Globalisation burdens future generations with biological invasions

December 24th, 2010 by Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

The consequences of the current high levels of socio-economic activity on the extent of biological invasions will probably not be completely realized until decades into the future. A new study on biological invasions based on extensive data of alien species from ten taxonomic groups and 28 European countries has shown that patterns of established alien [...]