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The contribution of volunteer recorders to our understanding of biological invasions: Biological Records and Invasions

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Roy, Helen E., Rorke, Steph L., Beckmann, Björn, Booy, Olaf, Botham, Marc S., Brown, Peter M. J., Harrower, Colin, Noble, David, Sewell, Jack, Walker, Kevin·2015·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
DOI 10.1111/bij.12518
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The process of invasion and the desire to predict the invasiveness (and associated impacts) of new arrivals has been a focus of attention for ecologists over centuries. The volunteer recording community has made unique and inspiring contributions to our understanding of invasion biology within Britain. Indeed information on non-native species (NNS) compiled within the GB Non-Native Species Information Portal (GB-NNSIP) would not have been possible without the involvement of volunteer experts from across Britain. Here we review examples of ways in which biological records have informed invasion biology. We specifically examine NNS information available within the GB-NNSIP to describe patterns in the arrival and establishment of NNS providing an overview of habitat associations of NNS in terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments. Monitoring and surveillance of the subset of NNS that are considered to be adversely affecting biodiversity, society or the economy, termed invasive non-native species (INNS), is critical for early warning and rapid response. Volunteers are major contributors to monitoring and surveillance of INNS and not only provide records from across Britain but also underpin the system of verification necessary to confirm the identification of sightings. Here we describe the so-called ‘alert system’ which links volunteer experts with the wider recording community to provide early warning of INNS occurrence. We highlight the need to increase understanding of community and ecosystem-level effects of invasions and particularly understanding of ecological resilience. Detailed field observations, through biological recording, will provide the spatial, temporal and taxonomic breadth required for such research. The role of the volunteer recording community in contributing to the understanding of invasion biology has been invaluable and it is clear that their expertise and commitment will continue to be so.

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  • Engaging volunteers in surveillance and monitoring is a low-cost, large-scale, and long-term option.

    “Engaging volunteers in surveillance and monitoring is a low‐cost, large‐scale, and long‐term option (Roy et al., 2015; Pocock et al., 2018; Groom et al., 2019).”

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    The Monitoring and surveillance section (lines 221–229) says volunteers provide records from across Britain and support surveillance of non-native species. The Abstract (lines 39–43) describes the temporal breadth of biological recording and volunteers’ continuing commitment. Neither passage establishes that engaging volunteers is low-cost. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Roy, H. E., Rorke, S. L., Beckmann, B., Booy, O., Botham, M. S., Brown, P. M. J., Harrower, C., Noble, D., Sewell, J., & Walker, K.
Affiliations
  • UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (GB)
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency (GB)
  • Anglia Ruskin University (GB)
  • British Trust for Ornithology (GB)
  • Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (GB)
  • Natural History Museum (GB)
Corresponding author
Roy, Helen E.
ORCID
Venue
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2015-03-23
Volume
115
Issue
3
Pages
678-689
ISSN
0024-4066 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/bij.12518
OpenAlex
W1832812764
Cited by
70
References
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FWCI
11.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1 (tdm, 162 d)
Locations
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (publishedVersion)
  • NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) (acceptedVersion)
  • Anglia Ruskin Research Online (Anglia Ruskin University) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Marine Biological Association (submittedVersion)
Funders
GB-NNSIP
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecological Modeling › Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
Keywords
biological invasions, invasive species, citizen science, habitat associations, early warning systems, ecosystem resilience, Great Britain

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