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ArticleNature communications2024

Risks posed by invasive species to the provision of ecosystem services in Europe.

Belinda Gallardo, Sven Bacher, Ana Marcia Barbosa, Laure Gallien, Pablo González-Moreno, Víctor Martínez-Bolea, Cascade Sorte, Giovanni Vimercati, Montserrat Vilà

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Parallels and discrepancies between non-native species introductions and human migration.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
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  17. Plants' Contributions to People Shift With Glacier Extinction.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Belinda GallardoInstituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE), CSIC, Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192, Zaragoza, Spain. belinda@ipe.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-8233
Sven BacherDepartment of Biology, Unit Ecology & Evolution, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 15, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5147-7165
Ana Marcia BarbosaCentro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais (CICGE), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Laure GallienUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA, Grenoble, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4882-1580
Pablo González-MorenoDepartment of Forest Engineering, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales, Crta. IV, km. 396, 14071, Córdoba, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-8927
Víctor Martínez-BoleaInstituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE), CSIC, Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192, Zaragoza, Spain.
Cascade SorteDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Giovanni VimercatiDepartment of Biology, Unit Ecology & Evolution, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 15, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2419-8088
Montserrat VilàEstación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-8261

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-18-EBI4-0001-06Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación) PCI2018-092939Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación) PCI2018-092986Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish National Research Council) IJCI-2017-31733National Science Foundation (NSF) (ICER-1852060Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 31003A_179491Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 31BD30_184114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive species significantly impact biodiversity and ecosystem services, yet understanding these effects at large spatial scales remains a challenge. Our study addresses this gap by assessing the current and potential future risks posed by 94 invasive species to seven key ecosystem services in Europe. We demonstrate widespread potential impacts, particularly on outdoor recreation, habitat maintenance, crop provisioning, and soil and nitrogen retention. Exposure to invasive species was higher in areas with lower provision of ecosystem services, particularly for regulating and cultural services. Exposure was also high in areas where ecosystem contributions to crop provision and nitrogen retention were at their highest. Notably, regions vital for ecosystem services currently have low invasion suitability, but face an average 77% increase in potential invasion area. Here we show that, while high-value ecosystem service areas at the highest risk represent a small fraction of Europe (0-13%), they are disproportionally important for service conservation. Our study underscores the importance of monitoring and protecting these hotspots to align management strategies with international biodiversity targets, considering both invasion vulnerability and ecosystem service sustainability.

Indexed as

EcosystemIntroduced SpeciesAnimalsBiodiversityConservation of Natural ResourcesEuropeNitrogenNitrogen

Identifiers

PMID38600085
PMCPMC11006939

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