Aliens on the move: Transportation networks and non-native species

• Authors: Ascensão F, Capinha C
• Publication Year: 2017
• Journal: Railway Ecology
• Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57496-7_5

Biological invasions are a major component of global environmental change, threatening biodiversity and human well-being. These invasions have their origin in the human-mediated transportation of species beyond natural distribution ranges. This is a process that has increased by orders of magnitude in recent decades as a result of accelerating rates of international trade, travel, and […]
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