BioSciencePub Date : 2026-02-28eCollection Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biag008
Fezile Mtsetfwa, Sally Archibald
{"title":"Spatiotemporal variation in top-kill agents relative to ontogenetic resprouting strategies in African savannas.","authors":"Fezile Mtsetfwa, Sally Archibald","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biag008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fire is a key control on woody plant size and abundance in semiarid tropics. Other disturbances, including cyclones, elephants, drought, frost, and tree harvesting also damage woody structures, causing top-kill or full mortality, depending on species' resprouting abilities and disturbance type. We outline expectations for resprouting adaptations in tropical African woody plant communities by integrating spatiotemporal information on disturbances with ecological impacts. Frost and fire affect smaller trees (less than 4 meters tall), cyclones and elephants affect medium to large trees, and human impacts are diverse. Historically, most of sub-Saharan African savanna trees evolved with frequent fires and high elephant densities, with implications for their resprouting patterns. Cyclone-induced toppling seldom coincides spatially with frost or drought. A considerable part of the region has lost a key top-kill agent, elephants, whereas human impacts have both spread and increased. However, in approximately 21% of the areas that lost elephants, this important ecological agent has not been replaced.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 4","pages":"385-396"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13069568/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147670323","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 : 2026-01-28eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf191
Thomas Pape, Richard L Pyle, Olaf Bánki, Saroj K Barik, Alex J Berryman, Patrice Bouchard, John Buckeridge, Les Christidis, María Marta Cigliano, Stijn Conix, Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Peter Paul van Dijk, Markus Döring, Neal Evenhuis, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Donald Hobern, Claire Johnston, Ronell R Klopper, Andreas Kroh, Marianne Le Roux, Aaron M Lien, Lauren Raz, Scott Thomson, Leen Vandepitte, Frank E Zachos, Stephen T Garnett
{"title":"Measuring the Quality of Species List Contents.","authors":"Thomas Pape, Richard L Pyle, Olaf Bánki, Saroj K Barik, Alex J Berryman, Patrice Bouchard, John Buckeridge, Les Christidis, María Marta Cigliano, Stijn Conix, Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Peter Paul van Dijk, Markus Döring, Neal Evenhuis, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Donald Hobern, Claire Johnston, Ronell R Klopper, Andreas Kroh, Marianne Le Roux, Aaron M Lien, Lauren Raz, Scott Thomson, Leen Vandepitte, Frank E Zachos, Stephen T Garnett","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf191","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biaf191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Taxonomic lists, usually of species, have many functions. However, there is currently no reliable and convenient way to determine whether a list contains the information that a user requires other than by reading the list in detail. We therefore developed 24 indicators to characterise list contents. The indicators aim to describe the extent to which the scored list covers their intended class of organisms, the quality of their taxonomic scholarship, and additional information they provide for each taxon. We tested the indicators on 16 lists drawn from a wide range of vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. A list content score was derived from individual indicator scores after they had been weighted to reflect the preferences that taxonomists had expressed in a global survey. The indicators aim to help list creators provide the details taxonomists and list users consider important. We expect indicators to be refined after public debate..</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 3","pages":"269-283"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13032866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147572283","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 : 2026-01-28eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf071
Stephen T Garnett, Olaf Bánki, Saroj Kanta Barik, Alex J Berryman, Patrice Bouchard, John Buckeridge, Les Christidis, María Marta Cigliano, Stijn Conix, Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Peter Paul van Dijk, Neil L Evenhuis, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Donald Hobern, Claire Johnston, Ronell R Klopper, Andreas Kroh, Marianne Le Roux, Thomas Pape, Richard L Pyle, Lauren Raz, Philip Thomas, Scott Thomson, Leen Vandepitte, Nina Wambiji, Frank E Zachos, Aaron M Lien
