Scoring environmental and socioeconomic impacts of alien plants invasive in Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/16:10330741

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1259-2" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1259-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1259-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10530-016-1259-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Scoring environmental and socioeconomic impacts of alien plants invasive in Europe

Original language description

The categorization of invasive alien species based on their impact is an important way of improving the management of biological invasions. The impact of 128 alien species of plants in Europe was evaluated using the Generic Impact Scoring System (GISS) originally developed for mammals. Based on information in the literature their environmental and socioeconomic impacts were assessed and assigned to one of six different categories. In each category, the impact was classified on a five-degree scale, which reflects the impact intensity. To identify species with the greatest impacts, we used the maximum score recorded in each category and their sums. Data from the whole invaded range were considered, which resulted in scoring the potential impact of each species, not necessarily currently realized in Europe. Environmental impacts are most often manifested via competition with native species (recorded for 83 % of the species), while socioeconomic impacts are associated mostly with human health (78 %). The sums of environmental and socioeconomic impacts were significantly correlated, which indicates that the same suite of species traits is associated with both types of impacts. In terms of plant life forms, annual plants have on average lower environmental impacts than perennial plants, and aquatic species have a higher socioeconomic impact than other life forms. Applying the GISS to plants, the most species-rich taxonomic group of alien organisms in Europe, is an important step towards providing managers and policymakers with a robust tool for identifying and prioritizing alien species with the highest impact.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Biological Invasions

ISSN

1387-3547

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

3697-3711

UT code for WoS article

000388579500024

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84982283223