Introductions of Invasive Alien Species are considered as the second major cause of biodiversity loss, and pose major threats to human societies. Given that these introductions are caused by human activities, it is important to understand them so as to prevent them.
- Introduction and invasion risks
By studying invasive species distributions and climatic niches, we can identify areas that are at-risk of introductions or spread, especially in the face of climate change.
Bellard C., Jeschke J., Leroy B. & Mace G.M. 2018. Insights from modelling studies on how climate change affects invasive alien species geography. Ecology & Evolution 8:5688-5700 [link]
Bellard C., Rysman J.-F., Leroy B. , Claud C. & Mace G.M. 2017. Islands and invaders: a global picture to determine vulnerable regions. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:1862-1869 [link]
Gillard M., Thiebaut G., Deleu C. & Leroy B. 2017. Present and future distribution of three aquatic plant taxa across the world: decrease in native and increase in invasive ranges. Biological Invasions 19:2159-2170. [link]
Bellard C., Leroy B., Thuiller W., Rysman J.-F. & Courchamp F. 2016. Major drivers of invasions risks throughout the world. Ecosphere 7:e01241 [link]
Bellard C., Leclerc C., Leroy B., Bakkenes M., Veloz S., Thuiller W. & Courchamp F. 2014. Vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots to global change. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23:1376–1386 [link]
Bellard C., Thuiller W., Leroy B., Genovesi P., Bakkenes M. & Courchamp F. 2013. Will climate change promote future invasions? Global Change Biology 19:3740-3748 [link]
- Invasive Alien Species impacts
Invasive Alien Species can have tremendous impacts on biodiversity and human societies. In 2014, I conceived the database on the global economic costs of invasive alien insects. The objective was to provide a scientifically robust and comprehensive estimation of their economic costs to human societies. We are now working on expanding this work to all groups of Invasive Alien Species
Bradshaw C.J.A., Leroy B., Bellard C., Albert C., Roiz D., Barbet-Massin M., Fournier A., Salles J.M., Simard F. & Courchamp F. 2016. Massive yet grossly underestimated global costs of invasive insects. Nature Communications 7:12986 [link]