Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species
Standardized tools are needed to identify and prioritize the most harmful non-native species (NNS). A plethora of assessment protocols have been developed to evaluate the current and potential impacts of non-native species, but consistency among them has received limited attention....
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Pablo González-Moreno Lorenzo Lazzaro Montserrat Vilà Cristina Preda Tim Adriaens Sven Bacher Giuseppe Brundu Gordon H. Copp Franz Essl Emili García-Berthou Stelios Katsanevakis Toril Loennechen Moen Frances E. Lucy Wolfgang Nentwig Helen E. Roy Greta Srėbalienė Venche Talgø Sonia Vanderhoeven Ana Andjelković Kęstutis Arbačiauskas Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg Mi-Jung Bae Michel Bariche Pieter Boets Mário Boieiro Paulo Alexandre Borges João Canning-Clode Federico Cardigos Niki Chartosia Elizabeth Joanne Cottier-Cook Fabio Crocetta Bram D'hondt Bruno Foggi Swen Follak Belinda Gallardo Øivind Gammelmo Sylvaine Giakoumi Claudia Giuliani Fried Guillaume Lucija Šerić Jelaska Jonathan M. Jeschke Miquel Jover Alejandro Juárez-Escario Stefanos Kalogirou Aleksandra Kočić Eleni Kytinou Ciaran Laverty Vanessa Lozano Alberto Maceda-Veiga Elizabete Marchante Hélia Marchante Angeliki F. Martinou Sandro Meyer Dan Minchin Ana Montero-Castaño Maria Cristina Morais Carmen Morales-Rodriguez Naida Muhthassim Zoltán Á. Nagy Nikica Ogris Huseyin Onen Jan Pergl Riikka Puntila Wolfgang Rabitsch Triya Tessa Ramburn Carla Rego Fabian Reichenbach Carmen Romeralo Wolf-Christian Saul Gritta Schrader Rory Sheehan Predrag Simonović Marius Skolka António Onofre Soares Leif Sundheim Ali Serhan Tarkan Rumen Tomov Elena Tricarico Konstantinos Tsiamis Ahmet Uludağ Johan van Valkenburg Hugo Verreycken Anna Maria Vettraino Lluís Vilar Øystein Wiig Johanna Witzell Andrea Zanetta Marc Kenis |
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Pablo González-Moreno Lorenzo Lazzaro Montserrat Vilà Cristina Preda Tim Adriaens Sven Bacher Giuseppe Brundu Gordon H. Copp Franz Essl Emili García-Berthou Stelios Katsanevakis Toril Loennechen Moen Frances E. Lucy Wolfgang Nentwig Helen E. Roy Greta Srėbalienė Venche Talgø Sonia Vanderhoeven Ana Andjelković Kęstutis Arbačiauskas Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg Mi-Jung Bae Michel Bariche Pieter Boets Mário Boieiro Paulo Alexandre Borges João Canning-Clode Federico Cardigos Niki Chartosia Elizabeth Joanne Cottier-Cook Fabio Crocetta Bram D'hondt Bruno Foggi Swen Follak Belinda Gallardo Øivind Gammelmo Sylvaine Giakoumi Claudia Giuliani Fried Guillaume Lucija Šerić Jelaska Jonathan M. Jeschke Miquel Jover Alejandro Juárez-Escario Stefanos Kalogirou Aleksandra Kočić Eleni Kytinou Ciaran Laverty Vanessa Lozano Alberto Maceda-Veiga Elizabete Marchante Hélia Marchante Angeliki F. Martinou Sandro Meyer Dan Minchin Ana Montero-Castaño Maria Cristina Morais Carmen Morales-Rodriguez Naida Muhthassim Zoltán Á. Nagy Nikica Ogris Huseyin Onen Jan Pergl Riikka Puntila Wolfgang Rabitsch Triya Tessa Ramburn Carla Rego Fabian Reichenbach Carmen Romeralo Wolf-Christian Saul Gritta Schrader Rory Sheehan Predrag Simonović Marius Skolka António Onofre Soares Leif Sundheim Ali Serhan Tarkan Rumen Tomov Elena Tricarico Konstantinos Tsiamis Ahmet Uludağ Johan van Valkenburg Hugo Verreycken Anna Maria Vettraino Lluís Vilar Øystein Wiig Johanna Witzell Andrea Zanetta Marc Kenis Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species NeoBiota |
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Pablo González-Moreno Lorenzo Lazzaro Montserrat Vilà Cristina Preda Tim Adriaens Sven Bacher Giuseppe Brundu Gordon H. Copp Franz Essl Emili García-Berthou Stelios Katsanevakis Toril Loennechen Moen Frances E. Lucy Wolfgang Nentwig Helen E. Roy Greta Srėbalienė Venche Talgø Sonia Vanderhoeven Ana Andjelković Kęstutis Arbačiauskas Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg Mi-Jung Bae Michel Bariche Pieter Boets Mário Boieiro Paulo Alexandre Borges João Canning-Clode Federico Cardigos Niki Chartosia Elizabeth Joanne Cottier-Cook Fabio Crocetta Bram D'hondt Bruno Foggi Swen Follak Belinda Gallardo Øivind Gammelmo Sylvaine Giakoumi Claudia Giuliani Fried Guillaume Lucija Šerić Jelaska Jonathan M. Jeschke Miquel Jover Alejandro Juárez-Escario Stefanos Kalogirou Aleksandra Kočić Eleni Kytinou Ciaran Laverty Vanessa Lozano Alberto Maceda-Veiga Elizabete Marchante Hélia Marchante Angeliki F. Martinou Sandro Meyer Dan Minchin Ana Montero-Castaño Maria Cristina Morais Carmen Morales-Rodriguez Naida Muhthassim Zoltán Á. Nagy Nikica Ogris Huseyin Onen Jan Pergl Riikka Puntila Wolfgang Rabitsch Triya Tessa Ramburn Carla Rego Fabian Reichenbach Carmen Romeralo Wolf-Christian Saul Gritta Schrader Rory Sheehan Predrag Simonović Marius Skolka António Onofre Soares Leif Sundheim Ali Serhan Tarkan Rumen Tomov Elena Tricarico Konstantinos Tsiamis Ahmet Uludağ Johan van Valkenburg Hugo Verreycken Anna Maria Vettraino Lluís Vilar Øystein Wiig Johanna Witzell Andrea Zanetta Marc Kenis |
