Alien plant invasions in European woodlands

J 2017

Alien plant invasions in European woodlands

WAGNER, Viktoria, Milan CHYTRÝ, Francisco De Borja JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Jan PERGL, Stephan HENNEKENS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Alien plant invasions in European woodlands

Authors

WAGNER, Viktoria (276 Germany, belonging to the institution), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Francisco De Borja JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ (724 Spain, belonging to the institution), Jan PERGL (203 Czech Republic), Stephan HENNEKENS (528 Netherlands), Idoia BIURRUN (724 Spain), Ilona KNOLLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Christian BERG (40 Austria), Kiril VASSILEV (100 Bulgaria), John S. RODWELL (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Željko ŠKVORC (191 Croatia), Ute JANDT (276 Germany), Jörg EWALD (276 Germany), Florian JANSEN (276 Germany), Ioannis TSIRIPIDIS (300 Greece), Zoltán BOTTA-DUKÁT (348 Hungary), Laura CASELLA (380 Italy), Fabio ATTORRE (380 Italy), Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS (440 Lithuania), Renata ČUŠTEREVSKA (807 North Macedonia), Joop H.J. SCHAMINÉE (528 Netherlands), Jörg BRUNET (752 Sweden), Jonathan LENOIR (250 France), Jens-Christian SVENNING (208 Denmark), Zygmunt Walerian KACKI (616 Poland), Mária PETRÁŠOVÁ-ŠIBÍKOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Urban ŠILC (705 Slovenia), Itziar GARCÍA-MIJANGOS (724 Spain), Juan Antonio CAMPOS (724 Spain), Federico FERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ (724 Spain), Thomas WOHLGEMUTH (756 Switzerland), Viktor ONYSHCHENKO (804 Ukraine) and Petr PYŠEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Diversity and Distributions, NJ USA, Wiley, 2017, 1366-9516

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.614

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095237

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12592

UT WoS

000408647600001

Keywords in English

EUNIS; exotic; forest; invasive plants; life-form; neophyte; non-native; origin; tree

Abstract

V originále

Aim: Woodlands make up a third of European territory and carry out important ecosystem functions, yet a comprehensive overview of their invasion by alien plants has never been undertaken across this continent. Location: Europe. Methods: We extracted data from 251,740 vegetation plots stored in the recently compiled European Vegetation Archive. After filtering (resulting in 83,396 plots; 39 regions; 1970–2015 time period), we analysed the species pool and frequency of alien vascular plants with respect to geographic origin and life-forms, and the levels of invasion across the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) woodland habitats. Results: We found a total of 386 alien plant species (comprising 7% of all recorded vascular plants). Aliens originating from outside of and from within Europe were almost equally represented in the species pool (192 vs. 181 species) but relative frequency was skewed towards the former group (77% vs. 22%) due, to some extent, to the frequent occurrence of Impatiens parviflora (21% frequency among alien plants). Phanerophytes were the most species-rich life-form (148 species) and had the highest representation in terms of relative frequency (39%) among aliens in the dataset. Apart from Europe (181 species), North America was the most important source of alien plants (109 species). At the local scale, temperate and boreal softwood riparian woodland (5%) and mire and mountain coniferous woodland (<1%) had the highest and lowest mean relative alien species richness (percentage of alien species per plot), respectively. Main conclusions: Our results indicate that European woodlands are prone to alien plant invasions especially when exposed to disturbance, fragmentation, alien propagule pressure and high soil nutrient levels. Given the persistence of these factors in the landscape, competitive alien plant species with a broad niche, including alien trees and shrubs, are likely to persist and spread further into European woodlands.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

Name: Centrum analýzy a syntézy rostlinné diverzity (PLADIAS) (Acronym: PLADIAS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

WAGNER, Viktoria, Milan CHYTRÝ, Francisco De Borja JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Jan PERGL, Stephan HENNEKENS, Idoia BIURRUN, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Christian BERG, Kiril VASSILEV, John S. RODWELL, Željko ŠKVORC, Ute JANDT, Jörg EWALD, Florian JANSEN, Ioannis TSIRIPIDIS, Zoltán BOTTA-DUKÁT, Laura CASELLA, Fabio ATTORRE, Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS, Renata ČUŠTEREVSKA, Joop H.J. SCHAMINÉE, Jörg BRUNET, Jonathan LENOIR, Jens-Christian SVENNING, Zygmunt Walerian KACKI, Mária PETRÁŠOVÁ-ŠIBÍKOVÁ, Urban ŠILC, Itziar GARCÍA-MIJANGOS, Juan Antonio CAMPOS, Federico FERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ, Thomas WOHLGEMUTH, Viktor ONYSHCHENKO and Petr PYŠEK. Alien plant invasions in European woodlands. Diversity and Distributions. NJ USA: Wiley, 2017, vol. 23, No 9, p. 969-981. ISSN 1366-9516. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12592.

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WAGNER, Viktoria, Milan CHYTRÝ, Francisco De Borja JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Jan PERGL, Stephan HENNEKENS, Idoia BIURRUN, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Christian BERG, Kiril VASSILEV, John S. RODWELL, Željko ŠKVORC, Ute JANDT, Jörg EWALD, Florian JANSEN, Ioannis TSIRIPIDIS, Zoltán BOTTA-DUKÁT, Laura CASELLA, Fabio ATTORRE, Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS, Renata ČUŠTEREVSKA, Joop H.J. SCHAMINÉE, Jörg BRUNET, Jonathan LENOIR, Jens-Christian SVENNING, Zygmunt Walerian KACKI, Mária PETRÁŠOVÁ-ŠIBÍKOVÁ, Urban ŠILC, Itziar GARCÍA-MIJANGOS, Juan Antonio CAMPOS, Federico FERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ, Thomas WOHLGEMUTH, Viktor ONYSHCHENKO and Petr PYŠEK. Alien plant invasions in European woodlands. \textit{Diversity and Distributions}. NJ USA: Wiley, 2017, vol.~23, No~9, p.~969-981. ISSN~1366-9516. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12592.

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