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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37397| Appears in Collections: | Biological and Environmental Sciences Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration |
| Author(s): | Barbulescu, Roxana South, Josie Byrne, Bridget Solomos, John Benson, Michaela Silva, Carlos Carlos Vargas Yemane, Tesfalem Zambelli, Elena Anghel, Remus Gabriel Bacher, Sven Torres, Anastasia Maria Bermudez Bernard-Verdier, Maud Bibi, Rashida Boatcă, Manuela Pattison, Zarah |
| Contact Email: | zarah.pattison2@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | Migration race culture invasion science biology interdisciplinary |
| Issue Date: | 3-Oct-2025 |
| Date Deposited: | 26-Sep-2025 |
| Citation: | Barbulescu R, South J, Byrne B, Solomos J, Benson M, Silva CCV, Yemane T, Zambelli E, Anghel RG, Bacher S, Torres AMB, Bernard-Verdier M, Bibi R, Boatcă M & Pattison Z (2025) Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration. <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies</i>, 48 (13), pp. 2496-2501. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2527906 |
| Abstract: | A recent paper by Ahmed et al. (2025. “Parallels and Discrepancies between non-native Species Introductions and Human Migration.” Biological Reviews 100 (3): 1365–1395), published in Biological Reviews, suggests a comparative analysis of biological invasions (concerning interactions between different species) and human migration (concerning interactions among members of the same species) presenting prospective similarities between the two phenomena and proposing the existence of an “untapped potential in interdisciplinary research”. In this commentary, we assemble scholars from migration and biology domains to raise concerns on the conceptual inconsistencies present in said article and discuss implications for social sciences, migration, ethnic and racial studies. South et al. (2025. “Parallels between Biological Invasions and Human Migration Are Flawed and Undermine Both Disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al.” BioScience. Advance online publication), in turn, review the limitations from a biological science perspective. In this way, we seek to provide an interdisciplinary response and reach audiences across disciplines. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1080/01419870.2025.2527906 |
| Rights: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Notes: | Additional authors: Rossana Bolpagni; Deidre Colon; Jean-Paul Demoule; Alison M Dunn; Sam Durrant; Thomas Faist; Claudia Finotelli; Glenda Garelli; Ben Gidley; Jerome M W Gippet; Sara Gonzalez; Simone Guareschi; Tina Heger; Sara Hill; Joshua Hobbs; George Holmes; Philp E Hulme; Hanna Jones; Marie-Andree Jacob; Dumisani Khosa; Majella Kilkey; Ayu Kusumastuti; Anne Lavanchy; Hannah Lewis; Rafael L Macedo; Rosa Mas Giralt; Camille L Musseau; Mona Makinejad; Esther Regina Neira Castro; Anna Probert; Jonathan David Roberts; Florian Ruland; Wolf-Christian Saul; Giuseppe Sciortino; Ross T Shakleton; Nando Sigona; Simona Sokolovska; James Souter; Li Sun; Zana Vathi; Ulrike Vieten; Giovanni Vimercati; Louise Waite; Pip Wilson; Florencia A Yannelli |
| Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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