No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

Seebens H; Blackburn TM; Dyer EE; Genovesi P; Hulme PE; Jeschke JM; Pagad S; Pyšek P; Winter M; Arianoutsou M; Bacher S; Blasius B; Brundu G; Capinha C; Celesti-Grapow L; Dawson W; Dullinger S; Fuentes N; Jäger H; Kartesz J; Kenis M; Kreft H; Kühn I; Lenzner B; Liebhold A; Mosena A; Moser D; Nishino M; Pearman D; Pergl J; Rabitsch W; Rojas-Sandoval J; Roques A; Rorke S; Rossinelli S; Roy HE; Scalera R; Schindler S; Štajerová K; Tokarska-Guzik B; van Kleunen M; Walker K; Weigelt P; Yamanaka T; Essl F

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No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

Seebens H Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Blackburn TM Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Dyer EE Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Genovesi P Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Hulme PE Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084, Lincoln, Christchurch 7648, New Zealand.
Jeschke JM Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany.
Pagad S IUCN Species Survival Commission Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), University of Auckland, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.
Pyšek P Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
Winter M German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Arianoutsou M Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Systematics, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 15784 Greece.
Bacher S Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Blasius B Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky Strasse 9-11, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
Brundu G Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Capinha C CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Cátedra Infraestruturas de Portugal-Biodiversidade, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
Celesti-Grapow L Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University, p. Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Dawson W Department of Ecology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Dullinger S Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Fuentes N Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile.
Jäger H Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Kartesz J Biota of North America Program (BONAP), 9319 Bracken Lane, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA.
Kenis M CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, 2800 Delémont, Switzerland.
Kreft H Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Kühn I Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle, Germany.
Lenzner B Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Liebhold A US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
Mosena A Center for Interamerican Studies (CIAS), Department of Experimental and Systems Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Moser D Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Nishino M Biota of North America Program (BONAP), 9319 Bracken Lane, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA.
Pearman D Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), Suite 14, Bridge House, 1-2 Station Bridge, Harrogate HG1 1SS, UK.
Pergl J Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Rabitsch W Department of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation, Environment Agency Austria, Spittelauer Laende 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Rojas-Sandoval J Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-166 Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
Roques A Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UR 0633, Zoologie Forestière, 45075 Orléans, France.
Rorke S Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK.
Rossinelli S Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Roy HE Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK.
Scalera R IUCN Species Survival Commission Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), Via Valentino Mazzola 38 T2 B 10, I-00142 Roma, Italy.
Schindler S Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Štajerová K Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Tokarska-Guzik B Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Silesia, Jagiellonska Strasse 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.
van Kleunen M Department of Ecology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Walker K Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), Suite 14, Bridge House, 1-2 Station Bridge, Harrogate HG1 1SS, UK.
Weigelt P Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Yamanaka T Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO (NIAES), 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8604, Japan.
Essl F Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria.

2017-02-16

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Nature communications. - 2017

English Although research on human-mediated exchanges of species has substantially intensified during the last centuries, we know surprisingly little about temporal dynamics of alien species accumulations across regions and taxa. Using a novel database of 45,813 first records of 16,926 established alien species, we show that the annual rate of first records worldwide has increased during the last 200 years, with 37% of all first records reported most recently (1970-2014). Inter-continental and inter-taxonomic variation can be largely attributed to the diaspora of European settlers in the nineteenth century and to the acceleration in trade in the twentieth century. For all taxonomic groups, the increase in numbers of alien species does not show any sign of saturation and most taxa even show increases in the rate of first records over time. This highlights that past efforts to mitigate invasions have not been effective enough to keep up with increasing globalization.

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