TY - JOUR
T1 - Concerning invasive species: a reply to Brown and Sax
AU - Cassey, Phillip
AU - Blackburn, Timothy
AU - Duncan, RP
AU - Chown, SL
PY - 2005/6/1
Y1 - 2005/6/1
N2 - Biological invasions have commonly occurred, and to a lesser degree continue to do so, without human assistance. It is, however, a combination of the rate and magnitude, as well as the distances and agency involved, that separates human-driven invasion processes from self-perpetuated colonization events. Exotic species are a pervasive and major component of human-induced global change. Decisions to manage invasive species will require judgements to be communicated from scientists to policy makers, because scientists may often be the only ones in the position to make them.
AB - Biological invasions have commonly occurred, and to a lesser degree continue to do so, without human assistance. It is, however, a combination of the rate and magnitude, as well as the distances and agency involved, that separates human-driven invasion processes from self-perpetuated colonization events. Exotic species are a pervasive and major component of human-induced global change. Decisions to manage invasive species will require judgements to be communicated from scientists to policy makers, because scientists may often be the only ones in the position to make them.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=21444446814&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01505.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01505.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1442-9993
VL - 30
SP - 475
EP - 480
JO - Austral Ecology
JF - Austral Ecology
IS - 4
ER -