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The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment

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dc.contributor.authorHeringer, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorAngulo, Elena
dc.contributor.authorBallesteros-Mejia, Liliana
dc.contributor.authorCapinha, César
dc.contributor.authorCourchamp, Franck
dc.contributor.authorDiagne, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorDuboscq-Carra, Virginia Gisela
dc.contributor.authorNuñez, Martín Andrés
dc.contributor.authorZenni, Rafael Dudeque
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-31T15:35:19Z
dc.date.available2022-01-31T15:35:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractInvasive alien species are responsible for a high economic impact on many sectors worldwide. Nevertheless, there is a scarcity of studies assessing these impacts in Central and South America. Investigating costs of invasions is important to motivate and guide policy responses by increasing stakeholders’ awareness and identifying action priorities. Here, we used the InvaCost database to investigate (i) the geographical pattern of biological invasion costs across the region; (ii) the monetary expenditure across taxa and impacted sectors; and (iii) the taxa responsible for more than 50% of the costs (hyper-costly taxa) per impacted sector and type of costs. The total of reliable and observed costs reported for biological invasions in Central and South America was USD 102.5 billion between 1975 and 2020, but about 90% of the total costs were reported for only three countries (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia). Costs per species were associated with geographical regions (i.e., South America, Central America and Islands) and with the area of the countries in km2. Most of the expenses were associated with damage costs (97.8%), whereas multiple sectors (77.4%), agriculture (15%) and public and social welfare (4.2%) were the most impacted sectors. Aedes spp. was the hyper-costly taxon for the terrestrial environment (costs of USD 25 billion) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was the hyper-costly taxon for the aquatic environment (USD 179.9 million). Six taxa were classified as hyper-costly for at least one impacted sector and two taxa for at least one type of cost. In conclusion, invasive alien species caused billions of dollars of economic burden in Central and South America, mainly in large countries of South America. Costs caused by invasive alien species were unevenly distributed across countries, impacted sectors, types of costs and taxa (hyper-costly taxa). These results suggest that impacted sectors should drive efforts to manage the species that are draining financial sources.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationHeringer, G., Angulo, E., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Capinha, C., Courchamp, F., Diagne, C., Duboscq-Carra, V. G., Nuñez, M. A. & Zenni, R. D. (2021). The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment. NeoBiota, 67, 401–426. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.67.59193pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/neobiota.67.59193pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1314-2488
dc.identifier.issn1619-0033
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/51058
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherPensoftpt_PT
dc.relationCEECIND/02037/2017pt_PT
dc.relationCentre of Geographical Studies
dc.relationCentre of Geographical Studies
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/59193/pt_PT
dc.subjectBiological invasionspt_PT
dc.subjectCentral Americapt_PT
dc.subjectEconomic costspt_PT
dc.subjectEconomic impactpt_PT
dc.subjectHyper-costly speciespt_PT
dc.subjectInvaCostpt_PT
dc.subjectSouth Americapt_PT
dc.titleThe economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessmentpt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage426pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage401pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleNeoBiotapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume67pt_PT
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