A protocol for screening potentially invasive non-native species using Weed Risk Assessment-type decision-support tools.
Sci Total Environ
; 832: 154966, 2022 Aug 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35367540
ABSTRACT
There is increasing use worldwide of electronic decision-support tools to identify potentially invasive non-native species so as to inform policy and management decisions aimed at preventing or mitigating the environmental and socio-economic impacts of biological invasions. This study reviews the analytical approaches used to calibrate scores generated by the Weed Risk Assessment and subsequent adaptations thereof and provides a protocol for (i) the identification of the assessor(s) who will carry out the screenings; (ii) the definition of the risk assessment area; (iii) the criteria for selection of the species for screening; and (iv) the a priori categorisation of the species into invasive or non-invasive necessary to compute the thresholds by which to distinguish between high-risk and medium-risk non-native species. This analytical approach represents an evidence-based and statistically robust means with which to inform decision-makers and stakeholders about policy and management of potentially invasive species and is expected to serve as a general reference of forthcoming screening applications of Weed Risk Assessment-type toolkits.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Introduced Species
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Fresh Water
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Total Environ
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Poland