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Supplementary material 1 from: Zieritz A, Armas B, Aldridge D (2014) Registry of non-native species in the Two Seas region countries (Great Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands). NeoBiota 23: 65-80. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.23.5665

Registry of non-native species in the Two Seas region countries (Great Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands): Explanation note: The MS Excel file contains two worksheets:

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Microsatellite data for Prosopis species sampled from different non-native populations in Kenya and Ethiopia

Microsatellite data for seven loci and 711 individuals of P. juliflora and P. pallida sampled from non-native populations from Kenya and Ethiopia.

FIGURE 3 in DNA analysis of a non-native lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana species complex (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle Asia supports the Chinese origin of the European invaders

FIGURE 3. Shell of a specimen of Sinanodonta cf. gibba (Benson in Cantor, 1842) from the Amu Darya River. Scale bar = 3 cm. (Photo: Ekaterina Konopleva).

FIGURE 5 in DNA analysis of a non-native lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana species complex (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle Asia supports the Chinese origin of the European invaders

FIGURE 5. Majority-rule consensus Bayesian phylogenetic tree based on the COI haplotypes of Sinanodonta spp. and related taxa. Numbers close to nodes are Bayesian posterior probabilities. The scale bar indicates the branch length.

FIGURE 4 in DNA analysis of a non-native lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana species complex (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle Asia supports the Chinese origin of the European invaders

FIGURE 4. Median-joining network of the COI sequences of Sinanodonta cf. gibba (Benson in Cantor, 1842) (N = 53; list of additional sequences in Appendix 1). The red numbers near branches indicate the numbers of nucleotide substitutions between haplotypes. Size of circles corresponds to the number of available sequences for each haplotype (smallest circle = 1 sequence).

FIGURE 2 in DNA analysis of a non-native lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana species complex (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle Asia supports the Chinese origin of the European invaders

FIGURE 2. Habitat of Sinanodonta cf. gibba (Benson in Cantor, 1842) from Uzbekistan: a floodplain lake of the Amu Darya River near the town of Xonqa. (Photo: Alexey Chernyak).

FIGURE 1 in DNA analysis of a non-native lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana species complex (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle Asia supports the Chinese origin of the European invaders

FIGURE 1. Distribution range of Sinanodonta cf. gibba (Benson in Cantor, 1842) in Uzbekistan. The red circle indicates our sequenced record from the Amu Darya River and the blue circles indicate published records (Appendix 2). The color hatching indicates the corresponding river drainage basins.

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Fig. 1 in Westward Expansion of Onthophagus taurus (Schreber) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Current Distribution of a Non-Native Species

Fig. 1. Current distribution of the non-native species Onthophagus taurus in the continental US (as of January 2024). Dark gray indicates states in which O. taurus was recorded previously, light gray indicates states with new records, and white indicates states with no records. The star represents the new state record described herein; dots represent records in previously unrecorded states. Previous records were compiled from Floate et al. (2017) and Bezanson and Floate (2019). Bezanson and Floate (2019) included states where O. taurus was recorded and states considered suitable for establishment based on climate analysis. States that were listed as suitable for establishment but lacked verified records in Bezanson and Floate (2019) were not considered states in which O. taurus was recorded previously. New state records (those not included in Bezanson and Floate 2019 or Floate et al. 2017) were compiled from data publicly available on GBIF (2024), observations on BugGuide (2024) and iNaturalist (2024), Gigliotti et al. (2019), Smith (1997), and personal communication (E. L. McCullough, September 2023). When coordinates were not available from the original data source, the geographic center of known locations (county records, island records, parks) was used. Only records with supporting images that accurately depicted O. taurus were considered for inclusion from iNaturalist and BugGuide. net. Supplemental data are available at https://bit.ly/3rKgAuI. Map developed using SimpleMappr (Shorthouse 2010).

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A method for conveying confidence in iNaturalist observations: a case study using non-native marine species

This data and code supports the paper Ackland et al.   A method for conveying confidence in iNaturalist observations: a case study using non-native marine species

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Data from: Standing genetic diversity and selection at functional gene loci are associated with differential invasion success in two non-native fish species

