Invasion Science and the Global Spread of SARS-CoV-2

Martin A Nuñez; Anibal Pauchard; Anthony Ricciardi

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.004

Invasion Science and the Global Spread of SARS-CoV-2

Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 Aug;35(8):642-645. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.004. Epub 2020 May 19.

Authors

Martin A Nuñez¹, Anibal Pauchard², Anthony Ricciardi³

Affiliations

¹ Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Pioneros 2350, San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina. Electronic address: nunezm@gmail.com.
² Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Victoria 631, Concepción, Chile; Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Santiago, Chile.
³ Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0C4, Canada; Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.

Abstract

Emerging infectious diseases, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), are driven by ecological and socioeconomic factors, and their rapid spread and devastating impacts mirror those of invasive species. Collaborations between biomedical researchers and ecologists, heretofore rare, are vital to limiting future outbreaks. Enhancing the crossdisciplinary framework offered by invasion science could achieve this goal.

Keywords: One Health; biological invasions; biosecurity; globalization; invasion science; novel pathogens.

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