The nature of economic costs of biological invasions

Anne-Charlotte Vaissière (), Pierre Courtois, Franck Courchamp (), Melina Kourantidou, Christophe Diagne, Franz Essl, Natalia Kirichenko, Michael Welsh and Jean-Michel Salles ()
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Anne-Charlotte Vaissière: ESE - Ecologie Systématique et Evolution - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Franck Courchamp: ESE - Ecologie Systématique et Evolution - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Christophe Diagne: ESE - Ecologie Systématique et Evolution - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier
Franz Essl: Universität Wien = University of Vienna, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research - Universität Wien = University of Vienna, Stellenbosch University, Centre for Invasion Biology - Stellenbosch University, Department of Botany and Zoology - Stellenbosch University
Natalia Kirichenko: V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest - SB RAS - Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, SibFU - Siberian Federal University
Michael Welsh: Scion [New Zealand]

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Abstract: The management of invasive alien species (IAS) is complex and requires consideration of intertwined ecological and economic dimensions. Given the wide variety of costing purposes and practices, and the associated risk of misunderstandings and/or miscommunication which may jeopardize perceptions and management, there is an urgent need to disentangle the nature of IAS costs. We provide a synthesis of the nature and diversity of the economic costs associated with IAS and the potential limits of their assessment. This work promotes a common understanding of costs of IAS across disciplines, which is essential for improving the estimation, interpretation, selection, and uptake of costs when designing IAS management policies or raising societal awareness of their threats. Our study contributes to a clearer understanding of the nature of costs, serving as a sound basis for managing biological invasions.

Keywords: Assessment; Economic costs; Ecological damage; InvaCost; Invasive alien species (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-07-07
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Published in Biological Invasions, 2022, 24, pp.2081-2101. ⟨10.1007/s10530-022-02837-z⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10530-022-02837-z

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