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Chapter 12
Remote Detection of Invasive Alien Species
Erik A. Bolch, Maria J. Santos, Christiana Ade, Shruti Khanna,
Nicholas T. Basinger, Martin O. Reader, and Erin L. Hestir
12.1 Introduction
Invasive alien species (IAS) are non-native species with a rapid spread potential that
can have negative ecological, environmental, and economic effects on the environments where they have been introduced (Masters and Norgrove 2010). The current
rate and variety of species invasions is unprecedented in the fossil record (Ricciardi
2007). Global rates of invasion increased from around 8 records per year in 1800 to
1.5 per day in 1996. Although this rate may be partly the result of better record
keeping, the rate is consistent across most taxa and shows little sign of slowing
down (Seebens et al. 2017). Driven by climate change, invasion is expected to continue apace as global temperatures continue to rise and human societies and economies become increasingly connected around the world (Penk et al. 2016; van
Kleunen et al. 2015).
E. A. Bolch (*) · C. Ade · E. L. Hestir
University of California Merced, School of Engineering, Environmental Systems,
Merced, CA, USA
e-mail: ebolch@ucmerced.edu; cade@ucmerced.edu; ehestir@ucmerced.edu
M. J. Santos · M. O. Reader
University of Zürich, Department of Geography and University Research Priority Program in
Global Change and Biodiversity, Zürich, Switzerland
e-mail: maria.j.santos@geo.uzh.ch; martin.reader@geo.uzh.ch
S. Khanna
University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources,
Davis, CA, USA
e-mail: shrkhanna@ucdavis.edu
N. T. Basinger
University of Georgia, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Athens, GA, USA
e-mail: nicholas.basinger@uga.edu
© The Author(s) 2020
J. Cavender-Bares et al. (eds.), Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33157-3_12
Chapter 12
Remote Detection of Invasive Alien Species
Erik A. Bolch, Maria J. Santos, Christiana Ade, Shruti Khanna,
Nicholas T. Basinger, Martin O. Reader, and Erin L. Hestir
12.1 Introduction
Invasive alien species (IAS) are non-native species with a rapid spread potential that
can have negative ecological, environmental, and economic effects on the environments where they have been introduced (Masters and Norgrove 2010). The current
rate and variety of species invasions is unprecedented in the fossil record (Ricciardi
2007). Global rates of invasion increased from around 8 records per year in 1800 to
1.5 per day in 1996. Although this rate may be partly the result of better record
keeping, the rate is consistent across most taxa and shows little sign of slowing
down (Seebens et al. 2017). Driven by climate change, invasion is expected to continue apace as global temperatures continue to rise and human societies and economies become increasingly connected around the world (Penk et al. 2016; van
Kleunen et al. 2015).
E. A. Bolch (*) · C. Ade · E. L. Hestir
University of California Merced, School of Engineering, Environmental Systems,
Merced, CA, USA
e-mail: ebolch@ucmerced.edu; cade@ucmerced.edu; ehestir@ucmerced.edu
M. J. Santos · M. O. Reader
University of Zürich, Department of Geography and University Research Priority Program in
Global Change and Biodiversity, Zürich, Switzerland
e-mail: maria.j.santos@geo.uzh.ch; martin.reader@geo.uzh.ch
S. Khanna
University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources,
Davis, CA, USA
e-mail: shrkhanna@ucdavis.edu
N. T. Basinger
University of Georgia, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Athens, GA, USA
e-mail: nicholas.basinger@uga.edu