01793nas a2200229   4500008004100000245006000041210005400101300001200155490000700167520116400174653002401338653000901362653002101371100001601392700001601408700002101424700001601445700001701461700001901478700001801497856004801515       2014                        eng d00aThe 100th of the world’s worst invasive alien species0 a100th of the world s worst invasive alien species  a981-9850 v163 a<p>Biological&nbsp;&nbsp; invasions&nbsp;&nbsp; are&nbsp;&nbsp; among&nbsp;&nbsp; thegreatest threats to global biodiversity, but in contrastto most other global threats, they suffer from specificcommunication&nbsp; issues.&nbsp; Our&nbsp; paper&nbsp; presents&nbsp; the&nbsp; firstnew addition to the widely cited IUCN list of &lsquo;&lsquo;100 ofthe&nbsp; world&rsquo;s&nbsp; worst&nbsp; invasive&nbsp; species&rsquo;&rsquo;,&nbsp; a&nbsp; list&nbsp; created&nbsp; adecade ago in response to these communication issues.We briefly present this list, the recent removal of onespecies&nbsp; from that&nbsp; list,&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; rationale&nbsp; to include&nbsp; anovel, 100th species to replace it. The new species ofthis list, giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta), was chosenby&nbsp; the&nbsp; community&nbsp; of&nbsp; invasion&nbsp; biologists&nbsp; (over&nbsp; 650experts from over 60 countries). This new addition tothe list will draw public attention to the damage causedby invasive alien species and it will help stimulate thenecessary&nbsp; discussion&nbsp; of&nbsp; this&nbsp; critical&nbsp; issue&nbsp; in&nbsp; scienceand policy circles.</p>
10aBiologicalinvasions10aISSG10aSalvinia molesta1 aLuque, G.M.1 aBellard, C.1 aBertelsmeier, C.1 aBonnaud, E.1 aGenovesi, P.1 aSimberloff, D.1 aCourchamp, F.  uhttps://alientoma.myspecies.info/el/node/79