Long-Term Distribution of Alien Species of Macroinvertebrates in the Ecosystems of the Dnieper Reservoirs

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Pligin ◽  
S. F. Matchinskaya ◽  
N. I. Zheleznyak ◽  
M. I. Linchuk
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species

Effects of Long‐Term Ungulate Exclusion and Recent Alien Species Control on the Preservation and Restoration of a Hawaiian Tropical Dry Forest

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Cabin ◽  
Stephen G. Weller ◽  
David H. Lorence ◽  
Tim W. Flynn ◽  
Ann K. Sakai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Preservation And Restoration

scholarly journals The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)’s Post-2020 target on invasive alien species – what should it include and how should it be monitored?

NeoBiota ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 99-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Essl ◽  
Guillaume Latombe ◽  
Bernd Lenzner ◽  
Shyama Pagad ◽  
Hanno Seebens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Invasions ◽  
Alien Species ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Invasive Alien Species ◽  
Convention On Biological Diversity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Biodiversity Policy ◽  
Global Biodiversity ◽  
Main Components

The year 2020 and the next few years are critical for the development of the global biodiversity policy agenda until the mid-21st century, with countries agreeing to a Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Reducing the substantial and still rising impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) on biodiversity will be essential if we are to meet the 2050 Vision where biodiversity is valued, conserved, and restored. A tentative target has been developed by the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), and formally submitted to the CBD for consideration in the discussion on the Post-2020 targets. Here, we present properties of this proposal that we regard as essential for an effective Post-2020 Framework. The target should explicitly consider the three main components of biological invasions, i.e. (i) pathways, (ii) species, and (iii) sites; the target should also be (iv) quantitative, (v) supplemented by a set of indicators that can be applied to track progress, and (vi) evaluated at medium- (2030) and long-term (2050) time horizons. We also present a proposed set of indicators to track progress. These properties and indicators are based on the increasing scientific understanding of biological invasions and effectiveness of responses. Achieving an ambitious action-oriented target so that the 2050 Vision can be achieved will require substantial effort and resources, and the cooperation of a wide range of stakeholders.

scholarly journals Does the Introduction of Alien Species Represent a Sanitary Threat for Native Species? The Case of the Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus in Italy

Life ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Tizzani ◽  
Daniela Andrade ◽  
Anna Rita Molinar Min ◽  
Andrea Peano ◽  
Pier Giuseppe Meneguz
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Parasite Community ◽  
Sylvilagus Floridanus ◽  
Ecological Community ◽  
Gastrointestinal Parasite ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Natural Range ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics

Introduction of alien species is a well-known threat to biodiversity. Where newly introduced, alien species may pose a risk for the local ecological community by competing for resources or by introducing pathogens. Sylvilagus floridanus is an American lagomorph introduced into Europe in the second half of 20th century, for hunting. This study evaluated the structure and epidemiological characteristics of the gastrointestinal parasite community in an introduced population of S. floridanus in the Province of Alessandria (Piedmont Region—Italy). Three alien parasites were reported out of 271 animals: Obeliscoides cuniculi in the stomach, Trichostrongylus calcaratus in the small intestine, and Passarulus nonnanulatus in the large intestine. All these nematodes are commonly reported in S. floridanus in its natural range, but they represent alien species in Europe. The report of these alien parasites is an example of the unexpected consequences caused by the introduction of non-native vertebrates. The documented introduction of new pathogens may alter the parasite community of the native lagomorphs, with possible long-term effects on local ecological dynamics.

scholarly journals Rotifers in Heated Konin Lakes—A Review of Long-Term Observations

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1660
Author(s):  
Jolanta Ejsmont-Karabin ◽  
Andrzej Hutorowicz ◽  
Andrzej Kapusta ◽  
Konrad Stawecki ◽  
Jacek Tunowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Species Structure ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Natural Laboratory ◽  
Rotifer Communities

The Konin lakes, heated by power stations and invaded by alien organisms, are a natural laboratory in which we can study the impact of climate change on the native communities of aquatic organisms. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of water heating and the occupation of the littoral zone of the lake by invasive species Vallisneria spiralis on changes in the species structure of rotifer communities of plankton, epiphyton and psammon. The archival material was used from the years: 1970–1975, 1978 and 1983, and compared with the results of studies conducted in Licheń and Ślesin Lakes in the years 2010–2011 and 2017–2018. It has been shown that the heating of waters of the studied lakes, combined with the shortening of their retention time, as well as the invasions of alien species, have caused significant changes in the taxonomic and trophic structure of plankton rotifers. In inhabiting Vallisneria bed epiphytic rotifer communities, the share of alien species did not increase, but relatively high densities of uncommon sessile species still persist. Psammon communities in the lakes are dominated by monogonont species relatively common in this habitat in nonheated lakes, but they are nearly devoid of bdelloids, which are abundant in psammon of Masurian lakes.

