Université de Fribourg

The generic impact scoring system (GISS): a standardized tool to quantify the impacts of alien species

Nentwig, Wolfgang ; Bacher, Sven ; Pyšek, Petr ; Vilà, Montserrat ; Kumschick, Sabrina

In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2016, vol. 188, no. 5, p. 1–13

Alien species can exert negative environmental and socio-economic impacts. Therefore, administrations from different sectors are trying to prevent further introductions, stop the spread of established species, and apply or develop programs to mitigate their impact, to contain the most harmful species, or to eradicate them if possible. Often it is not clear which of the numerous alien species...