Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 1801 - 1820
• Main Authors: Novoa, Ana, Richardson, David M., Pyšek, Petr, Meyerson, Laura A., Bacher, Sven, Canavan, Susan, Catford, Jane A., Čuda, Jan, Essl, Franz, Foxcroft, Llewellyn C., Genovesi, Piero, Hirsch, Heidi, Hui, Cang, Jackson, Michele C., Kueffer, Christoph, Le Roux, Johannes J., Measey, John, Mohanty, Nitya P., Moodley, Desika, Müller-Schärer, Heinz, Packer, Jasmin G., Pergl, Jan, Robinson, Tamara B., Saul, Wolf-Christian, Shackleton, Ross T., Visser, Vernon, Weyl, Olaf L. F., Yannelli, Florencia A., Wilson, John R. U.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic organisms; Aquatic plants; Aridity; ballast water; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Biology; Cacti; Case studies; Comparative studies; Dependence; Developmental Biology; Disorders; Ecology; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Freshwater ecosystems; Freshwater fish; Frogs; Harbors; Insects; Introduced species; issues and policy; Life Sciences; Management; Nonnative species; Original Paper; piscivores; Plant Sciences; Risk assessment; Science; Zoology; Biological invasions; Context dependency; Invasive species; Invasion science

Our ability to predict invasions has been hindered by the seemingly idiosyncratic context-dependency of individual invasions. However, we argue that robust and useful generalisations in invasion science can be made by considering “invasion syndromes” which we define as “a combination of pathways, al...