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    Quantifying global colonization pressures of alien vertebrates from wildlife trade

    The global trade in live wildlife elevates the risk of biological invasions by increasing colonization pressure (the number of alien species introduced to an area). Yet, our understanding of species traded as ...

    Yiming Li, Tim M. Blackburn, Zexu Luo, Tianjian Song in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Animal invaders threaten protected areas worldwide

    Protected areas are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. However, alien species invasion is an increasing threat to biodiversity, and the extent to which protected areas worldwide are resistant to inc...

    Xuan Liu, Tim M. Blackburn, Tianjian Song, Xuyu Wang, Cong Huang in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Status of an alien turtle in city park waters and its potential threats to local biodiversity: the red-eared slider in Bei**g

    Invasive alien species pose a serious threat to native biodiversity and the ecosystem structure through predation or competition, and this threat is especially severe in China. Red-eared sliders (Trachemys script...

    Yuansheng Zhang, Tianjian Song, Qiongyu **, Yikai Huang, **aoming Tang in Urban Ecosystems (2020)