Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science

作者：Ismael Soto, Paride Balzani, Laís Carneiro, Ross N. Cuthbert, Rafael L. Macêdo, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Danish A. Ahmed, Alok Bang, Karolina Bącela‐Spychalska, Sarah A. Bailey, Thomas Baudry, Liliana Ballesteros‐Mejia, Alejandro Bortolus, Elizabeta Briski, J. Robert Britton, Miloš Buřič, Morelia Camacho‐Cervantes, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Denis Copilaş‐Ciocianu, Neil E. Coughlan, Pierre Courtois, Zoltán Csabai, Tatenda Dalu, Vanessa De Santis, James W. E. Dickey, Romina D. Dimarco, Jannike Falk‐Andersson, Romina Fernández, Margarita Florencio, Ana Clara Sampaio Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Daniela Giannetto, Milka Glavendekić, Michał Grabowski, Gustavo Heringer, Ileana Herrera, Wei Huang, Katie Kamelamela, Natalia Kirichenko, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Gabriel Laufer, Boris Lipták, Chunlong Liu, Eugenia López‐López, Vanessa Lozano, Stefano Mammola, Agnese Marchini, Valentyna Meshkova, Marco Milardi, Dmitry L. Musolin, Martín A. Núñez, Francisco J. Oficialdegui, Jiří Patoka, Zarah Pattison, Daniel Pincheira‐Donoso, Marina Piria, Anna F. Probert, Jes Jessen Rasmussen, David Renault, Filipe Ribeiro, Gil Rilov, Tamara B. Robinson, Axel E. Sanchez, Evangelina Schwindt, Josie South, Peter Stoett, Hugo Verreycken, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Yong‐Jian Wang, Yuya Watari, Priscilla M. Wehi, András Weiperth, Peter Wiberg‐Larsen, Sercan Yapıcı, Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu, Rafael Dudeque Zenni, Bella Galil, Jaimie T. A. Dick, James C. Russell, Anthony Ricciardi, Daniel Simberloff, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Phillip J. Haubrock · 发表于：Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1111/brv.13071 · 被引用次数：180 · 研究领域：Marine and coastal plant biology、Marine Ecology and Invasive Species、Genetic diversity and population structure

Standardised terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and communication. In invasion science - a dynamic and rapidly evolving discipline - the proliferation of technical terminology has lacked a standardised framework for its development. The result is a convoluted and inconsistent usage of terminology, with various discrepancies in descriptions of damage and interventions. A standardised framework is therefore needed for a clear, universally applicable, and consistent terminology to promote more effective communication across researchers, stakeholders, and policymakers. Inconsistencies in terminology stem from the exponential increase in scientific publications on the patterns and processes of biological invasions authored by experts from various disciplines and countries since the 1990s, as well as publications by legislators and policymakers focusing on practical applications, regulations, and management of resources. Aligning and standardising terminology across stakeholders remains a challenge in invasion science. Here, we review and evaluate the multiple terms used in invasion science (e.g. 'non-native', 'alien', 'invasive' or 'invader', 'exotic', 'non-indigenous', 'naturalised', 'pest') to propose a more simplified and standardised terminology. The streamlined framework we propose and translate into 28 other languages is based on the terms (i) 'non-native', denoting species transported beyond their natural biogeographic range, (ii) 'established...