The 100th of the world’s worst invasive alien species

摘要: Biological invasions are among the greatest threats to global biodiversity, but in contrast most other threats, they suffer from specific communication issues. Our paper presents first new addition widely cited IUCN list of “100 world’s worst invasive species”, a created decade ago response these We briefly present this list, recent removal one species that and rationale include novel, 100th replace it. The giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta), was chosen by community invasion biologists (over 650 experts over 60 countries). This will draw public attention damage caused alien it help stimulate necessary discussion critical issue science policy circles.