Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long-term trends, and data gaps

Hanno Seebens; Laura A. Meyerson; David M. Richardson; Bernd Lenzner; Elena Tricarico; Franck Courchamp; Alla Aleksanyan; Emre Keskin; Hanieh Saeedi; Perpetra Akite; Jake M. Alexander; Sarah A. Bailey; Dino Biancolini; Tim M. Blackburn; Hans Juergen Boehmer; Alejandro Bortolus; Marc W. Cadotte; César Capinha; James T. Carlton; Jo Anne Crouch; Curtis C. Daehler; Franz Essl; Llewellyn C. Foxcroft; Jason D. Fridley; Nicol Fuentes; Mirijam Gaertner; Bella Galil; Emili García-Berthou; Pablo García-Díaz; Sylvia Haider; Liam Heneghan; Kevin A. Hughes; Cang Hui; Ekin Kaplan; Andrew M. Liebhold; Chunlong Liu; Elizabete Marchante; Hélia Marchante; Alicia Marticorena; David W. Minter; Rodrigo A. Moreno; Wolfgang Nentwig; Aidin Niamir; Ana Novoa; Ana L. Nunes; Aníbal Pauchard; Sebataolo Rahlao; Anthony Ricciardi; James C. Russell; K. V. Sankaran; Anna Schertler; Evangelina Schwindt; Ross T. Shackleton; Daniel Simberloff; David L. Strayer; Alifereti Tawake; Marco Thines; Cristóbal Villaseñor-Parada; Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule; Viktoria Wagner; Victoria Werenkraut; Karsten Wesche; Demian A. Willette; Rafael D. Zenni; Petr Pyšek

doi:10.1111/brv.70058

Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long-term trends, and data gaps

Hanno Seebens
, Laura A. Meyerson
, David M. Richardson
, Bernd Lenzner
, Elena Tricarico
, Franck Courchamp
, Alla Aleksanyan
, Emre Keskin
, Hanieh Saeedi
, Perpetra Akite
, Jake M. Alexander
, Sarah A. Bailey
, Dino Biancolini
, Tim M. Blackburn
, Hans Juergen Boehmer
, Alejandro Bortolus
, Marc W. Cadotte
, César Capinha
, James T. Carlton
, Jo Anne Crouch

Curtis C. Daehler, Franz Essl, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Jason D. Fridley, Nicol Fuentes, Mirijam Gaertner, Bella Galil, Emili García-Berthou, Pablo García-Díaz, Sylvia Haider, Liam Heneghan, Kevin A. Hughes, Cang Hui, Ekin Kaplan, Andrew M. Liebhold, Chunlong Liu, Elizabete Marchante, Hélia Marchante, Alicia Marticorena, David W. Minter, Rodrigo A. Moreno, Wolfgang Nentwig, Aidin Niamir, Ana Novoa, Ana L. Nunes, Aníbal Pauchard, Sebataolo Rahlao, Anthony Ricciardi, James C. Russell, K. V. Sankaran, Anna Schertler, Evangelina Schwindt, Ross T. Shackleton, Daniel Simberloff, David L. Strayer, Alifereti Tawake, Marco Thines, Cristóbal Villaseñor-Parada, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule, Viktoria Wagner, Victoria Werenkraut, Karsten Wesche, Demian A. Willette, Rafael D. Zenni, Petr Pyšek

Biology

Justus Liebig University of Giessen
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
University of Rhode Island
Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Stellenbosch University
University of Vienna
University of Florence
Université Paris Saclay
Institute of Botany aft. A. Takhtajyan NAS RA
Interdisciplinary Research Center of Armenian State University of Economics
Ankara University Agricultural Faculty
Biodiversity Information Section
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Makerere University
ETH Zürich
Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Institute for BioEconomy (CNR-IBE)
IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group
University College London
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
Leibniz University Hannover
University of the South Pacific
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
University of Toronto
University of Lisbon
Associate Laboratory Terra
Williams College-Mystic Seaport
Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research Unit
University of Hawaii, Manoa
South African National Parks
Clemson University
Universidad de Concepción
Nürtingen–Geislingen University
Tel Aviv University
University of Girona
University of Aberdeen
Leuphana University of LÜneburg
DePaul University
British Antarctic Survey
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
USDA Forest Service
Ocean University of China
University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology
Coimbra Agriculture School
CABI, United Kingdom
Fundación Tortumar-Chile
University of Bern
Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC)
The David Attenborough Building
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB)
Oceanographic Research Institute
University of Natal
McGill University
School of Biological Sciences
Kerala Forest Research Institute
Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos
Snow and Landscape Research WSL
University of Tennessee
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Locally Managed Marine Area Network International Trust
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Universidade Federal do Paraná
University of Alberta
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Universidade Federal de Lavras
Charles University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2542-2583
Number of pages	42
Journal	Biological Reviews
Volume	100
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70058
State	Published - Dec 2025

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General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Keywords

alien
biogeography
future projections
invasive species
IPBES
knowledge gaps
Neobiota
non-native
time series
worldwide
Plants
Biodiversity
Animals
Ecosystem
Introduced Species

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Seebens, H., Meyerson, L. A., Richardson, D. M., Lenzner, B., Tricarico, E., Courchamp, F., Aleksanyan, A., Keskin, E., Saeedi, H., Akite, P., Alexander, J. M., Bailey, S. A., Biancolini, D., Blackburn, T. M., Boehmer, H. J., Bortolus, A., Cadotte, M. W., Capinha, C., Carlton, J. T., ... Pyšek, P. (2025). Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long-term trends, and data gaps. Biological Reviews, 100(6), 2542-2583. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70058

Seebens, H, Meyerson, LA, Richardson, DM, Lenzner, B, Tricarico, E, Courchamp, F, Aleksanyan, A, Keskin, E, Saeedi, H, Akite, P, Alexander, JM, Bailey, SA, Biancolini, D, Blackburn, TM, Boehmer, HJ, Bortolus, A, Cadotte, MW, Capinha, C, Carlton, JT, Crouch, JA, Daehler, CC, Essl, F, Foxcroft, LC, Fridley, JD, Fuentes, N, Gaertner, M, Galil, B, García-Berthou, E, García-Díaz, P, Haider, S, Heneghan, L, Hughes, KA, Hui, C, Kaplan, E, Liebhold, AM, Liu, C, Marchante, E, Marchante, H, Marticorena, A, Minter, DW, Moreno, RA, Nentwig, W, Niamir, A, Novoa, A, Nunes, AL, Pauchard, A, Rahlao, S, Ricciardi, A, Russell, JC, Sankaran, KV, Schertler, A, Schwindt, E, Shackleton, RT, Simberloff, D, Strayer, DL, Tawake, A, Thines, M, Villaseñor-Parada, C, Vitule, JRS, Wagner, V, Werenkraut, V, Wesche, K, Willette, DA, Zenni, RD & Pyšek, P 2025, 'Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long-term trends, and data gaps', Biological Reviews, vol. 100, no. 6, pp. 2542-2583. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70058

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