BioSciencePub Date : 2024-10-18eCollection Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae088
Cleo Bertelsmeier, Aymeric Bonnamour, Eckehard G Brockerhoff, Petr Pyšek, Jiří Skuhrovec, David M Richardson, Andrew M Liebhold
{"title":"Global proliferation of nonnative plants is a major driver of insect invasions.","authors":"Cleo Bertelsmeier, Aymeric Bonnamour, Eckehard G Brockerhoff, Petr Pyšek, Jiří Skuhrovec, David M Richardson, Andrew M Liebhold","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae088","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biae088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Invasions by nonnative insect species can massively disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic impacts. Previous work has identified propagule pressure as important driver of the trend of increasing numbers of insect invasions worldwide. In the present article, we propose an alternative hypothesis-that insect invasions are being driven by the proliferation of nonnative plants, which create niches for insect specialists and facilitate their establishment outside their native ranges where their hosts are planted or are invasive. We synthesize mechanisms by which plant invasions facilitate insect invasions, macroecological patterns supporting the tight link between plant and insect invasions, and case studies of plant invasions having facilitated subsequent insect establishment. This body of evidence indicates that plant invasions are a major driver of insect invasions. Consequently, the benefits of limiting the spread of nonnative plants include averting the proliferation of nonnative insects and their spillover onto native plant species.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 11","pages":"770-781"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566100/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142646980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-10-10eCollection Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae091
Jerrold L Belant, Kai-Uwe Denker, Kenneth F Kellner
{"title":"Age-based scoring as a complementary approach to sustainable trophy hunting.","authors":"Jerrold L Belant, Kai-Uwe Denker, Kenneth F Kellner","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae091","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biae091","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 11","pages":"737-739"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566035/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-10-08eCollection Date: 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae077
Minh-Xuan A Truong, René Van der Wal
{"title":"Exploring the landscape of automated species identification apps: Development, promise, and user appraisal.","authors":"Minh-Xuan A Truong, René Van der Wal","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two decades ago, Gaston and O'Neill (2004) deliberated on why automated species identification had not become widely employed. We no longer have to wonder: This AI-based technology is here, embedded in numerous web and mobile apps used by large audiences interested in nature. Now that automated species identification tools are available, popular, and efficient, it is time to look at how the apps are developed, what they promise, and how users appraise them. Delving into the automated species identification apps landscape, we found that free and paid apps differ fundamentally in presentation, experience, and the use of biodiversity and personal data. However, these two business models are deeply intertwined. Going forward, although big tech companies will eventually take over the landscape, citizen science programs will likely continue to have their own identification tools because of their specific purpose and their ability to create a strong sense of belonging among naturalist communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 9","pages":"601-613"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11480699/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142457324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-09-25eCollection Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae078
Ryan E Emanuel
{"title":"The Pocosin's Lesson: Translating respect for Indigenous knowledge systems in environmental research.","authors":"Ryan E Emanuel","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Indigenous peoples living in what is now coastal North Carolina gave the name pocosin to a unique type of nonriparian wetland endemic to the region. Their Algonquian dialects are poorly documented in colonial records and have been dormant for centuries; not even contemporary Indigenous peoples in the region speak these particular languages. But for decades, environmental researchers and practitioners have asserted in publications, classrooms, and public-facing materials that pocosin literally translates to \"swamp on a hill.\" Despite widespread assertions, no evidence exists to support the claim. This article debunks the widely circulated translation and explains, more generally, how even well-intentioned efforts to acknowledge Indigenous peoples and their knowledge systems within Western scientific frameworks may cause harm by undermining those Indigenous peoples' stewardship of traditional ecological knowledge or by reinforcing other aspects of colonialism. The lessons apply broadly to researchers, practitioners, and institutions that engage with Indigenous peoples and their knowledge systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 11","pages":"797-801"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11565856/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142646981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-08-26eCollection Date: 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae062
M Jake Vander Zanden, Adrianna Gorsky, Gretchen J A Hansen, Pieter T J Johnson, Alexander W Latzka, Alison Mikulyuk, Robin R Rohwer, Michael J Spear, Jake R Walsh
{"title":"Nine Lessons about Aquatic Invasive Species from the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research (NTL-LTER) Program.","authors":"M Jake Vander Zanden, Adrianna Gorsky, Gretchen J A Hansen, Pieter T J Johnson, Alexander W Latzka, Alison Mikulyuk, Robin R Rohwer, Michael J Spear, Jake R Walsh","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae062","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biae062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Freshwater ecosystems can serve as model systems that reveal insights into biological invasions. In this article, we summarize nine lessons about aquatic invasive species from the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research program and affiliated projects. The lessons about aquatic invasive species are as follows: Invasive species are more widespread than has been documented; they are usually at low abundance; they can irrupt from low-density populations in response to environmental triggers; they can occasionally have enormous and far-reaching impacts; they can affect microbial communities; reservoirs act as invasive species hotspots; ecosystem vulnerability to invasion can be estimated; invasive species removal can produce long-term benefits; and the impacts of invasive species control may be greater than the impacts of the invasive species. This synthesis highlights how long-term research on a freshwater landscape can advance our understanding of invasions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 8","pages":"509-523"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11367673/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142124745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-07-04eCollection Date: 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae048
Katherine H I Drotos, Douglas W Larson, R Troy McMullin