Invasive species are expected to experience a unique combination of high genetic drift due to demographic factors while also experiencing strong selective pressures. The paradigm that reduced genetic diversity should limit the evolutionary potential of invasive species and thus their potential for range expansion has received little empirical support, possibly due to the choice of genetic markers. Our goal was to test for effects of genetic drift and selection at functional genetic markers as they relate to the invasion success of two paired invasive goby species, one widespread (successful) and one with limited range expansion (less successful). We genotyped fish using two marker types: single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in known-function, protein-coding genes and microsatellites to contrast the effects of neutral genetic processes. We identified reduced allelic variation in the invaded range for the less-successful tubenose goby. SNPs putatively under selection were responsible for the observed differences in population structure between marker types for round goby (successful) but not tubenose goby (less successful). A higher proportion of functional loci experienced divergent selection for round goby, suggesting increased evolutionary potential in invaded ranges may be associated with round goby's greater invasion success. Genes involved in thermal tolerance were divergent for round goby populations but not tubenose goby, consistent with the hypothesis that invasion success for fish in temperate regions is influenced by capacity for thermal tolerance. Our results highlight the need to incorporate functional genetic markers in studies to better assess evolutionary potential for the improved conservation and management of species.

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Invasion disharmony in the global biogeography of native and non-native beetle species

These data consist of a comprehensive list (as of 2020) of all known non-native Coleoptera (beetle) species established in 10 world regions: North America (excluding Mexico), Japan, the Okinawa and Ogasawara Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, South Korea, Europe (including the European part of Russia), New Zealand, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands. It does not include species that were known to have been intentionally introduced, species that failed to establish or species that only exist indoors (e.g., in greenhouses). Taxonomy of each species was verified using the GBIF backbone taxonomy. We also include tables summarizing numbers of Coleoptera species in each family for both native and non-native species established in each of the 10 regions

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Non-native species outperform natives in coastal marine ecosystems subjected to warming and freshening events - A meta-analysis of coastal marine native and non-native species responses to experimentally manipulated climatic events

Aims: Contemporary climate change and biological invasions are two main drivers of biodiversity redistribution. Interactive effects between these drivers have been reported in a number of study systems, yet results are conflicting. Some studies find that future climate change facilitates the spread and success of non-native species, especially those with broad physiological tolerances. Other studies conclude that non-natives are vulnerable to current and future changes in climatic conditions. Given that most studies have focused on terrestrial species, here we contribute to this debate by analysing responses of coastal native and non-native fauna and flora to key climate-related stressors namely increased temperature (warming) and decreased salinity (freshening). Location: Global. Time period: 2002 – 2019. Major taxa studied: Marine benthic macrophytes and invertebrates. Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of results from experiments investigating the performance (e.g., growth, survival and reproduction) of sessile and sedentary species from benthic marine communities to warming and freshening. Results: We found evidence of positive responses to elevated temperature across a range of biological processes on non-native species, whereas the performance of native species declined. Similarly, decreased salinity negatively affected the biological processes of native species, but non-natives showed no positive or negative overall response to freshening. Main conclusions: Our study showed that non-native species outperform natives under a wide variety of warming and freshening conditions. The growth and reproduction of non-natives are enhanced by warmer temperatures, and thus ocean warming is expected to facilitate future spread and success of non-native species. Increased freshening, however, will likely have a negative impact in the future in both native and non-native species and thus is expected to be a driver of significant change in coastal marine ecosystems. Our comprehensive literature search revealed the need of more studies focusing on salinity changes and highlighted the need to expand our understanding of climate change drivers beyond warming.

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Ecomorphological relationships and invasion history of non-native terrestrial bird species on O'ahu, Hawai'i suggests ecological fitting during community assembly

The widespread introduction of species has created novel communities in many areas of the world. Since introduced species tend to have generalized ecologies and often lack shared evolutionary history with other species in their communities, it would be expected that the relationship between form and function (i.e. ecomorphology) may change in novel communities. We tested this expectation in a subset of the novel bird community on O'ahu, Hawai'i. By relating foraging behavior observations to morphology obtained from live birds at four sites across the island, we found many relationships between species' morphology and foraging ecology that mirrored relationships found in the literature for native dominated bird communities. Both movement and certain foraging behaviors were related to a species' tarsus to wing ratio. Further, bill morphology was related to gleaning, frugivory, and flycatching behaviors. The commonness of significant ecomorphological relationships suggests that, within O'ahu's novel bird community, form is strongly related to function. We hypothesize that ecological fitting likely played a major role in the assembly of this novel community conserving the relationships between form and function found in many other bird communities. To further support this hypothesis, we used niche data from EltonTraits 1.0 to determine if the establishment of bird species introduced to O'ahu was related to the distinctiveness of their ecological niche from the incumbent community. Introduced species were more likely to establish on O'ahu if their diets were less similar to the bird species already present on the island. Our results support the idea that ecological fitting is an important mechanism in shaping ecological communities, especially in the Anthropocene, thereby influencing novel community assembly and functioning.