This issue of BioInvasions Records includes 20 articles focused on new records of non-native species, their distribution and invasiveness.
Research on non-native plants includes investigations of the impact of weedy sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) on crop yields in Austria (Follak et al.), data on the distribution and cover of Carex pilulifera in the subalpine vegetation of Reunion Island (Boulesnane-Guengant et al.), while Klasea quinquefolia (Asteraceae) is reported for the first time in Italy (Borghesan et al.). An updated distribution of the large-flowered waterweed (Egeria densa) in China is presented by Xiong et al. including an overview of ecological impacts, and applied control or eradication approaches.
Regarding non-native invertebrates, first records are provided for the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in the Czech Republic including a climatic prediction of its spread (Walter et al.) and the invasive ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus and its fungal associates in Switzerland (Blaser et al.). In freshwater ecosystems, first records are provided for the bamboo worm Clymenella torquata at the German North Sea coast (Schückel et al.), the non-indigenous mysid Neomysis americana in the Loire estuary (Droual et al.), the mussel Limnoperna fortunei in Paraíba do Sul basin (South Brasil) (Miyahira et al.) and the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in Nova Scotia, Canada (Pratt et al.) and Slovakia (Lipták et al.). In the marine environment, Rech et al. report on the bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata arriving on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
On the invasion of non-native vertebrates, Rahman et al. first report on the natural breeding of the Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) and Park et al. report on the turtle Sternotherus carinatus observed in the wild both in South Korea. The invasion status of the African collared dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) in Mexico is investigated by Ceja-Madrigal et al., a novel invasive rodent species on Wake Atoll is reported by Piaggio et al. and Schertler et al. provide an overview of the Reeves’ muntjac (Muntiacus reveesi) in Austria. Lastly, the invasive colonial tunicate Didemnum vexillum reported for the first time in the western Bay of Fundy (Atlantic Canada) by Teed et al. including management and monitoring advice, Lagocephalus guentheri is recorded from Maltese waters (Deidun et al.), and Iveša et al. present the northernmost record of Percnon gibbesi in the Mediterranean Sea.
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