A colourful world with a dark future: Unregulated trade as an emerging threat for woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Spain
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| Titel: | A colourful world with a dark future: Unregulated trade as an emerging threat for woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Spain |
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| Autoren: | Jairo Robla, Raúl Orihuela‐Rivero, Pallieter De Smedt, Marcos Matarredona, Lluc Garcia |
| Quelle: | INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Wiley, 2024. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | illegal trade, 0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, conservation biology, CONSERVATION, endemic species, Biology and Life Sciences, local extinctions, TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS, terrestrial isopods, RARITY, 01 natural sciences, INVERTEBRATES, BALEARIC-ISLANDS, LITTER DECOMPOSITION, BIOINDICATORS, 03 medical and health sciences, CRUSTACEA, Porcellionidae, Armadillidiidae, pet trade, WILD POPULATIONS, HYBRIDIZATION |
| Beschreibung: | Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) constitute a diverse and ecologically significant group inhabiting a great variety of ecosystems with a crucial role for ecosystem functioning, but strongly overlooked in conservation efforts and threats to species and populations are hardly studied. In this study, we evaluate for the first time the potential impact of an emerging unregulated trade on the woodlice of Spain. We conducted a search for all Spanish species nationally and internationally traded via online shops and studied various aspects of the nature of this market and its tendency. We found 56 species currently traded in international stores, and an additional 30 species through transactions on social media. Furthermore, the amount and number of species are increasing and far from stabilising, with higher prices paid for endemic than non‐endemic species. This situation puts pressure on local populations, potentially inducing local extinctions, affecting ecosystem functioning. Other potential future threats such as genetic contamination of native populations and the introduction of alien species cannot be ruled out. The conservation of woodlice faces significant challenges due to a lack of assessments of species conservation status and conservation action plans for the most affected species. We propose preventive measures, such as the creation of whitelists or blacklists, essential to protect (endemic) species and mitigate the threat of invasive species. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Dateibeschreibung: | application/pdf |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1752-4598 1752-458X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/icad.12792 |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01JK9H1A3DJCMXA1JGB8EQJADP http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JK9H1A3DJCMXA1JGB8EQJADP https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01JK9H1A3DJCMXA1JGB8EQJADP/file/01JK9H6F14WF89DQASSF46D4JC https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01JK9H1A3DJCMXA1JGB8EQJADP/file/01JPMCDQNH67PPCEA6VB2W53MC http://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12792 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....24c83813a9bacc83ea9e04f8a67e09a7 |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) constitute a diverse and ecologically significant group inhabiting a great variety of ecosystems with a crucial role for ecosystem functioning, but strongly overlooked in conservation efforts and threats to species and populations are hardly studied. In this study, we evaluate for the first time the potential impact of an emerging unregulated trade on the woodlice of Spain. We conducted a search for all Spanish species nationally and internationally traded via online shops and studied various aspects of the nature of this market and its tendency. We found 56 species currently traded in international stores, and an additional 30 species through transactions on social media. Furthermore, the amount and number of species are increasing and far from stabilising, with higher prices paid for endemic than non‐endemic species. This situation puts pressure on local populations, potentially inducing local extinctions, affecting ecosystem functioning. Other potential future threats such as genetic contamination of native populations and the introduction of alien species cannot be ruled out. The conservation of woodlice faces significant challenges due to a lack of assessments of species conservation status and conservation action plans for the most affected species. We propose preventive measures, such as the creation of whitelists or blacklists, essential to protect (endemic) species and mitigate the threat of invasive species. |
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| ISSN: | 17524598 1752458X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/icad.12792 |