Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Animal invaders threaten protected areas worldwide

  • Xuan Liu,
  • Tim M. Blackburn,
  • Tianjian Song,
  • Xuyu Wang,
  • Cong Huang,
  • Yiming Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16719-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Safeguarding protected areas from invasive species is recognised as a global conservation objective. Here, Liu et al. analyse the occurrence of terrestrial alien animal invaders in protected areas and potential drivers globally, suggesting an impending risk for uninvaded protected areas in absence of preventive actions.