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Plant Invasions in the Czech Republic

PYŠEK, Petr, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jan PERGL and Jiří SÁDLO

Basic information

Original name

Plant Invasions in the Czech Republic

Authors

PYŠEK, Petr, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jan PERGL and Jiří SÁDLO

Edition

Cham, Flora and Vegetation of the Czech Republic, p. 339-399, Plant and Vegetation 14, 2017

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-3-319-63180-6

Keywords in English

plant invasions; vegetation; Czech Republic

Tags

International impact
Změněno: 27/4/2018 08:24, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Abstract

V originále

At present there are 1454 alien taxa (species, subspecies, varieties, hybrids and cultivars) of vascular plants recorded in the Czech Republic, among them 350 archaeophytes, introduced since the beginning of the Neolithic until the end of the Middle Ages, and 1104 neophytes, introduced in the Modern Period. Of the total number, 985 (67.7%) taxa are classified as casual, 408 (28.1%) as naturalized but non-invasive and 61 (4.2%) as invasive. Aliens make up 33.1% of the total plant diversity recorded in this country, or 14.4% of the permanently present flora. The highest levels of invasion of plant communities are recorded in cities and villages and their surroundings, floodplains of large rivers, disturbed landscapes in the north, and agricultural landscapes and forest plantations in the warm lowlands, especially in southern, central and eastern Bohemia. The habitats and vegetation types harbouring the highest percentages of alien species in the Czech Republic are generally those with a high level of disturbance or with a fluctuating input of nutrients.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project
Name: Centrum analýzy a syntézy rostlinné diverzity (PLADIAS) (Acronym: PLADIAS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation