The nature of economic costs of biological invasions

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 24; no. 7; pp. 2081 - 2101
• Main Authors: Vaissière, Anne-Charlotte, Courtois, Pierre, Courchamp, Franck, Kourantidou, Melina, Diagne, Christophe, Essl, Franz, Kirichenko, Natalia, Welsh, Melissa, Salles, Jean-Michel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.07.2022; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Agricultural sciences; Agriculture, economy and politics; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Costs; Decision making; Developmental Biology; Ecology; Economic activity; Economic Costs of Biological Invasions; Economic impact; Economics; Economics and Finance; Ecosystems; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Introduced species; Invasive species; Life Sciences; Original Paper; Plant Sciences; Ecological damage; Economic costs; InvaCost; Invasive alien species; Assessment

The management of invasive alien species (IAS) is complex and requires consideration of intertwined ecological and economic dimensions. Given the wide variety of costing purposes and practices, and the associated risk of misunderstandings and/or miscommunication which may jeopardize perceptions and...