Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity and human health on a Mediterranean island

作者：Jodey Peyton, Angeliki F. Martinou, Oliver L. Pescott, Monica Demetriou, Tim Adriaens, Μαργαρίτα Αριανούτσου, Ioannis Bazos, Colin W. Bean, Olaf Booy, Marc S. Botham, J. Robert Britton, Javier Lobón Cerviá, Pantelis Charilaou, Niki Chartosia, Hannah Dean, Pinelopi Delipetrou, Andreas C. Dimitriou, Gerald Dörflinger, Jim Fawcett, Georgios Fyttis, Alexandros Galanidis, Bella Galil, Thomas G. Hadjikyriakou, Margarita Hadjistylli, Christina Ieronymidou, Carlos Jiménez, Paraskevi K. Karachle, Nikos Kassinis, George Kerametsidis, Alexander N. G. Kirschel, Periklis Kleitou, Demetris Kleitou, Paraskevi Manolaki, Nikolas Michailidis, J. O. Mountford, Charis Nikolaou, Athina Papatheodoulou, Giorgios Payiatas, Filipe Ribeiro, Stephanie Rorke, Yianna Samuel, Pantelis Savvides, Stefanie Schäfer, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Iolanda Silva‐Rocha, Nildeniz Top, Elena Tricarico, Katherine Turvey, Iakovos Tziortzis, Elli Tzirkalli, Hugo Verreycken, Ian J. Winfield, Argyro Zenetos, Helen E. Roy · 发表于：Biological Invasions · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1007/s10530-019-01961-7 · 被引用次数：78 · 研究领域：Insect Pest Control Strategies、Parasite Biology and Host Interactions、Insect and Pesticide Research

Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the major drivers of change that can negatively affect biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services and human health; islands are particularly vulnerable to biological invasions. Horizon scanning can lead to prioritisation of IAS to inform decision-making and action; its scale and scope can vary depending on the need. We focussed on IAS likely to arrive, establish and affect biodiversity and human health on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The scope of the horizon scanning was the entire island of Cyprus. We used a two-step consensus-building process in which experts reviewed and scored lists of alien species on their likelihood of arrival, establishment and potential to affect biodiversity, ecosystems and/or human health in the next 10 years. We reviewed 225 alien species, considered to be currently absent on Cyprus, across taxa and environments. We agreed upon 100 species that constituted very high, high or medium biodiversity risk, often arriving through multiple pathways of introduction. The remaining 125 species were ranked as low risk. The potential impacts on human health were documented for all 225 species; 82 species were considered to have a potentially negative impact on human health ranging from nuisance to disease transmission. The scope of the horizon scanning was the entire island of Cyprus, but the thematic groups also considered the relevance of the top 100 species to the Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus, given their...