB - Invasive non-native species (INNS) are recognized as a major threat to island biodiversity, ecosystems, and economies globally. Preventing high-risk INNS from being introduced is the most cost-effective way to avoid their adverse impacts. We applied a horizon scanning approach to identify potentially INNS in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (OTs), ranging from Antarctica to the Caribbean, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic. High-risk species were identified according to their potential for arrival, establishment, and likely impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem function, economies, and human health. Across OTs, 231 taxa were included on high-risk lists. The highest ranking species were the Asian green mussel (Perna viridis), little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), and mesquite tree (Prosopis juliflora). Shipping containers were identified as the introduction pathway associated with the most species. The shared high-risk species and pathways identified provide a guide for other remote islands and archipelagos to focus ongoing biosecurity and surveillance aimed at preventing future incursions.
KW - biological invasions
KW - biosecurity
KW - exotic species
KW - horizon scanning
KW - introduced species
KW - islands
KW - non-native species
KW - risk assessment
KW - U.K. Overseas Territories (UKOTs)
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U2 - 10.1111/conl.12928
DO - 10.1111/conl.12928
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:85148592133
SN - 1755-263X
VL - 16
JO - Conservation Letters
JF - Conservation Letters
IS - 1
M1 - e12928
ER -