Hawkins, CL;
Bacher, S;
Essl, F;
Hulme, PE;
Jeschke, JM;
Kuehn, I;
Kumschick, S;
... Blackburn, TM; + view all
(2015)
Framework and guidelines for implementing the proposed IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).
Diversity and Distributions
, 21
(11)
pp. 1360-1363.
10.1111/ddi.12379.
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Abstract
Recently, Blackburn et al. (2014) developed a simple, objective and transparent method for classifying alien taxa in terms of the magnitude of their detrimental environmental impacts in recipient areas. Here, we present a comprehensive framework and guidelines for implementing this method, which we term the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa, or EICAT. We detail criteria for applying the EICAT scheme in a consistent and comparable fashion, prescribe the supporting information that should be supplied along with classifications, and describe the process for implementing the method. This comment aims to draw the attention of interested parties to the framework and guidelines, and to present them in their entirety in a location where they are freely accessible to any potential users.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Framework and guidelines for implementing the proposed IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ddi.12379 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12379 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2015 The Authors. Diversity and Distributions published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | alien, environment, impact, IUCN |
| 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/1473142 |
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