Journal
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages 1360-1363Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12379
Keywords
alien; environment; impact; IUCN
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- King Saud University Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Drakenstein Trust through DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [FZT 118]
- DFG [JE 288/9-1]
- The Czech Academy of Sciences
- National Research Foundation, South Africa [85417, 86894]
- Severo Ochoa Program for Centres of Excellence [SEV-2012-0262]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
- EU COST Action [0262]
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Recently, Blackburn et al. (2014) developed a simple, objective and transparent method for classifying alien taxa in terms of the magnitude of their detrimental environmental impacts in recipient areas. Here, we present a comprehensive framework and guidelines for implementing this method, which we term the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa, or EICAT. We detail criteria for applying the EICAT scheme in a consistent and comparable fashion, prescribe the supporting information that should be supplied along with classifications, and describe the process for implementing the method. This comment aims to draw the attention of interested parties to the framework and guidelines, and to present them in their entirety in a location where they are freely accessible to any potential users.
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