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Non-native Species Introductions, Invasions, and Biotic Homogenization in the Atlantic Forest

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Anthropogenic introduction of non-native species has occurred since the first European colonization of South America in the 1500s, with the Atlantic Forest being the most heavily affected biome in the continent. Biological invasions, together with other anthropogenic pressures occurring over the subsequent 500 years, led to many biological changes such as biotic homogenization. In this chapter, we discuss patterns of non-native species introductions, highlight invasions or population explosions of problematic native species, and explore the phenomenon of biotic homogenization in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. We explore examples related to the effect of recent introductions of non-native species, highlighting the loss of native biodiversity (e.g., rare, specialist, and endemic) and the proliferation of human-mediated non-native species of economic importance (e.g., genrealist, common and widely distributed). We also discuss the role of society and policymakers in developing policies of public interest. Finally, we discuss how raising awareness of the negative effects of invasive non-native species will contribute to inform management policies and provoke more in-depth research, resulting in greater protection and sound management strategy for the Atlantic Forest.

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Acknowledgments

All authors are thankful to the Horus Institute for providing access to the database especially to Sílvia R. Ziller. The authors are grateful to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq – Brazil) for the constant research productivity grants provided to JRSV (PQ Process Numbers: 302367/2018-7 and 303776/2015-3) and for support supplied to VSD (Process Number: 167382/2017-9), RRB (Process Number: 152289/2018-6), VRP (Process Number: 303970/2018-9), and DMSM (Process Number: 307839/2014-1). We also would like to thank Dr. Marcia M. Marques and Carlos E. de V. Grelle who have organized the entire book with excellence and professionalism.

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  1. Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Jean R. S. Vitule, Thiago V. T. Occhi, Laís Carneiro, Vanessa S. Daga, Fabrício A. Frehse, Hugo S. de Pereira, Matheus O. Freitas & Raul R. Braga

  2. Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    Luis A. V. Bezerra

  3. Federal University of Paraná, Palotina, PR, Brazil

    Sandra Forneck

  4. University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil

    Carla G. Z. Hegel

  5. Capão da Imbuia Natural History Museum, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Vinícius Abilhoa

  6. Institute of Botany, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Maria T. Grombone-Guaratini

  7. São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Jamile Queiroz-Sousa

  8. University of São Paulo, Butanta, SP, Brazil

    Vânia R. Pivello

  9. Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Dalva M. Silva-Matos

  10. Federal University of Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil

    Igor Oliveira

  11. State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Luís Felipe Toledo

  12. Lactec Laboratory, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Marcelo A. V. Vallejos

  13. Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil

    Rafael D. Zenni

  14. University of Roehampton, London, UK

    Antonia G. P. Ford

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Vitule, J.R.S. et al. (2021). Non-native Species Introductions, Invasions, and Biotic Homogenization in the Atlantic Forest. In: Marques, M.C.M., Grelle, C.E.V. (eds) The Atlantic Forest. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55322-7_13

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