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Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species |
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Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species |
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Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species |
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Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species |
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Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species |
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consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species |
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Pensoft Publishers |
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NeoBiota |
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1619-0033 1314-2488 |
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2019-04-01 |
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Standardized tools are needed to identify and prioritize the most harmful non-native species (NNS). A plethora of assessment protocols have been developed to evaluate the current and potential impacts of non-native species, but consistency among them has received limited attention. To estimate the consistency across impact assessment protocols, 89 specialists in biological invasions used 11 protocols to screen 57 NNS (2614 assessments). We tested if the consistency in the impact scoring across assessors, quantified as the coefficient of variation (CV), was dependent on the characteristics of the protocol, the taxonomic group and the expertise of the assessor. Mean CV across assessors was 40%, with a maximum of 223%. CV was lower for protocols with a low number of score levels, which demanded high levels of expertise, and when the assessors had greater expertise on the assessed species. The similarity among protocols with respect to the final scores was higher when the protocols considered the same impact types. We conclude that all protocols led to considerable inconsistency among assessors. In order to improve consistency, we highlight the importance of selecting assessors with high expertise, providing clear guidelines and adequate training but also deriving final decisions collaboratively by consensus.
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doaj-9e347ed307f04932a573fb19f02337bb2020-11-24T22:05:15ZengPensoft PublishersNeoBiota1619-00331314-24882019-04-014412510.3897/neobiota.44.3165031650Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native speciesPablo González-Moreno0Lorenzo Lazzaro1Montserrat Vilà2Cristina Preda3Tim Adriaens4Sven Bacher5Giuseppe Brundu6Gordon H. Copp7Franz Essl8Emili García-Berthou9Stelios Katsanevakis10Toril Loennechen Moen11Frances E. Lucy12Wolfgang Nentwig13Helen E. Roy14Greta Srėbalienė15Venche Talgø 16Sonia Vanderhoeven17Ana Andjelković18Kęstutis Arbačiauskas19Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg20Mi-Jung Bae21Michel Bariche22Pieter Boets23Mário Boieiro24Paulo Alexandre Borges25João Canning-Clode26Federico Cardigos27Niki Chartosia28Elizabeth Joanne Cottier-Cook29Fabio Crocetta30Bram D'hondt31Bruno Foggi32Swen Follak33Belinda Gallardo34Øivind Gammelmo35Sylvaine Giakoumi36Claudia Giuliani37Fried Guillaume38Lucija Šerić Jelaska39Jonathan M. Jeschke40Miquel Jover41Alejandro Juárez-Escario42Stefanos Kalogirou43Aleksandra Kočić44Eleni Kytinou45Ciaran Laverty46Vanessa Lozano47Alberto Maceda-Veiga48Elizabete Marchante49Hélia Marchante50Angeliki F. Martinou51Sandro Meyer52Dan Minchin53Ana Montero-Castaño54Maria Cristina Morais55Carmen Morales-Rodriguez56Naida Muhthassim57Zoltán Á. Nagy58Nikica Ogris59Huseyin Onen60Jan Pergl61Riikka Puntila62Wolfgang Rabitsch63Triya Tessa Ramburn64Carla Rego65Fabian Reichenbach66Carmen