native species
| Definition | Source | References |
|---|---|---|
Indigenous species of animals or plants that naturally occur in a given region or ecosystem. |
Americas assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Europe and Central Asia assessment, Africa assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment, Land degradation and restoration assessment, Sustainable use assessment | |
taxa that have originated in a given area (their natural range) without human involvement, or that have arrived there without intentional or unintentional intervention of humans, from an area in which they are native (IPBES glossary). This definition excludes products of hybridization involving alien taxa since “human involvement”, in this case, includes the introduction of an alien parent |
Invasive alien species assessment | Pyšek et al., 2004 |