{"title":"Measuring the quality of species list governance.","authors":"Stephen T Garnett, Olaf Bánki, Saroj Kanta Barik, Alex J Berryman, Patrice Bouchard, John Buckeridge, Les Christidis, María Marta Cigliano, Stijn Conix, Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Peter Paul van Dijk, Neil L Evenhuis, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Donald Hobern, Claire Johnston, Ronell R Klopper, Andreas Kroh, Marianne Le Roux, Thomas Pape, Richard L Pyle, Lauren Raz, Philip Thomas, Scott Thomson, Leen Vandepitte, Nina Wambiji, Frank E Zachos, Aaron M Lien","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf071","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biaf071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Taxonomic lists are important tools for efficient communication about biodiversity. The processes by which they are created and maintained need to be robust, scientifically sound, and transparent. Articulating and scoring a set of governance quality indicators provides a way to assess the relative strengths of list management, gives list users a means to assess the quality of this process, augments the information available to list aggregators, and allows patterns to be measured over time and among forms of life. Based on published principles, we created 12 governance quality indicators which we tested on 16 lists spanning a range of taxonomic groups. Independence of taxonomy from nomenclature scored most strongly, but scores for local and regional involvement were lower. The governance quality indicators may eventually provide a rubric for assessing best practice species list governance but now need a period of further testing, review, and refinement before they are institutionalized.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 3","pages":"254-268"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13032865/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147572338","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 : 2026-01-21eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf204
John C Z Woinarski, Sarah M Legge, Katherine Moseby, Andrew A Burbidge, Alexandra J R Carthey, Chris R Dickman, Tim S Doherty, Jason Ferris, Diana O Fisher, Matthijs Hollanders, Bronwyn A Hradsky, Chris N Johnson, Chris J Jolly, John Kanowski, Mike Letnic, Rachel T Mason, Hugh McGregor, Brett P Murphy, Reece Pedler, John L Read, Anthony R Rendall, Alyson Stobo-Wilson, Jonathan Webb, Bruce L Webber, Rebecca West, Euan G Ritchie
{"title":"Investigating the Causes of an Extinction Catastrophe: Controlling Introduced Predators Remains Essential for Conserving Australia's Mammals.","authors":"John C Z Woinarski, Sarah M Legge, Katherine Moseby, Andrew A Burbidge, Alexandra J R Carthey, Chris R Dickman, Tim S Doherty, Jason Ferris, Diana O Fisher, Matthijs Hollanders, Bronwyn A Hradsky, Chris N Johnson, Chris J Jolly, John Kanowski, Mike Letnic, Rachel T Mason, Hugh McGregor, Brett P Murphy, Reece Pedler, John L Read, Anthony R Rendall, Alyson Stobo-Wilson, Jonathan Webb, Bruce L Webber, Rebecca West, Euan G Ritchie","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf204","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biaf204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>At least 40 Australian mammal spcies have been driven to extinction since European colonization in 1788. For conservation management to be effective, it is vital that the reasons for historical extinctions and ongoing declines are understood and remedied. A recent article (Wallach and Lundgren 2025) concluded that there was no compelling evidence that two introduced predators (domestic cats and red foxes) were primary causes of these mammal losses. We refute that article, finding substantial flaws in its premises, analyses, data, interpretations, and conclusions. Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that these two predators are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. The devastating impact of cats and foxes on Australia's mammals has been widely recognized by conservation managers who have, in response, implemented national programs to control these predators, producing widely recognized benefits for one of the world's most remarkable native mammal faunas.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 3","pages":"294-307"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13032872/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147572366","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 : 2026-01-15eCollection Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf203
Richard Karban, Adam A Pepi, Patrick Grof-Tisza, Vincent S Pan, Gregory Loeb, Mikaela Huntzinger, Marcel Holyoak
{"title":"Precipitation Drives the Abundance and Distribution of <i>Arctia virginalis</i>: A 40-Year Study.","authors":"Richard Karban, Adam A Pepi, Patrick Grof-Tisza, Vincent S Pan, Gregory Loeb, Mikaela Huntzinger, Marcel Holyoak","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To understand processes that govern the abundance and distribution of species, ecologists typically collect either long time series without surveying potential drivers or perform short-term experiments that may not scale up. We characterized the annual population dynamics of <i>Arctia virginalis</i> for 40 years and conducted experiments to examine the relative roles of abiotic conditions, host plants, predation, parasitoids, and viral infection. Rather than finding a single limiting factor, these factors were all important at some times or places. Annual densities varied by a thousand times and showed evidence of a regime shift around 2002, coincident with changing precipitation patterns. Wet sites and wet years supported higher densities, and precipitation interacted with most of the factors considered. Population control was context dependent, but water availability was generally the relevant context. Precipitation seems to be important for other Lepidoptera in western North America. Studies that include experimental tests of population drivers are required to manage insect populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 4","pages":"375-384"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13069562/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147670350","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 : 2026-01-13eCollection Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf189
