Parallels between biological invasions and human migration are flawed and undermine both disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al.

Josie South; Roxana Barbulescu; Rafael L. Macêdo; Camille L. Musseau; Simone Guareschi; Tim Alamenciak; Gabriella Alberti; Sylvie Allen; Sven Bacher; Emma Baker; Michaela Benson; Maud Bernard-Verdier; Rashida Bibi; Manuela Boatcă; Rossano Bolpagni; Timothy M. Brown; Bridget Byrne; Susan Canavan; Esther Neira Castro; Deirdre Conlon; Jean Paul Demoule; Alison M. Dunn; Thomas Faist; Glenda Garelli; Paula Gervazoni; Ben Gidley; Jérôme M.W. Gippet; Matthew Harwood; Tina Heger; Theresa Henke; Sara Hill; Joshua Hobbs; James Hodson; George Holmes; Phillip E. Hulme; Hannah Jones; Dumisani Khosa; Majella Kilkey; Danai Kontou; Anne Lavanchy; Hannah Lewis; Rosa Mas Giralt; Laura A. Meyerson; Ana Novoa; Zarah Pattison; Pavel Pipek; Anna F. Probert; Petr Pyšek; Anthony Ricciardi; Jonathan David Roberts; Florian Ruland; Wolf Christian Saul; Ross Shackleton; Nando Sigona; Daniel Simberloff; John Solomos; Li Sun; Louise Waite; Pip Wilson; Florencia A. Yannelli; Zana Vathi; Tesfalem Yemane; Ulrike M. Vieten; Giovanni Vimercati; Elena Zambelli; Deah Lieurance

doi:10.1093/biosci/biaf073

Parallels between biological invasions and human migration are flawed and undermine both disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al.

Josie South
, Roxana Barbulescu
, Rafael L. Macêdo
, Camille L. Musseau
, Simone Guareschi
, Tim Alamenciak
, Gabriella Alberti
, Sylvie Allen
, Sven Bacher
, Emma Baker
, Michaela Benson
, Maud Bernard-Verdier
, Rashida Bibi
, Manuela Boatcă
, Rossano Bolpagni
, Timothy M. Brown
, Bridget Byrne
, Susan Canavan
, Esther Neira Castro
, Deirdre Conlon

Jean Paul Demoule, Alison M. Dunn, Thomas Faist, Glenda Garelli, Paula Gervazoni, Ben Gidley, Jérôme M.W. Gippet, Matthew Harwood, Tina Heger, Theresa Henke, Sara Hill, Joshua Hobbs, James Hodson, George Holmes, Phillip E. Hulme, Hannah Jones, Dumisani Khosa, Majella Kilkey, Danai Kontou, Anne Lavanchy, Hannah Lewis, Rosa Mas Giralt, Laura A. Meyerson, Ana Novoa, Zarah Pattison, Pavel Pipek, Anna F. Probert, Petr Pyšek, Anthony Ricciardi, Jonathan David Roberts, Florian Ruland, Wolf Christian Saul, Ross Shackleton, Nando Sigona, Daniel Simberloff, John Solomos, Li Sun, Louise Waite, Pip Wilson, Florencia A. Yannelli, Zana Vathi, Tesfalem Yemane, Ulrike M. Vieten, Giovanni Vimercati, Elena Zambelli, Deah Lieurance

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1013-1015
Number of pages	3
Journal	BioScience
Volume	75
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf073
State	Published - Dec 1 2025

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South, J., Barbulescu, R., Macêdo, R. L., Musseau, C. L., Guareschi, S., Alamenciak, T., Alberti, G., Allen, S., Bacher, S., Baker, E., Benson, M., Bernard-Verdier, M., Bibi, R., Boatcă, M., Bolpagni, R., Brown, T. M., Byrne, B., Canavan, S., Castro, E. N., ... Lieurance, D. (2025). Parallels between biological invasions and human migration are flawed and undermine both disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al. BioScience, 75(12), 1013-1015. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf073

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