Highlights
Biological invasions in urban areas resulted in a total cost of US$ 326.7 billion.
Urban costs represent ∼15 % of the total costs caused by invasive species.
Most of these costs were attributed to damage by insects and impacted mostly public and social welfare.
73 countries have reports of costly invasive species in urban areas, yet no monetary costs have been reported.
Taxonomic and geographic gaps can be mitigated with more studies and accurate cost reporting.
Gustavo Heringer, Romina D. Fernandez, Alok Bang, Marion Cordonnier, Franck Courchamp, Science of The Total Environment, Vol 917,2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170336