Evaluating unintended consequences of intentional species introductions and eradications for improved conservation management.

ABSTRACT: Increasingly intensive strategies to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem function are being deployed in response to global anthropogenic threats, including intentionally introducing and eradicating species via assisted migration, rewilding, biological control, invasive species eradications, and gene drives. These actions are highly contentious because of their potential for unintended consequences. We conducted a global literature review of these conservation actions to quantify how often unintended outcomes occur and to elucidate their underlying causes. To evaluate conservation outcomes, we developed a community assessment framework for systematically mapping the range of possible interaction types for 111 case studies. Applying this tool, we quantified the number of interaction types co

SUBMITTER: Pearson DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291768 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature