@article {5283,
	title = {A global picture of biological invasion threat on islands.},
	journal = {Nature Ecology \& Evolution},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2017},
	month = {11/2017},
	pages = {1862-1869},
	abstract = {<p>Biological invasions are among the main drivers of biodiversity losses. As threats from biological invasions increase, one of the most urgent tasks is to identify areas of high vulnerability. However, the lack of comprehensive information on the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) is a problem especially on islands, where most of the recorded extinctions associated with IAS have occurred. Here we provide a global, network-oriented analysis of IAS on islands. Using network analysis, we structured 27,081 islands and 437 threatened vertebrates into 21 clusters, based on their profiles in term of invasiveness and shared vulnerabilities. These islands are mainly located in the Southern Hemisphere and many are in biodiversity hotspots. Some of the islands share similar characteristics regarding their connectivity that could be useful for understanding their response to invasive species. The major invaders found in these clusters of islands are feral cats, feral dogs, pigs and rats. Our analyses reveal those IAS that systematically act alone or in combination, and the pattern of shared IAS among threatened species, providing new information to implement effective eradication strategies. Combined with further local, contextual information this can contribute to global strategies to deal with IAS.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1038/s41559-017-0365-6},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0365-6},
	author = {Bellard, C{\'e}line and Rysman, Jean-Fran{\c c}ois and Leroy, Boris and Claud, C and Mace, Georgina M}
}
@article {4546,
	title = {Major drivers of invasion risks throughout the world},
	journal = {Ecosphere},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {e01241},
	abstract = {In this paper, we investigate how climate, land use, habitat characteristics, and socioeconomic activities contribute to predict the current potential distributions of the {\textquotedblleft}100 among the world{\textquoteright}s worst invasive alien species{\textquotedblright}. We calculated the predictive power of each of the 41 variables for the 95 species including a large number of plants, vertebrates and invertebrates. We then calibrated the species distribution models with a set of appropriate variables for each invasive alien species to predict the potential distribution of these species and identify the major regions of origin of the invasive alien species. We found that climate variables were primarily predictors of the distribution of the global invaders studied. In addition, the habitat characteristics were also important predictors following by the socioeconomic variables such as the nearest distance to airports, seaports and human population density. We show that the potential areas at the highest risk of invasions from these species are located in Western Europe, Eastern United States, Central America, the eastern coast of Australia, and some Indonesian islands. We argue that these potential hotspots of invasions should be monitored in priority to prevent new invasions from these species. This study provides evidence of the importance of considering both habitat characteristics, socioeconomic and climate change factors for the current and future predictions of biological invasions.},
	doi = {10.1002/ecs2.1241},
	url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1241/full},
	author = {Bellard, C{\'e}line and Leroy, Boris and Thuiller, Wilfried and Rysman, Jean-Fran{\c c}ois and Courchamp, Franck}
}