Management Policies for Invasive Alien Species: Addressing the Impacts Rather than the Species

BioScience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo García-Díaz ◽  
Phillip Cassey ◽  
Grant Norbury ◽  
Xavier Lambin ◽  
Lía Montti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Invasive Alien Species ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Implementation Gap ◽  
Major Shortcoming ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Term Management

Abstract Effective long-term management is needed to address the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) that cannot be eradicated. We describe the fundamental characteristics of long-term management policies for IAS, diagnose a major shortcoming, and outline how to produce effective IAS management. Key international and transnational management policies conflate addressing IAS impacts with controlling IAS populations. This serious purpose–implementation gap can preclude the development of broader portfolios of interventions to tackle IAS impacts. We posit that IAS management strategies should directly address impacts via impact-based interventions, and we propose six criteria to inform the choice of these interventions. We review examples of interventions focused on tackling IAS impacts, including IAS control, which reveal the range of interventions available and their varying effectiveness in counteracting IAS impacts. As the impacts caused by IAS increase globally, stakeholders need to have access to a broader and more effective set of tools to respond.

Long term observations on Sabella spallanzanii (Annelida, Sabellidae) in the Mar Grande of Taranto (Ionian Sea). The influence of alien species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borghese Jacopo ◽  
Arduini Daniele ◽  
Pierri Cataldo ◽  
Lazic Tamara ◽  
Giangrande Adriana
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Ionian Sea

Therapy and prevention for mental health: What if mental diseases are mostly not brain disorders?

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. A. Ioannidis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disease ◽  
Brain Disorders ◽  
Social Stressors ◽  
Labor Education ◽  
Mental Diseases ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Political Decisions

AbstractNeurobiology-based interventions for mental diseases and searches for useful biomarkers of treatment response have largely failed. Clinical trials should assess interventions related to environmental and social stressors, with long-term follow-up; social rather than biological endpoints; personalized outcomes; and suitable cluster, adaptive, and n-of-1 designs. Labor, education, financial, and other social/political decisions should be evaluated for their impacts on mental disease.

Conceptual short-term memory (CSTM) supports core claims of Christiansen and Chater

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Rapid Serial Visual Presentation ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

AbstractRapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) of words or pictured scenes provides evidence for a large-capacity conceptual short-term memory (CSTM) that momentarily provides rich associated material from long-term memory, permitting rapid chunking (Potter 1993; 2009; 2012). In perception of scenes as well as language comprehension, we make use of knowledge that briefly exceeds the supposed limits of working memory.

Brief summary of Kleť photographic search programme for minor planets

1999 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 189-192
Author(s):  
J. Tichá ◽  
M. Tichý ◽  
Z. Moravec
Keyword(s):  
Ccd Camera ◽  
Minor Planet ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
Main Belt

AbstractA long-term photographic search programme for minor planets was begun at the Kleť Observatory at the end of seventies using a 0.63-m Maksutov telescope, but with insufficient respect for long-arc follow-up astrometry. More than two thousand provisional designations were given to new Kleť discoveries. Since 1993 targeted follow-up astrometry of Kleť candidates has been performed with a 0.57-m reflector equipped with a CCD camera, and reliable orbits for many previous Kleť discoveries have been determined. The photographic programme results in more than 350 numbered minor planets credited to Kleť, one of the world's most prolific discovery sites. Nearly 50 per cent of them were numbered as a consequence of CCD follow-up observations since 1994.This brief summary describes the results of this Kleť photographic minor planet survey between 1977 and 1996. The majority of the Kleť photographic discoveries are main belt asteroids, but two Amor type asteroids and one Trojan have been found.

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