{"paper_id":"46176a3e-5bb6-47b2-9c08-137426219c82","body_text":"Preprint\nARPHA Preprints\nhttps://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e163028 (01 Jul 2025)\nhttps://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e163028 (01 Jul 2025)\nPublished in: NeoBiota https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.101.162932\nOther versions:\n- Preprint InfoPreprint Info\n- CiteCite\n- MetricsMetrics\n- CommentComment\n- RelatedRelated\n- CitedCited\nARPHA Preprints\ndoi:\n10.3897/arphapreprints.e163028\nFirst posted\n01 Jul 2025\nAuthors\nTsungai Zengeya\n- Corresponding author\nSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa\nCentre for Invasion Biology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa\nUniversity of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa\nSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa\nUniversity of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa\nSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa\nUniversity of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa\nSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa\nCentre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa\nConflict of interest\nThe authors have declared that no competing interests exist.\nDisclaimer: This article is (co-)authored by any of the Editors-in-Chief, Managing Editors or their deputies in this journal.\nSupporting agencies\nWe thank the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) for funding, noting that this publication does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DFFE or its employees. We also received support from the B-cubed project (Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy) which is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme (ID No 101059592). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the EU nor the EC can be held responsible for them.\nThis is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.","source_license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_restricted":false}