Jory Griffith, Jean-Michel Lord, Michael D Catchen, Maria Isabel Arce-Plata, F Guillaume Blanchet, Mathusan Chandramohan, M Camila Diaz-Corzo, Dominique Gravel, César Gutiérrez, Isabelle S Helfenstein, Sean Hoban, Jamie M Kass, Linda Laikre, Guillaume Larocque, Deborah M Leigh, Brian Leung, Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Katie L Millette, Maria Alejandra Molina Berbeo, Dat Nguyen, Kari E Norman, María Helena Olaya-Rodríguez, Simon Pahls, Kaitlyn Pereira, Pedro R Peres-Neto, Timothée Poisot, Laura J Pollock, Juan Carlos Rey-Velasco, Victor J Rincon-Parra, Claudia Roeoesli, François Rousseu, Lina María Sánchez-Clavijo, Meredith C Schuman, Oliver Selmoni, Jessica M da Silva, Erika Suarez-Valencia, Thilina D Surasinghe, Eren Turak, Luis Fernando Urbina, Sarah Valentin, Noah Wightman, Juan Zuloaga, Maria Cecilia Londoño, Andrew Gonzalez
{"title":"BON in a Box: An Open and Collaborative Platform for Biodiversity Monitoring, Indicator Calculation, and Reporting.","authors":"Jory Griffith, Jean-Michel Lord, Michael D Catchen, Maria Isabel Arce-Plata, F Guillaume Blanchet, Mathusan Chandramohan, M Camila Diaz-Corzo, Dominique Gravel, César Gutiérrez, Isabelle S Helfenstein, Sean Hoban, Jamie M Kass, Linda Laikre, Guillaume Larocque, Deborah M Leigh, Brian Leung, Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Katie L Millette, Maria Alejandra Molina Berbeo, Dat Nguyen, Kari E Norman, María Helena Olaya-Rodríguez, Simon Pahls, Kaitlyn Pereira, Pedro R Peres-Neto, Timothée Poisot, Laura J Pollock, Juan Carlos Rey-Velasco, Victor J Rincon-Parra, Claudia Roeoesli, François Rousseu, Lina María Sánchez-Clavijo, Meredith C Schuman, Oliver Selmoni, Jessica M da Silva, Erika Suarez-Valencia, Thilina D Surasinghe, Eren Turak, Luis Fernando Urbina, Sarah Valentin, Noah Wightman, Juan Zuloaga, Maria Cecilia Londoño, Andrew Gonzalez","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Convention on Biological Diversity's Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals to protect and restore biodiversity. It includes a monitoring framework that mandates countries to track progress toward these goals using indicators that summarize biodiversity trends. Calculating indicators is challenging for countries because of fragmented biodiversity monitoring efforts, technical barriers, a lack of available data and tools, and capacity bottlenecks. The BON in a Box platform for biodiversity monitoring and indicator calculation, developed by the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network, was created to address these challenges by providing open, transparent, and reproducible analysis pipelines that convert data into essential biodiversity variables and indicators. These pipelines are built by experts and contributed by the community, follow FAIR principles, and help scientists apply their research to coordinate biodiversity monitoring efforts, build capacity to track progress toward the GBF, and affect policy change.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 4","pages":"345-358"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13069572/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147670268","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}
{"title":"Integrating Metaecosystem Framework with Ecosystem Service Dynamics in Sociohydrosystems.","authors":"Amélie Truchy, David Eme, Franck Jabot, Fabrice Vinatier, Aurélien Jamoneau, Eric J Petit, Bertrand Villeneuve, Laure Carassou, Thibault Datry, Alienor Jeliazkov","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf192","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biaf192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sociohydrosystems provide vital ecosystem services such as water purification, flood regulation, and climate regulation. However, understanding the complex relationships among ecosystem processes, hydrosystem dynamics, and ecosystem services is crucial. The metaecosystem framework, which is focused on the flows of organisms, matter, and energy among ecosystems across spatial and temporal scales, provides valuable tools for more holistic ecosystem assessments. The present article shows that a unified framework is crucial for understanding how ecosystem services are influenced by spatiotemporal dynamics of organisms, matter, and energy, advancing our understanding of how changes in one area of the hydrosystem translate into changes in other areas. The proposed framework also helps identify synergies and trade-offs among ecosystem services and the influence of environmental conditions. Finally, this unified framework enhances our ability to inform decision-making; design adaptive management strategies that consider changing environmental conditions, especially in the context of climate change; and mitigate social inequalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 3","pages":"238-253"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13032878/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147572278","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 : 2025-12-11eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf188
