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An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares
Directly comparable data on the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien species informs the effective prioritisation of their management. We used two frameworks, the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) and Socio-Economic Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (SEICAT),...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8931149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34709588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01642-7 |
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description | Directly comparable data on the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien species informs the effective prioritisation of their management. We used two frameworks, the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) and Socio-Economic Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (SEICAT), to create a unified dataset on the severity and type of impacts caused by alien leporids (rabbits and hares). Literature was reviewed to collate impact data, which was categorised following EICAT and SEICAT guidelines. We aimed to use these data to identify: (1) alien leporid species with severe impacts, (2) their impact mechanisms, (3) the native species and local communities vulnerable to impacts and (4) knowledge gaps. Native species from a range of taxonomic groups were affected by environmental impacts which tended to be more damaging than socio-economic impacts. Indirect environmental impacts were particularly damaging and underreported. No impact data were found for several alien leporid species. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-021-01642-7. |
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spelling | pubmed-89311492022-04-01 An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares Allmert, Tom Jeschke, Jonathan M. Evans, Thomas Ambio Research Article Directly comparable data on the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien species informs the effective prioritisation of their management. We used two frameworks, the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) and Socio-Economic Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (SEICAT), to create a unified dataset on the severity and type of impacts caused by alien leporids (rabbits and hares). Literature was reviewed to collate impact data, which was categorised following EICAT and SEICAT guidelines. We aimed to use these data to identify: (1) alien leporid species with severe impacts, (2) their impact mechanisms, (3) the native species and local communities vulnerable to impacts and (4) knowledge gaps. Native species from a range of taxonomic groups were affected by environmental impacts which tended to be more damaging than socio-economic impacts. Indirect environmental impacts were particularly damaging and underreported. No impact data were found for several alien leporid species. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-021-01642-7. Springer Netherlands 2021-10-28 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8931149/ /pubmed/34709588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01642-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Article Allmert, Tom Jeschke, Jonathan M. Evans, Thomas An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares |
title | An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares |
title_full | An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares |
title_fullStr | An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares |
title_full_unstemmed | An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares |
title_short | An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares |
title_sort | assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8931149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34709588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01642-7 |
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