New publication – Regional invasion history and land use shape the prevalence of non-native species in local assemblages

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