Underexplored and growing economic costs of invasive alien trees

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12520%2F23%3A43906372" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12520/23:43906372 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35802-4" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35802-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35802-4" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-023-35802-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Underexplored and growing economic costs of invasive alien trees

Original language description

The high ecological impacts of many invasive alien trees have been well documented. However, to date, we lacked synthesis of their economic impacts, hampering management actions. Here, we summarize the cost records of invasive trees to (I) identify invasive trees with cost information and their geographic locations, (II) investigate the types of costs recorded and sectors impacted by invasive trees and (III) analyze the relationships between categories of uses of invasive trees and the invasion costs attributed to these uses. We found reliable cost records only for 72 invasive trees, accumulating a reported total cost of $19.2 billion between 1960 and 2020. Agriculture was the sector with the highest cost records due to invasive trees. Most costs were incurred as resource damages and losses ($3.5 billion). Close attention to the ornamental sector is important for reducing the economic impact of invasive trees, since most invasive trees with cost records were introduced for that use. Despite massive reported costs of invasive trees, there remain large knowledge gaps on most invasive trees, sectors, and geographic scales, indicating that the real cost is severely underestimated. This highlights the need for further concerted and widely-distributed research efforts regarding the economic impact of invasive trees.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001000613900055

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85160894032