Assessment and Management of Invasive Alien Predators

Kirsty Park, University of Stirling

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-01208-090212

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Abstract

Although invasive alien species have been identified as the second greatest threat to biodiversity after habitat loss, characterizing and quantifying their impacts on native species and habitats remains a fundamental problem in conservation biology. Here, I review the techniques that are currently used to assess the impact of invasive alien species on biodiversity, highlighting both their uses in invasive species ecology and their limitations in establishing a causal relationship. Adopting a hypothesis-driven experimental approach to impact assessment, and to eradication efforts through adaptive management, would benefit our ecological understanding of invasive species without delaying critical management action that could reduce the spread of invasive species populations

Key words

adaptive management, experimental, impact assessment, invasive alien species, predation

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