Cheryl Lyn Dybas
{"title":"Illuminating Iridescence: Nature's Shimmering Marriage of Geometry and Light.","authors":"Cheryl Lyn Dybas","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf188","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biaf188","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 3","pages":"197-202"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13032876/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147572272","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 : 2025-12-04eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf183
Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal, David Eilam
{"title":"There Is No Place Like Home: Behavioral and Physical Home Traits in Humans and Other Animals.","authors":"Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal, David Eilam","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf183","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biaf183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In both humans and other animals, home demonstrates a typical functional organization, as well as behavioral and cognitive perspectives. It is an extension of individual space and accordingly reflects the identity and personification of its inhabitants. Beyond its role as a place of comfort, rest, and intimacy, home functions as a hub and anchor for traveling away from it, organizing patterns of movement, routines, and spatial memories. These, altogether, form a living range that may be considered an extension of home. Indeed, the traits of home manifest across multiple scales, ranging from the individual's home to hometown, homeland, and, ultimately, Earth itself. Finally, the concept of home is also relevant in both homeless humans and animals that develop behavioral home substitutes under conditions of transience, mobility, or displacement. Collectively, the concept of home-at-large reveals notable similarities and a convergence of home-related behaviors between human and nonhuman species.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 3","pages":"222-237"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13032871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147572344","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 : 2025-12-04eCollection Date: 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf174
Fiona S Rickowski, Florian Ruland, Örjan Bodin, Thomas Evans, Mike S Fowler, Lotta C Kluger, Guillaume Latombe, Bernd Lenzner, Rafael L Macêdo, Tim Adriaens, Robert Arlinghaus, Gustavo A Castellanos-Galindo, Jaimie T A Dick, James W E Dickey, Franz Essl, Belinda Gallardo, Sabine Hilt, Yuval Itescu, Ivan Jarić, Sophia Kimmig, Lohith Kumar, Ana Novoa, Francisco J Oficialdegui, Cristian Pérez-Granados, Petr Pyšek, Wolfgang Rabitsch, David M Richardson, Núria Roura-Pascual, Menja von Schmalensee, Florencia A Yannelli, Montserrat Vilà, Giovanni Vimercati, Jonathan M Jeschke
{"title":"A Systems Perspective: How Social-Ecological Networks Can Improve Our Understanding and Management of Biological Invasions.","authors":"Fiona S Rickowski, Florian Ruland, Örjan Bodin, Thomas Evans, Mike S Fowler, Lotta C Kluger, Guillaume Latombe, Bernd Lenzner, Rafael L Macêdo, Tim Adriaens, Robert Arlinghaus, Gustavo A Castellanos-Galindo, Jaimie T A Dick, James W E Dickey, Franz Essl, Belinda Gallardo, Sabine Hilt, Yuval Itescu, Ivan Jarić, Sophia Kimmig, Lohith Kumar, Ana Novoa, Francisco J Oficialdegui, Cristian Pérez-Granados, Petr Pyšek, Wolfgang Rabitsch, David M Richardson, Núria Roura-Pascual, Menja von Schmalensee, Florencia A Yannelli, Montserrat Vilà, Giovanni Vimercati, Jonathan M Jeschke","doi":"10.1093/biosci/biaf174","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biosci/biaf174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reversing biodiversity loss and the sustainability crisis requires approaches that explicitly consider human-nature interdependencies. Social-ecological networks, which incorporate social and ecological actors and entities, as well as their interactions, provide such an approach. Social-ecological networks have been applied to a range of complex issues, including sustainable resource use, management of ecosystem services and disservices, and collective action. However, the application of social-ecological networks to invasion science remains limited so far, despite their clear potential for studying human contributions to introduction pathways of nonnative species, invasion success, direct and indirect impacts, and their management. In the present article, we review past applications of social-ecological networks to biological invasions, provide guidance on how to construct and analyze such networks, with an illustrative example, and outline future opportunities of social-ecological networks in invasion science. We aim to inform and inspire the applications of social-ecological networks to improve our ability to meet the diverse challenges facing invasion science.</p>","PeriodicalId":9003,"journal":{"name":"BioScience","volume":"76 2","pages":"127-146"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12856202/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146103385","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}
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