Wardle, David
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Review article2017Peer reviewedOpen access
Invasion Science: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
Ricciardi, Anthony; Blackburn, Tim M.; Carlton, James T.; Dick, Jaimie T. A.; Hulme, Philip E.; Iacarella, Josephine C.; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Lockwood, Julie L.; Maclsaac, Hugh J.; Pysek, Petr; Richardson, David M.; Ruiz, Gregory M.; Simberloff, Daniel; Sutherland, William J.; Wardle, David A.; Aldridge, David C.
Abstract
We identified emerging scientific, technological, and sociopolitical issues likely to affect how biological invasions are studied and managed over the next two decades. Issues were ranked according to their probability of emergence, pervasiveness, potential impact, and novelty. Top-ranked issues include the application of genomic modification tools to control invasions, effects of Arctic globalization on invasion risk in the Northern Hemisphere, commercial use of microbes to facilitate crop production, the emergence of invasive microbial pathogens, and the fate of intercontinental trade agreements. These diverse issues suggest an expanding interdisciplinary role for invasion science in biosecurity and ecosystem management, burgeoning applications of biotechnology in alien species detection and control, and new frontiers in the microbial ecology of invasions.
Published in
Trends in ecology & evolution
2017, volume: 32, number: 6, pages: 464-474
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
SLU Authors
Associated SLU-program
SLU Plant Protection Network
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.03.007
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/82907