When pets become pests : the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals
dc.contributor.author | Lockwood, Julie L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Welbourne, Dustin J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Romagosa, Christina M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cassey, Phillip | |
dc.contributor.author | Mandrak, Nicholas E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Strecker, Angela | |
dc.contributor.author | Leung, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Stringham, Oliver C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Udell, Bradley | |
dc.contributor.author | Episcopio-Sturgeon, Diane J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tlusty, Michael F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sinclair, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Springborn, Michael R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pienaar, Elizabeth Frances | |
dc.contributor.author | Rhyne, Andrew L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Keller, Reuben | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-11T11:54:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-11T11:54:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | The annual trade in exotic vertebrates as pets is a multi‐billion‐dollar global business. Thousands of species, and tens of millions of individual animals, are shipped both internationally and within countries to satisfy this demand. Most research on the exotic pet trade has focused on its contribution to native biodiversity loss and disease spread. Here, we synthesize information across taxa and research disciplines to document the exotic pet trade's contribution to vertebrate biological invasions. We show recent and substantial worldwide growth in the number of non‐native animal populations introduced via this invasion pathway, which demonstrates a strong potential to increase the number of invasive animals in the future. Key to addressing the invasion threat of exotic pets is learning more about the socioeconomic forces that drive the massive growth in the exotic pet market and the socioecological factors that underlie pet release by owners. These factors likely vary according to cultural pet‐keeping traditions across regions and whether purchases were legal or illegal. These gaps in our understanding of the exotic pet trade must be addressed in order to implement effective policy solutions. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Mammal Research Institute | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | hj2019 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the National Socio‐Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding received from the US National Science Foundation (DBI‐1052875), and from Centre for Invasive Species Solutions project funding (PO1‐I‐002: “Understanding and intervening in illegal trade in non‐native species”). | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15409309 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Lockwood, J.L., Welbourne, D.J., Romagosa, C.M. et al. 2019, 'When pets become pests: the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 323-330. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1540-9295 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1540-9309 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1002/fee.2059 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70145 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2019 The Authors. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment published by Wiley Periodicals Inc. on behalf of the Ecological Society of America. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Exotic pet trade | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Vertebrate biological invasions | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Non‐native animal populations | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Invasive animals | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Socioeconomic forces | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Socioecological factors | en_ZA |
dc.title | When pets become pests : the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |
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