The global avian invasions atlas, a database of alien bird distributions worldwide.

ABSTRACT: The introduction of species to locations where they do not naturally occur (termed aliens) can have far-reaching and unpredictable environmental and economic consequences. Therefore there is a strong incentive to stem the tide of alien species introduction and spread. In order to identify broad patterns and processes of alien invasions, a spatially referenced, global dataset on the historical introductions and alien distributions of a complete taxonomic group is required. Here we present the Global Avian Invasions Atlas (GAVIA)-a new spatial and temporal dataset comprising 27,723 distribution records for 971 alien bird species introduced to 230 countries and administrative areas spanning the period 6000BCE-AD2014. GAVIA was initiated to provide a unified database of records on alien bird i

SUBMITTER: Dyer EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5369319 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature