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Biol Invasions (2024) 26:2397–2405
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03302-9
ALIEN FLORAS ANDFAUNAS 24
Invasive non‑native species inBrazil: anupdated overview
RafaelD.Zenni · SílviaR.Ziller· ClarissaA.daRosa· RafaelB.Sühs· PatriciaB.Puechagut·
BeloniT.P.Marterer· GustavoHeringer· AnaCarolinaL.deMatos· MarinaL.Bueno·
JonathanW.Almeida· CarlosH.T.Silva· JoséRenatoLegracie‑Júnior· TatianiE.Chapla
Received: 19 December 2023 / Accepted: 21 March 2024 / Published online: 9 April 2024
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Abstract Invasive non-native species (invasive
species, henceforth) across all taxonomic groups are
spreading globally, with numbers projected to con-
tinue growing in the future. It is difficult for govern-
ments and managers to handle this issue when the
identity of invasive species or the areas of occurrence
of biological invasions are not known. Here, we pro-
vide an updated list of invasive animals, plants and
algae in Brazil that is fully integrated and based on
the same criteria and lexicon to define invasive spe-
cies across all plant and animal taxa and habitats. We
list 444 invasive non-native species: 254 animals,
188 plants and 2 algae. Some of the invasive species
have been present in Brazil since the beginning of the
European colonization in the 1500s, but the majority
of first records in Brazil were made in the last century,
with copious first records after the year 2000. The list
of invasive species presented here represents the most
comprehensive attempt thus far to catalog all invasive
non-native species at a continental-scale for a megad-
iverse country. Brazil has published a national strat-
egy with the objective of improving mechanisms and
partnerships for invasive non-native species preven-
tion, early detection and rapid response. We believe
that the current list of invasive species will provide
technical and scientific support for the implementa-
tion of effective measures in the management of bio-
logical invasions.
Supplementary Information The online version
contains supplementary material available at https:// doi.
org/ 10. 1007/ s10530- 024- 03302-9.
R.D.Zenni(*)· G.Heringer· A.C.L.deMatos·
M.L.Bueno· J.W.Almeida
Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de
Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras,
MG37200-090, Brazil
e-mail: rafael.zenni@ufla.br
S.R.Ziller· P.B.Puechagut· B.T.P.Marterer
Instituto Hórus de Desenvolvimento e Conservação
Ambiental, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
C.A.daRosa
Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional
de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo 2936,
Petrópolis,Manaus, AM69067-375, Brazil
R.B.Sühs
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade
Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC88040-900,
Brazil
G.Heringer
Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU), Schelmenwasen
4-8, 72622Nürtingen, Germany
C.H.T.Silva· J.R.Legracie-Júnior· T.E.Chapla
Brazilian Ministry oftheEnvironment, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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