Management Measures and Trends of Biological Invasions in Europe: A Survey-Based Assessment of Local Managers.

ABSTRACT: Biological invasions are a major threat to biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and nature's contributions to people worldwide. However, the effectiveness of invasive alien species (IAS) management measures and the progress toward achieving biodiversity targets remain uncertain due to limited and nonuniform data availability. Management success is usually assessed at a local level and documented in technical reports, often written in languages other than English, which makes such data notoriously difficult to collect at large geographic scales. Here we present the first European assessment of how managers perceive trends in IAS and the effectiveness of management measures to mitigate biological invasions. We developed a structured questionnaire translated into 18 languages and disseminated

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Lozano C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742469 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature