No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide

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Title: No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide
Authors: Hanno Seebens, Tim M. Blackburn, Ellie E. Dyer, Piero Genovesi, Philip E. Hulme, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Shyama Pagad, Petr Pyšek, Marten Winter, Margarita Arianoutsou, Sven Bacher, Bernd Blasius, Giuseppe Brundu, César Capinha, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Wayne Dawson, Stefan Dullinger, Nicol Fuentes, Heinke Jäger, John Kartesz, Marc Kenis, Holger Kreft, Ingolf Kühn, Bernd Lenzner, Andrew Liebhold, Alexander Mosena, Dietmar Moser, Misako Nishino, David Pearman, Jan Pergl, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Julissa Rojas-Sandoval, Alain Roques, Stephanie Rorke, Silvia Rossinelli, Helen E. Roy, Riccardo Scalera, Stefan Schindler, Kateřina Štajerová, Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, Mark van Kleunen, Kevin Walker, Patrick Weigelt, Takehiko Yamanaka, Franz Essl
Source: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2017.
Publication Year: 2017
Collection: LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Science
Description: Alien species of animals and plants can invade new regions of the earth. This study performs a global analysis of temporal dynamics and spatial patterns of alien species introductions over the past 200 years, and reports no saturation in the rate at which these invasion are increasing.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2041-1723
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14435
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/32f5a37f2b9c490ebf1dc650a72b8599
Accession Number: edsdoj.32f5a37f2b9c490ebf1dc650a72b8599
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20411723
DOI:10.1038/ncomms14435