The global map of alien bird species has been produced for the first time by a UCL-led team of researchers. It shows that human activities are the main determinants of how many alien bird species live ...

Whether 'alien' bird species thrive in a new habitat depends more on the environmental conditions than the population size or characteristics of the invading bird species, finds a new study. Published ...

Tim Blackburn's research was supported in part by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust. Species introduced by humans to areas where they don’t naturally occur are a worldwide problem. These “alien ...

June 20 (UPI) --Thanks to a new study, researchers are beginning to understand what makes alien species and why some places are more susceptible to invaders than others. For the study, a team of ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 28, No. 1 (January 2022), pp. 38-52 (15 pages) Aim: Species introductions have reshaped island faunas for the last 200 years, often threatening native biodiversity.

The discovery is important for understanding the processes that help or hinder species moving between locations, and the next steps for predicting and limiting the threat of future biological ...