Université de Fribourg

Biological invasions: a field synopsis, systematic review, and database of the literature

Lowry, Edward ; Rollinson, Emily J. ; Laybourn, Adam J. ; Scott, Tracy E. ; Aiello-Lammens, Matthew E. ; Gray, Sarah M. ; Mickley, James ; Gurevitch, Jessica

In: Ecology and Evolution, 2013, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 182–196

Species introductions of anthropogenic origins are a major aspect of rapid ecological change globally. Research on biological invasions has generated a large literature on many different aspects of this phenomenon. Here, we describe and categorize some aspects of this literature, to better understand what has been studied and what we know, mapping well-studied areas and important gaps. To do so,...

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