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Economic costs of invasive alien ants worldwide

Authors :
Elena Angulo
Benjamin D. Hoffmann
Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia
Ahmed Taheri
Paride Balzani
Alok Bang
David Renault
Marion Cordonnier
Céline Bellard
Christophe Diagne
Danish A. Ahmed
Yuya Watari
Franck Courchamp
Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE)
AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO)
Université Chouaib Doukkali (UCD)
Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence (UniFI)
Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters [University of South Bohemia]
University of South Bohemia
South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses [University of South Bohemia] (CENAKVA)
University of South Bohemia -University of South Bohemia
Society for Ecology Evolution and Development
Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes] (ECOBIO)
Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)
Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.)
Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST)
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This research was funded through the 2017–2018 Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA joint call for research proposals, under the BiodivScen ERA-Net COFUND program. The French National Research Agency (ANR-14-CE02-0021) and the BNP-Paribas Foundation Climate Initiative funded the InvaCost project that allowed the construction of the InvaCost database. The work was conducted following a workshop funded by the AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology and is part of the AlienScenario project funded by BiodivERsA and Belmont-Forum call 2018 on biodiversity scenarios, which also funded CD contract (BMBF/PT DLR 01LC1807C). Funds for EA and LBM came from the AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology of University Paris Saclay. DA was funded by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) (Grant number: PR1914SM-01) and the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) internal seed fund (Grant Number: 253536). DR thanks InEE-CNRS who supports the national network ‘Biological Invasions’ (Groupement de Recherche InvaBio, 2014–2022). CB was also funded by her salary as a french public agent.
ANR-14-CE02-0021,InvaCosts,Insectes envahissants et leurs couts pour la biodiversité, l'économie et la santé humaine(2014)
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)
Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)
Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE)
Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)
Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)
Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier
Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)
BiodivERsA joint call for research proposals, under the BiodivScen ERA-Net COFUND program
French National Research Agency [ANR-14-CE02-0021]
BNP-Paribas Foundation Climate Initiative - AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology [BMBF/PT DLR 01LC1807C]
AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology of University Paris Saclay - Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) [PR1914SM-01]
Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) [253536]
InEE-CNRS [2014-2022]
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI)
Source :
Biological Invasions, Biological Invasions, 2022, 24 (7), pp.2041-2060. ⟨10.1007/s10530-022-02791-w⟩, Biological Invasions, Springer Verlag, 2022, 24 (7), pp.2041-2060. ⟨10.1007/s10530-022-02791-w⟩, Biological Invasions, Springer Verlag, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s10530-022-02791-w⟩
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2022.

Abstract

International audience; Invasive ants are amongst the most destructive and widespread invaders across the globe; they can strongly alter invaded ecosystems and are responsible for the loss of native ant species. Several studies have reported that invasive ants can also lead to substantial economic costs. In this study, we search, describe and analyse 1342 reported costs of invasive ants compiled in the InvaCost database. Economic costs, reported since 1930 for 12 ant species in 27 countries, totalled US dollars 51.93 billion, from which US dollars 10.95 billion were incurred, and US$ 40.98 billion were potential costs (i.e., expected or predicted costs). More than 80% of total costs were associated with only two species, Solenopsis invicta and Wasmannia auropunctata ; and two countries, the USA and Australia. Overall, damage costs amounted to 92% of the total cost, mainly impacting the agriculture, public and social welfare sectors. Management costs were primarily post-invasion management (US dollars 1.79 billion), with much lower amounts dedicated to prevention (US dollars 235.63 million). Besides the taxonomic bias, cost information was lacking for an average of 78% of the invaded countries. Moreover, even in countries where costs were reported, such information was available for only 56% of the invaded locations. Our synthesis suggests that the global costs of invasive ants are massive but largely biased towards developed economies, with a huge proportion of underreported costs, and thus most likely grossly underestimated. We advocate for more and improved cost reporting of invasive ants through better collaborations between managers, practitioners and researchers, a crucial basis for adequately informing future budgets and improving proactive management actions of invasive ants.; El coste económico mundial de las hormigas invasoras Las hormigas invasoras están entre las especies más destructivas y más ampliamente extendidas en todo el mundo. Pueden alterar fuertemente los ecosistemas y son responsables de la pérdida de numerosas especies de hormigas nativas en los ecosistemas invadidos. Muchos estudios han mostrado que las hormigas invasoras pueden producir costes económicos importantes. En este estudio, recopilamos, describimos y analizamos 1342 entradas de costes económicos de hormigas invasoras usando la base de datos InvaCost. Los costes económicos fueron reportados desde 1930, para 12 hormigas invasoras, en 27 países, alcanzando un total de 51.93 mil millones de dólares americanos de los cuales 10.95 mil millones fueron observados (costes reales) mientras que 40.98 mil millones de dólares americanos fueron costes potenciales (es decir, costes esperados, no observados). Más del 80% de los costes totales fueron causados por dos especies: Solenopsis invicta y Wasmannia auropunctata ; y en dos países: Estados Unidos y Australia. Los costes debidos a daños alcanzaron el 92% del total, afectando principalmente a los sectores agrícola y de bienestar social. Los costes de gestión se invirtieron en su mayoría en la gestión de post-invasión (1.79 mil millones de dólares), con montos mucho menores de inversión en prevención (235.63 millones de dólares). A nivel geográfico, falta información de reportes de costes económicos para aproximadamente un 78% de los países invadidos. Además, incluso en los países donde existían costes reportados, dicha información sólo estaba disponible para el 56% de los lugares invadidos. Nuestra síntesis sugiere que los costes globales de las hormigas invasoras son enormes pero en gran medida sesgados hacia las economías desarrolladas, con una gran proporción de costes sin reportar y por lo tanto gravemente subestimados. Exhortamos entonces, a un mayor y mejor reporte de los costes económicos de las hormigas invasoras a través de una mayor colaboración entre gestores, profesionales e investigadores; lo cual es la base crucial para informar adecuadamente presupuestos futuros y mejorar las actuaciones hacia una gestión proactiva de las hormigas invasoras.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13873547 and 15731464
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Biological Invasions, Biological Invasions, 2022, 24 (7), pp.2041-2060. ⟨10.1007/s10530-022-02791-w⟩, Biological Invasions, Springer Verlag, 2022, 24 (7), pp.2041-2060. ⟨10.1007/s10530-022-02791-w⟩, Biological Invasions, Springer Verlag, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s10530-022-02791-w⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7db7bff3ecb1feea18e0caa313af5073