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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Massive yet grossly underestimated global costs of invasive insects |
Author: | Bradshaw, C. Leroy, B. Bellard, C. Roiz, D. Albert, C. Fournier, A. Barbet-Massin, M. Salles, J.-M. Simard, F. Courchamp, F. |
Citation: | Nature Communications, 2016; 7(1):12986-1-12986-8 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 2041-1723 2041-1723 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Boris Leroy, Céline Bellard, David Roiz, Céline Albert, Alice Fournier, Morgane Barbet-Massin, Jean-Michel Salles, Frédéric Simard and Franck Courchamp |
Abstract: | Insects have presented the human society with some of its greatest development challenges by spreading diseases, consuming crops and damaging infrastructure. Despite the massive human and financial toll of invasive insects, cost estimates of their impacts remain sporadic, spatially incomplete and of questionable quality. Here we compile a comprehensive database of economic costs of invasive insects. Taking all reported goods and service estimates, invasive insects cost a minimum of US$70.0 billion per year globally, while associated health costs exceed US$6.9 billion per year. Total costs rise as the number of estimate increases, although many of the worst costs have already been estimated (especially those related to human health). A lack of dedicated studies, especially for reproducible goods and service estimates, implies gross underestimation of global costs. Global warming as a consequence of climate change, rising human population densities and intensifying international trade will allow these costly insects to spread into new areas, but substantial savings could be achieved by increasing surveillance, containment and public awareness. |
Keywords: | invasive species |
Description: | Published 4 Oct 2016 |
Rights: | © The Author(s) 2016. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
DOI: | 10.1038/ncomms12986 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT110100306 |
Published version: | http://www.nature.com/naturecommunications |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications |
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