{"title":"Scientific telephone: The cautionary tale of the global coverage of lichens.","authors":"Katherine H I Drotos, Douglas W Larson, R Troy McMullin","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae048","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biae048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scientific history has many examples of profound statements that are later found to be unsubstantiated. The consequences of such misinformation can be dire. In the present article, we present a case where an unevidenced estimate of global lichen coverage proliferated through both scientific literature and popular media. We traced this estimate to a non-peer-reviewed publication from 1987. We found 76 academic articles (collectively cited 4125 times) and 13 other academic documents citing the statistic, citation chains without source attribution, and instances where the number or context was changed. We also found the statistic 37 times in popular media, which is especially concerning, given that these media communicate science to the broader public. We demonstrate how an unevidenced statement can spread, change through time, and ultimately be repeated without demand for evidence. We hope this case unplugs the telephone and provides a cautionary tale for researchers to ensure critical evaluation of citation and communication practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 7","pages":"473-477"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11328143/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141999328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-06-19eCollection Date: 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae043
Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Saúl Manzano, Vinita Gowda, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Mei-Ying Lin, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Laura Martín-Torrijos, Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, Sergei L Mosyakin, Robert F C Naczi, Carmen Acedo, Inés Álvarez, Jorge V Crisci, Modesto Luceño Garcés, John Manning, Juan Carlos Moreno Saiz, A Muthama Muasya, Ricarda Riina, Andrea Sánchez Meseguer, Daniel Sánchez-Mata
{"title":"Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal.","authors":"Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Saúl Manzano, Vinita Gowda, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Mei-Ying Lin, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Laura Martín-Torrijos, Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, Sergei L Mosyakin, Robert F C Naczi, Carmen Acedo, Inés Álvarez, Jorge V Crisci, Modesto Luceño Garcés, John Manning, Juan Carlos Moreno Saiz, A Muthama Muasya, Ricarda Riina, Andrea Sánchez Meseguer, Daniel Sánchez-Mata","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae043","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biae043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology is that they enable unambiguous scientific communication. However, the stability of these systems is threatened by recent discussions asking for a fairer nomenclature, raising the possibility of bulk revision processes for \"inappropriate\" names. It is evident that such proposals come from very deep feelings, but we show how they can irreparably damage the foundation of biological communication and, in turn, the sciences that depend on it. There are four essential consequences of objective codes of nomenclature: universality, stability, neutrality, and transculturality. These codes provide fair and impartial guides to the principles governing biological nomenclature and allow unambiguous universal communication in biology. Accordingly, no subjective proposals should be allowed to undermine them.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 7","pages":"467-472"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11328142/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141999327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-06-19eCollection Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae056
{"title":"Correction to: Artificial intelligence helps drive new frontiers in ecology.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae016.].</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 11","pages":"806"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11565883/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-04-18eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae012
Estibaliz Palma, Luis Mata, Kylie Cohen, Doug Evans, Bernard Gandy, Nadine Gaskell, Hiliary Hatchman, Anna Mezzetti, Deborah Neumann, Jessica O'Keefe, Amy Shaw, Millie Wells, Laurence Williams, Amy K Hahs
{"title":"The city nature challenge: A global citizen science phenomenon contributing to biodiversity knowledge and informing local government practices.","authors":"Estibaliz Palma, Luis Mata, Kylie Cohen, Doug Evans, Bernard Gandy, Nadine Gaskell, Hiliary Hatchman, Anna Mezzetti, Deborah Neumann, Jessica O'Keefe, Amy Shaw, Millie Wells, Laurence Williams, Amy K Hahs","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae012","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biae012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The bioblitz phenomenon has recently branched into cities, presenting exciting opportunities for local governments to channel participants' efforts toward local issues. The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is one such initiative that has been quickly taken up by hundreds of municipalities worldwide. Despite high levels of participation, we still lack a framework for evaluating how the CNC contributes to local biodiversity knowledge and to inform local government practices. In the present article, we develop such a tool and present a case study that illustrates its applicability. We demonstrate that the collected records contributed to a better understanding of contemporary, local biodiversity patterns and provide a more realistic representation of understudied groups such as insects and fungi. Importantly, we show that the CNC presented local governments with a cost-effective tool to make informed, evidence-based management and policy decisions, improve education and engagement programs, foster cross-council collaborations, and support a stronger sense of environmental stewardship within the local community.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 4","pages":"290-299"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11075648/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140890770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioSciencePub Date : 2024-04-10eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae023
Christian C Voigt, Enrico Bernard, Joe Chun-Chia Huang, Winifred F Frick, Christian Kerbiriou, Kate MacEwan, Fiona Mathews, Armando Rodríguez-Durán, Carolin Scholz, Paul W Webala, Justin Welbergen, Michael Whitby
{"title":"Toward solving the global green-green dilemma between wind energy production and bat conservation.","authors":"Christian C Voigt, Enrico Bernard, Joe Chun-Chia Huang, Winifred F Frick, Christian Kerbiriou, Kate MacEwan, Fiona Mathews, Armando Rodríguez-Durán, Carolin Scholz, Paul W Webala, Justin Welbergen, Michael Whitby","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biae023","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biae023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wind energy production is growing rapidly worldwide in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, wind energy production is not environmentally neutral. Negative impacts on volant animals, such as bats, include fatalities at turbines and habitat loss due to land-use change and displacement. Siting turbines away from ecologically sensitive areas and implementing measures to reduce fatalities are critical to protecting bat populations. Restricting turbine operations during periods of high bat activity is the most effective form of mitigation currently available to reduce fatalities. Compensating for habitat loss and offsetting mortality are not often practiced, because meaningful offsets are lacking. Legal frameworks to prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of wind energy on bats are absent in most countries, especially in emerging markets. Therefore, governments and lending institutions are key in reconciling wind energy production with biodiversity goals by requiring sufficient environmental standards for wind energy projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"74 4","pages":"240-252"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11075649/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140890731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}