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Who is reporting non-native species and how? A cross-expert assessment of practices and drivers of non-native biodiversity reporting in species regional listing
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Each year, hundreds of scientific works with species' geographical data are published.
However, these data can be challenging to identify, collect, and integrate into analytical
workflows due to differences in reporting structures, storage formats, and the
omission or inconsistency of relevant information and terminology. These difficulties
tend to be aggravated for non-native
species, given varying attitudes toward non-native
species reporting and the existence of an additional layer of invasion-related
terminology. Thus, our objective is to identify the current practices and drivers of the
geographical reporting of non-native
species in the scientific literature. We conducted
an online survey targeting authors of species regional checklists—a
widely published
source of biogeographical data—where
we asked about reporting habits and perceptions
regarding non-native
taxa. The responses and the relationships between response
variables and predictors were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ordinal
logistic regression models. With a response rate of 22.4% (n = 113), we found that
nearly half of respondents (45.5%) do not always report non-native
taxa, and of those
who report, many (44.7%) do not always differentiate them from native taxa. Close
to half of respondents (46.4%) also view the terminology of biological invasions as an
obstacle to the reporting of non-native
taxa. The ways in which checklist information
is provided are varied, but mainly correspond to descriptive text and embedded tables
with non-native
species (when given) mentioned alongside native species. Only 13.4%
of respondents mention to always provide the data in automation-friendly
formats or
its publication in biodiversity data repositories. Data on the distribution of non-native
species are essential for monitoring global biodiversity change and preventing biological
invasions. Despite its importance our results show an urgent need to improve the
frequency, accessibility, and consistency of publication of these data.
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biodiversity data reporting biogeographical changes biological invasions global changes invasive alien species non-native taxa species checklists
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Castro, Andry, et al. “Who is reporting non-native species and how? A cross-expert assessment of practices and drivers of non-native biodiversity reporting in species regional listing.” Ecology and Evolution, vol. 13, no. 5, May 2023, p. e10148.
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Wiley