Romeralo67Wolf-Christian Saul68Gritta Schrader69Rory Sheehan70Predrag Simonović71Marius Skolka72António Onofre Soares73Leif Sundheim74Ali Serhan Tarkan75Rumen Tomov76Elena Tricarico77Konstantinos Tsiamis78Ahmet Uludağ79Johan van Valkenburg80Hugo Verreycken81Anna Maria Vettraino82Lluís Vilar83Øystein Wiig84Johanna Witzell85Andrea Zanetta86Marc Kenis87Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience InternationalUniversity of FlorenceEstación Biológica de DoñanaOvidius UniversityResearch Institute for Nature and ForestUniversity of FribourgUniversity of SassariBournemouth UniversityUniversity ViennaUniversity of GironaUniversity of the AegeanNorwegian Biodiversity Information CentreInstitute of Technology, CERISUniversity of BernCentre for Ecology & HydrologyKlaipėda UniversityNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchBelgian Biodiversity PlatformUniversity of Novi SadNature Research CentreNational Institute for Agricultural ResearchNakdonggang National Institute of Biological ResourcesAmerican University of BeirutProvincial Centre of Environmental ResearchAzorean Biodiversity Group and UniversidadeAzorean Biodiversity Group and UniversidadeMarine and Environmental Sciences CentreUniversity of the AzoresUniversity of CyprusScottish Marine InstituteDepartment of Integrative Marine EcologyGhent UniversityUniversity of FlorenceAustrian Agency for Health and Food SafetyApplied and Restoration Ecology GroupBioFokusUniversité Côte d’AzurUniversity of MilanePlant Health LaboratoryUniversity of ZagrebFreie Universität BerlinUnitat de BotànicaUniversity of LleidaHellenic Centre for Marine ResearchJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of OsijekUniversity of the AegeanQueen’s University BelfastUniversity of SassariEstación Biológica de DoñanaUniversity of CoimbraUniversity of CoimbraJoint Services Health UnitUniversity of BaselMarine Organism InvestigationsEstación Biológica de DoñanaUniversity of Tras-os-Montes and Alto DouroTechnische Universität MünchenUniversity of BernMendel University in BrnoSlovenian Forestry InstituteGaziosmanpasa UniversityInstitute of Botany, The Czech Academy of SciencesFinnish Environment InstituteEnvironment Agency AustriaSimon Fraser UniversityAzorean Biodiversity Group and UniversidadeUniversity of BernSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesFreie Universität BerlinJulius Kuehn InstituteInstitute of Technology, CERISUniversity of BelgradeOvidius UniversityAzorean Biodiversity Group and University of the AzoresNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchAzorean Biodiversity Group and University of the AzoresUniversity of ForestryUniversity of FlorenceJoint Research Centre, European CommissionÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart UniversityNational Plant Protection OrganizationResearch Institute For Nature and ForestUniversity of TusciaUnitat de BotànicaUniversity of OsloSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUniversity of FribourgCentre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Standardized tools are needed to identify and prioritize the most harmful non-native species (NNS). A plethora of assessment protocols have been developed to evaluate the current and potential impacts of non-native species, but consistency among them has received limited attention. To estimate the consistency across impact assessment protocols, 89 specialists in biological invasions used 11 protocols to screen 57 NNS (2614 assessments). We tested if the consistency in the impact scoring across assessors, quantified as the coefficient of variation (CV), was dependent on the characteristics of the protocol, the taxonomic group and the expertise of the assessor. Mean CV across assessors was 40%, with a maximum of 223%. CV was lower for protocols with a low number of score levels, which demanded high levels of expertise, and when the assessors had greater expertise on the assessed species. The similarity among protocols with respect to the final scores was higher when the protocols considered the same impact types. We conclude that all protocols led to considerable inconsistency among assessors. In order to improve consistency, we highlight the importance of selecting assessors with high expertise, providing clear guidelines and adequate training but also deriving final decisions collaboratively by consensus. https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/31650/download/pdf/ |