文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Du, Yuanbao ¹ ; Xi, Yonghong ¹ ; Yang, Zhixu ³ ; Gu, Dangen ⁴ ; Zhang, Zhixin ⁵ ; Tu, Weishan ¹ ; Zeng, Yan ⁹ ; Cui, Ruina ¹ ; Yan, Zhuo ¹ ; Xin, Yusi ¹⁰ ; Jin, Wenjia ¹¹ ; Zhang, Yan ¹¹ ; Yang, Le ¹² ; Guo, Baocheng ⁷ ; Ke, Zunwei ¹³ ; Rohr, Jason R. ¹⁴ ; Liu, Xuan ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Key Lab Anim Ecol & Conservat Biol, Beijing, Peoples R China

2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China

3.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Ecol & Nat Conservat, Beijing, Peoples R China

4.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Key Lab Recreat Fisheries, Pearl River Fisheries Res Inst, Guangzhou, Peoples R China

5.Hokkaido Univ, Arctic Res Ctr, Sapporo, Japan

6.Chinese Acad Sci, Innovat Acad South China Sea Ecol & Environm Engn, South China Sea Inst Oceanol, CAS Key Lab Trop Marine Bioresources & Ecol, Guangzhou, Peoples R China

7.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Zool Systemat & Evolut, Inst Zool, Beijing, Peoples R China

8.Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Life Sci, USTC Life Sci & Med, Hefei, Peoples R China

9.Endangered Species Sci Commiss Peoples Republ Chin, Beijing, Peoples R China

10.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Landscape Architecture, Beijing, Peoples R China

11.Int Union Conservat Nat China, Beijing, Peoples R China

12.Tibet Plateau Inst Biol, Lhasa, Peoples R China

13.Hanjiang Normal Univ, Inst Chem & Environm Engn, Shiyan, Peoples R China

14.Univ Notre Dame, Dept Biol Sci, Environm Change Initiat, Notre Dame, IN USA

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT （ 影响因子：10.3； 五年影响因子：12.2 ）

ISSN： 1540-9295

年卷期： 2024 年 22 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Prayer animal release (PAR)-a traditional "compassion-based" religious practice of releasing captive animals into the wild to improve the karma of the releaser-has been regarded as a major anthropogenic pathway facilitating species invasions worldwide. However, comprehensive, quantitative assessments of PAR-related invasion risks, crucial for the development of mitigation strategies, are lacking. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a literature review of the prevalence of PAR events and examined the overlap between PAR intensity across China and habitat suitability for non-native vertebrates released in these events. Our results revealed that 63% of the areas with high PAR intensity in China were also suitable for non-native vertebrate establishment, a degree of overlap that was greater than expected by chance. In addition, field surveys in China detected higher richness of non-native fishes at PAR sites than at non-PAR sites. These findings imply an overall high risk of biological invasions associated with PARs. We recommend interdisciplinary cooperation among scientists, religious groups, and government agencies to effectively manage PARs and reduce the associated bioinvasion risk.