DOI: 10.5061/dryad.hqbzkh1sd
title: Data from: A proposed coupling framework of biological invasions: Quantifying the management prioritization in mealybugs invasion

description: Prioritizing potential invasive alien species, introduction pathways,
 likely places susceptible to biological invasions is collectively critical
 for developing the targeting of management strategies at pre-border,
 border, and post-border. A framework for prioritizing the invasion
 management that considered all these elements in combination is lacking,
 particularly in the context of potential co-invasion scenarios of
 multi-species. Here, for the first time, we have constructed a coupling
 framework of biological invasions to evaluate and prioritize multiple
 invasion risks of 35 invasive alien mealybugs (IAMs) that posed a
 significant threat to the agri-horticultural crops in China. We found that
 the imported tropical fruits from free trade areas of the Association of
 Southeast Asian Nations to entry ports of southern China was the primary
 introduction pathway for IAMs, vectored on various fruit commodities.
 There was also a high probability for co-introductions of potential
 multi-IAMs with a single imported tropical fruit. The potential
 distribution of such IAMs with dissimilar net relatedness were mainly
 located in southern China. These distributions, however, are likely to
 expand to the higher latitudes of northern China under future climate and
 land use/land cover changes. Temperature and anthropogenic factors were
 both independently and collectively determining factors for the diversity
 and distribution patterns of imported IAMs under near current climate
 conditions. Our findings highlight that these multiple components of
 global change have and will continue to facilitate the introduction and
 establishment risks of IAMs in southern China, as well as the spread risk
 into northern China. Additionally, our findings, for the first time,
 demonstrated management prioritization across the continuous invasion
 stages of 35 IAMs in China, and provide additional insights on the
 development of targeting of their biosecurity and management decisions.
description: # A proposed coupling framework of biological invasions: Quantifying the
 management prioritization in mealybugs invasion
 [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hqbzkh1sd](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hqbzkh1sd) ## Description of the data and file structure The occurrence data of invasive alien mealybugs were obtained from our field surveys and public databases. The interception data were obtained from Chinese National Pest Quarantine Information System, including interceptions of invasive alien mealybugs from specific source country or region, as well as at specific entry port. ### Files and variables #### File: Detailed\_explanation\_and\_standard\_for\_abbreviation\_of\_source\_countries\_or\_regions.docx **Description:** Detailed explanation for abbreviation of source countries or regions, and entry ports. Note: Abbreviations for countries follow the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 standard, and abbreviations for regions including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are HKC, MOC and TWC respectively. Entry ports are abbreviated using the two letters of their official names, such as Guangxi (GX) and Guangdong (GD). #### File: List\_of\_invasive\_alien\_mealybugs\_in\_China.xls **Description:** The list of IAMs that have been intercepted in the entry ports of China or established in China. ##### Variables * **Species:** The scientific name of the invasive alien mealybugs. * **Establishment (yes/no):** The establishment status of the invasive alien mealybugs in China. "Yes" indicates that the specific invasive alien mealybug has established in China, while "No" indicates that the specific invasive alien mealybug has not established in China. * **Interceptions, Chinese National Pest Quarantine Information System (CNPQIS):** The interceptions of the invasive alien mealybugs in China from Chinese National Pest Quarantine Information System. "-" indicates that the specific invasive alien mealybug has not been intercepted in the entry ports of China. * **Center for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI):** Whether the compilation of the invasive alien mealybugs lists in China is sourced from the Center for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)?  "Yes"indicates that the specific invasive alien mealybug has been recorded in CABI database, while "No" indicates that the specific invasive alien mealybug has not been recorded in CABI database. * **Published article**: The publushed references of the invasive alien mealybugs lists in China. "-" indicates that the list of invasive alien mealybugs in China was not obtained from specific published article. #### File: Interceptions\_data\_from\_Chinese\_National\_Pest\_Quarantine\_Information\_System.xls **Description:** This file includes data on the interceptions of invasive alien mealybugs from source countries or regions and at entry ports from Chinese National Pest Quarantine Information System. ##### Variables * **Source countries or regions:** The country or region from which the intercepted mealybugs originated. * **Interceptions from the source countries or regions:** The interceptions from the specific source country or region. * **Entry ports:** The location of the port or entry point where the mealybugs were intercepted. * **Interceptions in the entry ports:** The interceptions in the specific entry port. **File: Invasive_alien_mealybugs_occurrences_our_survey_data.xls** **Description:** This file contains occurrence records of invasive alien mealybugs, including geographic coordinates and species information. From 2021 to 2023, we conducted a survey in China on the occurrence of invasive mealybugs on different host plants across various regions, recording the latitude and longitude data, as well as the species of mealybugs observed. ##### Variables * **species:** The scientific name of the invasive alien mealybug species. * **longitude:** The geographic longitude where the species was recorded (in decimal degrees). * **latitude:** The geographic latitude where the species was recorded (in decimal degrees). ## Code/software The codes of method included python_codes that selected to analyse introduction network of invasive alien mealybugs in China, and the R_package codes and the input occurrences data that selected to estimate diversity patterns of invasive alien mealybugs and their underlying drivers.