TY - JOUR
AU - Essl Franz
AU - Bacher S.
AU - Blackburn T.M.
AU - Booy Olaf
AU - Brundu G.
AU - Brunel Sarah
AU - Cardoso A C
AU - Eschen René
AU - Gallardo Belinda
AU - Galil Bella
AU - García-Berthou Emili
AU - Genovesi Piero
AU - Groom Quentin
AU - Harrower Colin A
AU - Hulme Philip E
AU - Katsanevakis S
AU - Kenis Marc
AU - Kühn Ingolf
AU - Kumschick Sabrina
AU - Martinou Angeliki F
AU - Nentwig Wolfgang
AU - O'Flynn Colette
AU - Pagad Shyama
AU - Pergl Jan
AU - Pyšek Petr
AU - Rabitsch W.
AU - Richardson David M
AU - Roques Alain
AU - Roy Helen E.
AU - Scalera Riccardo
AU - Schindler Stefan
AU - Seebens Hanno
AU - Vanderhoeven S
AU - Vilà Montserrat
AU - Wilson J.
AU - Zentos A
AU - Jeschke Jonathan M
AB - <p>Substantial progress has been made in understanding how pathways underlie and mediate biological invasions. However, key features of their role in invasions remain poorly understood, available knowledge is widely scattered, and major frontiers in research and management are insufficiently characterized. We review the state of the art, highlight recent advances, identify pitfalls and constraints, and discuss major challenges in four broad fields of pathway research and management: pathway classification, application of pathway information, management response, and management impact. We present approaches to describe and quantify pathway attributes (e.g., spatiotemporal changes, proxies of introduction effort, environmental and socioeconomic contexts) and how they interact with species traits and regional characteristics. We also provide recommendations for a research agenda with particular focus on emerging (or neglected) research questions and present new analytical tools in the context of pathway research and management.</p>

BT - BioScience
DO - 10.1093/biosci/biv082
IS - 8
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Substantial progress has been made in understanding how pathways underlie and mediate biological invasions. However, key features of their role in invasions remain poorly understood, available knowledge is widely scattered, and major frontiers in research and management are insufficiently characterized. We review the state of the art, highlight recent advances, identify pitfalls and constraints, and discuss major challenges in four broad fields of pathway research and management: pathway classification, application of pathway information, management response, and management impact. We present approaches to describe and quantify pathway attributes (e.g., spatiotemporal changes, proxies of introduction effort, environmental and socioeconomic contexts) and how they interact with species traits and regional characteristics. We also provide recommendations for a research agenda with particular focus on emerging (or neglected) research questions and present new analytical tools in the context of pathway research and management.</p>

PY - 2015
SE - 769
SP - 769
EP - 782
T2 - BioScience
TI - Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions
UR - http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1093/biosci/biv082
VL - 65
SN - 0006-3568
ER -