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Improving science-based invasive species management with physiological knowledge, concepts, and tools

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Biological invasions are a prominent factor contributing to global biodiversity loss. As a result, managing invasive species is a priority for many conservation scientists and natural resource managers. Invasive species management requires a multidisciplinary approach and there is increasing recognition that physiology can be used to inform conservation efforts because physiological processes underlie an individual’s response to its environment. For example, physiological concepts and tools can be used to assess the impacts of invasive animals on their new ecosystems, to predict which animal species are likely to become invasive, to prevent the introduction of non-native animals, and to control incipient or established invasions. To evaluate whether physiology is integrated within invasion science, the journal Biological Invasions was surveyed for a quantitative literature review. To determine how physiology is used to inform invasion science and which subdisciplines of physiology are particularly relevant to invasive animal management, the broader invasion literature was also reviewed to identify examples where physiology has contributed to studying and managing invasive animals. Only 6 % of articles published in Biological Invasions incorporated physiological knowledge or tools, mostly for the purposes of identifying traits associated with species invasiveness (i.e. prediction). However, the broader literature indicated that successful invasive species research and management can be supported by fundamental and applied physiological research for assessing, predicting, preventing, and controlling invasive animals. Development of new techniques and increased availability of equipment for remote or rapid monitoring of physiology in the field will increase opportunities for integrating physiology within invasion science.

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RJL, JEP, and SJC are supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). SJC is additionally supported by the Canada Research Chairs Program and Carleton University. We gratefully thank Tracy Langkilde, Stephanie Liss, Stephen Secor, The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and Jonathan Webb for the use of photographs. We also thank two anonymous reviewers and to Julie Lockwood for their comments that contributed to the development of this manuscript.

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Lennox, R., Choi, K., Harrison, P.M. et al. Improving science-based invasive species management with physiological knowledge, concepts, and tools. Biol Invasions 17, 2213–2227 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0884-5

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