A neutral terminology to define ‘invasive’ species
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- Consensus categories
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- Domain
- Candidate signal: noneConsensus signal: none
- Study design
- Candidate signal: ObservationalConsensus signal: Observational
- Genre
- Candidate signal: EmpiricalConsensus signal: Empirical
- Teacher disagreement score
- 0.077
- Threshold uncertainty score
- 0.957
- Validation status
machine_predicted_unvalidated·codex-gemma-dda1882f352a
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The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
- Teacher spread
- 0.191 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
- Validation status
score_only:v0-immature-baseline· verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it
Abstract
ABSTRACT The use of simple terms to articulate ecological concepts can confuse ideological debates and undermine management efforts. This problem is particularly acute in studies of nonindigenous species, which alternatively have been called ‘exotic’, ‘introduced’, ‘invasive’ and ‘naturalised’, among others. Attempts to redefine commonly used terminology have proven difficult because authors are often partial to particular definitions. In an attempt to form a consensus on invasion terminology, we synthesize an invasional framework based on current models that break the invasion process into a series of consecutive, obligatory stages. Unlike previous efforts, we propose a neutral terminology based on this framework. This ‘stage‐based’ terminology can be used to supplement terms with ambiguous meanings (e.g. invasive, introduced, naturalized, weedy, etc.), and thereby improve clarity of future studies. This approach is based on the concept of ‘propagule pressure’ and has the additional benefit of identifying factors affecting the success of species at each stage. Under this framework, invasions can be more objectively understood as biogeographical, rather than taxonomic, phenomena; and author preferences in the use of existing terminology can be addressed. An example of this recommended protocol might be: ‘We examined distribution data to contrast the characteristics of invasive species (stages IVa and V) and noninvasive species (stages III and IVb)’.
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The record
- Venue
- Diversity and Distributions
- Topic
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Field
- Environmental Science
- Canadian institutions
- University of Windsor
- Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaUniversity of Windsor
- Keywords
- TerminologyCLARITYEcologyInvasive speciesPropagule pressureProcess (computing)Introduced speciesBiologyEpistemologyComputer scienceSociologyLinguisticsPopulationBiological dispersalPhilosophy
- Has abstract in OpenAlex
- yes