Lessons and challenges in creating alien species lists: insights from South Africa's national reports on the status and management of biological invasions

Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e163028 (01 Jul 2025) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e163028 (01 Jul 2025) Published in: NeoBiota https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.101.162932 Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e163028 First posted 01 Jul 2025 Authors Tsungai Zengeya - Corresponding author South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Disclaimer: This article is (co-)authored by any of the Editors-in-Chief, Managing Editors or their deputies in this journal. Supporting agencies We 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. This 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.