The latest research paper led by Daijun Liu has been published in Global Change Biology. Here, we combined global databases documenting the occurrence and residence time of non-native birds, mammals and vascular plants at regional and local scales to describe how the likelihood of non-native occurrence and their proportion in local assemblages relate with their residence time and land use.
We show that this colonization process needs more than a century to become fully realized in non-native birds, mammals, and even longer in vascular plants, with assemblages in primary vegetation colonized particularly slowly. These results imply that current introductions trigger non-native spread into local assemblages over the entire 21st century and beyond. Our findings supporting strong regulations on non-native species introductions to reduce their long-lasting consequences. Please see the details online link.
Liu et al. (2024) Regional invasion history and land use shape the prevalence of non-native species in local assemblages. Global Change Biology, 30, e17426. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17426
