Bellard, C;
Cassey, P;
Blackburn, TM;
(2016)
Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions.
Biology Letters
, 12
(2)
, Article 20150623. 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0623.
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Abstract
We assessed the prevalence of alien species as a driver of recent extinctions in five major taxa (plants, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals), using data from the IUCN Red List. Our results show that alien species are the second most common threat associated with species that have gone completely extinct from these taxa since AD 1500. Aliens are the most common threat associated with extinctions in three of the five taxa analysed, and for vertebrate extinctions overall.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0623 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0623 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | amphibian, bird, mammal, non-native species, plant, reptile |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474035 |
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