Development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for risk screening non-native terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions

Type Article
Date 2022-10
Language English
Author(s) Vilizzi LorenzoORCID1, Piria MarinaORCID1, 2, Pietraszewski Dariusz1, Kopecký Oldřich3, Špelić Ivan2, Radočaj TenaORCID2, Šprem NikicaORCID2, Ta Kieu Anh T.4, Tarkan Ali SerhanORCID1, 5, Weiperth András6, Yoğurtçuoğlu BaranORCID7, Candan OnurORCID8, Herczeg Gábor9, Killi Nurçin5, Lemić DarijaORCID10, Szajbert Bettina9, 11, Almeida David12, Al-Wazzan Zainab13, Atique UsmanORCID14, Bakiu Rigers15, 16, Chaichana Ratcha17, Dashinov Dimitriy18, Ferincz Árpad6, Flieller Guillaume19, Gilles Jr Allan S.20, Goulletquer PhilippeORCID21, Interesova ElenaORCID22, 23, 24, Iqbal SoniaORCID14, Koyama AkihikoORCID25, Kristan Petra2, Li Shan26, Lukas Juliane27, 28, Moghaddas Seyed DaryoushORCID29, Monteiro João G.ORCID30, Mumladze LevanORCID31, Olsson Karin H.ORCID32, 33, Paganelli Daniele34, Perdikaris Costas35, Pickholtz Renanel32, Preda CristinaORCID36, Ristovska Milica37, Slovák Švolíková KristínaORCID38, Števove BarboraORCID38, Uzunova Eliza18, Vardakas Leonidas39, Verreycken HugoORCID40, Wei Hui41, 42, Zięba GrzegorzORCID1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
2 : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
3 : Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Praha, Czechia
4 : Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Agency, Vietnam Environment Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, 084, Hanoi, Vietnam
5 : Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, 48000 Menteşe, Muğla, Turkey
6 : Department of Freshwater Fish Ecology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő 2100, Hungary
7 : Hydrobiology section, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Çankaya-Ankara 06800, Turkey
8 : General Biology Section, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ordu University, 52200 Altınordu/Ordu, Turkey
9 : Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
10 : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Zoology, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
11 : Doctoral School of Biology and Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1113 Budapest, Hungary
12 : Department of Basic Medical Sciences, USP-CEU University, 28925 Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
13 : Environment Public Authority, Shuwaikh Industrial 70050, Kuwait
14 : Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan
15 : Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana 1000, Albania
16 : Albanian Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Tirana 1000, Albania
17 : department of Environmental Technology and Management, Faculty of Environment, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
18 : Department of General and Applied Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
19 : University of Rennes, UFR Life Science, 35000 Rennes, France
20 : Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences, Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, 1008 Metro Manila, Philippines
21 : Scientific Direction, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), 44980 Nantes, France
22 : Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
23 : Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
24 : Novosibirsk branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
25 : Fishery Research Laboratory, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 811-3304, Japan
26 : Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Branch of Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Shanghai 200041, China
27 : Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 12587 Berlin, Germany
28 : Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany
29 : Department of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, 1983963113 Tehran, Iran
30 : MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Regional Agency for the Development of Research (ARDITI), Funchal, Portugal
31 : Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia
32 : School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
33 : The Inter-University Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, Coral Beach, Eilat 8810302, Israel
34 : Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
35 : Department of Fisheries, Regional Unit of Thesprotia, Epirus, 46 100 Igoumenitsa, Greece
36 : Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta, Constanta 900527, Romania
37 : University “St. Cyril and Methodius”, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
38 : Department of Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 842 15 Mlynská dolina, Bratislava, Slovakia
39 : Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources & Inland Waters, GR-19013, Anavissos, Attica, Greece
40 : Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), B-1630 Linkebeek, Belgium
41 : Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China
42 : Key Laboratory of Recreational fisheries Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510380, China
Source Neobiota (1619-0033) (Pensoft Publishers), 2022-10 , Vol. 76 , P. 211-236
DOI 10.3897/neobiota.76.84268
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Note This article is part of: NeoBiota 76: Recent advancements in the risk screening of freshwater and terrestrial non-native species
Keyword(s) AS-ISK biological invasions decision-makers turnkey application TAS-ISK WRA, AS-ISK, biological invasions, decision-makers, turnkey application, TAS-ISK, WRA
Abstract

Electronic decision-support tools are becoming an essential component of government strategies to tackle non-native species invasions. This study describes the development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for screening terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions: the Terrestrial Animal Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (TAS-ISK). As an adaptation of the widely employed Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), the TAS-ISK question template inherits from the original Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) and related WRA-type toolkits and complies with the ‘minimum requirements’ for use with the recent European Regulation on invasive alien species of concern. The TAS-ISK consists of 49 basic questions on the species’ biogeographical/historical traits and its biological/ecological interactions, and of 6 additional questions to predict how climate change is likely to influence the risks of introduction, establishment, dispersal and impact of the screened species. Following a description of the main features of this decision-support tool as a turnkey software application and of its graphical user interface with support for 32 languages, sample screenings are provided in different risk assessment areas for one representative species of each of the main taxonomic groups of terrestrial animals supported by the toolkit: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, annelids, insects, molluscs, nematodes, and platyhelminths. The highest-scoring species were the red earthworm Lumbricus rubellus for the Aegean region of Turkey and the New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus for Croatia. It is anticipated that adoption of this toolkit will mirror that of the worldwide employed AS-ISK, hence allowing to share information and inform decisions for the prevention of entry and/or dispersal of (high-risk) non-native terrestrial animal species – a crucial step to implement early-stage control and eradication measures as part of rapid-response strategies to counteract biological invasions.

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Vilizzi Lorenzo, Piria Marina, Pietraszewski Dariusz, Kopecký Oldřich, Špelić Ivan, Radočaj Tena, Šprem Nikica, Ta Kieu Anh T., Tarkan Ali Serhan, Weiperth András, Yoğurtçuoğlu Baran, Candan Onur, Herczeg Gábor, Killi Nurçin, Lemić Darija, Szajbert Bettina, Almeida David, Al-Wazzan Zainab, Atique Usman, Bakiu Rigers, Chaichana Ratcha, Dashinov Dimitriy, Ferincz Árpad, Flieller Guillaume, Gilles Jr Allan S., Goulletquer Philippe, Interesova Elena, Iqbal Sonia, Koyama Akihiko, Kristan Petra, Li Shan, Lukas Juliane, Moghaddas Seyed Daryoush, Monteiro João G., Mumladze Levan, Olsson Karin H., Paganelli Daniele, Perdikaris Costas, Pickholtz Renanel, Preda Cristina, Ristovska Milica, Slovák Švolíková Kristína, Števove Barbora, Uzunova Eliza, Vardakas Leonidas, Verreycken Hugo, Wei Hui, Zięba Grzegorz (2022). Development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for risk screening non-native terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions. Neobiota, 76, 211-236. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.76.84268 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00796/90780/