TY - JOUR
T1 - Frameworks used in invasion science
T2 - progress and prospects
AU - Wilson, John R.U.
AU - Kumschick, Sabrina
AU - Zengeya, Tsungai A.
AU - Groom, Quentin J.
AU - Robinson, Tamara B.
AU - Richardson, David M.
AU - Bacher, Sven
AU - Daehler, Curtis C.
AU - Lockwood, Julie L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This special issue emerged from the workshop ‘Frameworks used in Invasion Science’ hosted by the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology in Stellenbosch, South Africa, 11–13 November 2019, that was supported by the National Research Foundation of South Africa and Stellenbosch University. We thank all the workshop participants, those who contributed but could not attend, and all those who reviewed manuscripts for their ideas, inspiration, and hard work. Tumeka Mbobo and the staff of the CIB, especially Jean Lategan, are thanked for their help in planning and running the workshop and the special issue. We would also like to thank the teams at Pensoft for their tireless work. DMR acknowledges support from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (grant 18576/03). JRUW, SK, and TAZ thank the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFtE) for funding, noting that this publication does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DFFtE or its employees. QG thanks the Belgian Science Policy Office's Brain program (BelSPO BR/165/A1/TrIAS) and the visiting fellowship programme of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology for funding. SB thanks the University of Fribourg for funding. Dan Simberloff, Ingolf Kühn, and Phil Hulme provided valuable comments on a draft of this editorial.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 John R. U. Wilson et al.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Our understanding and management of biological invasions relies on our ability to classify and conceptualise the phenomenon. This need has stimulated the development of a plethora of frameworks, ranging in nature from conceptual to applied. However, most of these frameworks have not been widely tested and their general applicability is unknown. In order to critically evaluate frameworks in invasion science, we held a workshop on ‘Frameworks used in Invasion Science’ hosted by the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in November 2019, which led to this special issue. For the purpose of the workshop we defined a framework as “a way of organising things that can be easily communicated to allow for shared understanding or that can be implemented to allow for generalisations useful for research, policy or management”. Further, we developed the Stellenbosch Challenge for Invasion Science: “Can invasion science develop and improve frameworks that are useful for research, policy or management, and that are clear as to the contexts in which the frameworks do and do not apply?”. Particular considerations identified among meeting participants included the need to identify the limitations of a framework, specify how frameworks link to each other and broader issues, and to improve how frameworks can facilitate communication. We believe that the 24 papers in this special issue do much to meet this challenge. The papers apply existing frameworks to new data and contexts, review how the frameworks have been adopted and used, develop useable protocols and guidelines for applying frameworks to different contexts, refine the frameworks in light of experience, integrate frameworks for new purposes, identify gaps, and develop new frameworks to address issues that are currently not adequately dealt with. Frameworks in invasion science must continue to be developed, tested as broadly as possible, revised, and retired as contexts and needs change. However, frameworks dealing with pathways of introduction, progress along the introduction-naturalisation-invasion continuum, and the assessment of impacts are being increasingly formalised and set as standards. This, we argue, is an important step as invasion science starts to mature as a discipline.
AB - Our understanding and management of biological invasions relies on our ability to classify and conceptualise the phenomenon. This need has stimulated the development of a plethora of frameworks, ranging in nature from conceptual to applied. However, most of these frameworks have not been widely tested and their general applicability is unknown. In order to critically evaluate frameworks in invasion science, we held a workshop on ‘Frameworks used in Invasion Science’ hosted by the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in November 2019, which led to this special issue. For the purpose of the workshop we defined a framework as “a way of organising things that can be easily communicated to allow for shared understanding or that can be implemented to allow for generalisations useful for research, policy or management”. Further, we developed the Stellenbosch Challenge for Invasion Science: “Can invasion science develop and improve frameworks that are useful for research, policy or management, and that are clear as to the contexts in which the frameworks do and do not apply?”. Particular considerations identified among meeting participants included the need to identify the limitations of a framework, specify how frameworks link to each other and broader issues, and to improve how frameworks can facilitate communication. We believe that the 24 papers in this special issue do much to meet this challenge. The papers apply existing frameworks to new data and contexts, review how the frameworks have been adopted and used, develop useable protocols and guidelines for applying frameworks to different contexts, refine the frameworks in light of experience, integrate frameworks for new purposes, identify gaps, and develop new frameworks to address issues that are currently not adequately dealt with. Frameworks in invasion science must continue to be developed, tested as broadly as possible, revised, and retired as contexts and needs change. However, frameworks dealing with pathways of introduction, progress along the introduction-naturalisation-invasion continuum, and the assessment of impacts are being increasingly formalised and set as standards. This, we argue, is an important step as invasion science starts to mature as a discipline.
KW - CBD introduction pathway classification framework
KW - Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT)
KW - Socio-Economic Impact Classification of Alien Taxa (SEICAT)
KW - Unified Framework for Biological Invasions
KW - invasive alien species
KW - invasive species
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U2 - 10.3897/neobiota.62.58738
DO - 10.3897/neobiota.62.58738
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097685646
SN - 1619-0033
VL - 62
SP - 1
EP - 25
JO - NeoBiota
JF - NeoBiota
ER -