List of native-alien populations in South Africa

Native-alien population is defined as a population that is within a country to which the species is native and founded by individuals moved by direct human agency (or substantial indirect human agency) over a biogeographical barrier to an area beyond the species’ native range (Nelufule et al. 2022). This dataset followed the data structure used for the species list of South Africa’s second national status report on biological invasions ‘The status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa in 2019' (Zengeya and Wilson 2020). This represents the first inventory of native-alien populations in South Africa, and is a step towards a greater understanding of native-alien populations and the biosecurity threat they pose.

Reference

Nelufule T, Robertson MP, Wilson JRU, Faulkner KT (2022) Native-alien populations—an apparent oxymoron that requires specific conservation attention. NeoBiota 74: 57–74, https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.74.81671

Zengeya, T. A. & Wilson, J. R. U. (eds.). The status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa in 2019. pp.71. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch and DSI-NRFCentre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch. (2020).