A unified classification of alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts.

Species moved by human activities beyond the limits of their native geographic ranges into areas in which they do not naturally occur (termed aliens) can cause a broad range of significant changes to recipient ecosystems; however, their impacts vary greatly across species and the ecosystems into whi...

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Main Authors: Tim M Blackburn, Franz Essl, Thomas Evans, Philip E Hulme, Jonathan M Jeschke, Ingolf Kühn, Sabrina Kumschick, Zuzana Marková, Agata Mrugała, Wolfgang Nentwig, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Anthony Ricciardi, David M Richardson, Agnieszka Sendek, Montserrat Vilà, John R U Wilson, Marten Winter, Piero Genovesi, Sven Bacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-05-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4011680?pdf=render