2022 ESA Annual Meeting (August 14 - 19)
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INS 16-8 What drives decisions to manage invasive species in urban ecosystems?

1:30 PM-3:00 PM
520A
Luke Potgieter, University of Toronto Scarborough;Myla F.J. Aronson,Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey;Angela J. Brandt,Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research;Carly N. Cook,School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800 Australia;Mirijam Gaertner,Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Sciences (HFWU), Schelmenwasen 4-8, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany;Nicholas E. Mandrak,University of Toronto Scarborough;David M. Richardson,Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;Namrata Shrestha, PhD,Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA);Marc William Cadotte, PhD,Ecological Solutions and Evidence;
Conservation practitioners in urban areas around the world are facing increasingly complex decisions about why, what, where, and when invasive alien species (IAS) management is required.We reviewed the literature on IAS management approaches applied in urban areas and evaluated whether prioritization, management thresholds, and decision triggers are used to inform the management of biological invasions.The review showed that the elements informing IAS management decisions in urban areas are still poorly understood and biased, suggesting that these decisions are made on an ad hoc basis and/or are prompted by external factors that are not recorded in the formal literature.