J 2019

Similar responses of native and alien floras in European cities to climate

KALUSOVÁ, Veronika, Natálie ČEPLOVÁ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Pavel DŘEVOJAN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Similar responses of native and alien floras in European cities to climate

Authors

KALUSOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Natálie ČEPLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří DANIHELKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel DŘEVOJAN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Karel FAJMON (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel NOVÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jakub TĚŠITEL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tamás WIRTH (348 Hungary) and Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Biogeography, Wiley, 2019, 0305-0270

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.723

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/19:00107992

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000474489600010

Keywords in English

alien species; invasion; macroclimate; neophytes; plant species composition; species richness; urban habitats

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 28/3/2020 15:53, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Aim: Climate is an important factor controlling plant distributions. However, it is not yet fully understood how climate interacts with human impacts or whether the effects of these factors differ between native and alien species. Facing ongoing climate change and urbanization, we explore the effects of climate on plant species richness and composition across European cities. - Location: Sixty cities in Western, Central and Southern Europe. - Taxon: Vascular plants. - Methods: Species presence was recorded in seven habitats in each city. Large scale climatic gradients were derived from 22 climatic variables using a partial principal component analysis that controlled for the effects of human population size and gross domestic product. The effects of climate and habitat type on the numbers of native and alien species were tested using linear mixed effect models. The native and alien compositional variation across cities and habitats was analysed using principal component analysis with variation partitioning. - Results: The Mediterranean to temperate climatic gradient had a significant effect on species numbers across all habitats. The numbers of both native and alien species increased from the Mediterranean to temperate Europe. Within each city, the proportion of alien species decreased from highly urbanized to less urbanized habitats. Climate had a stronger effect on the composition of alien plants than on the composition of native plants. The native species composition especially changed from the Mediterranean to temperate cities and alien species composition also from oceanic to continental cities. - Main conclusions: Urban native and alien species richness follow the pattern found for the whole European flora. Based on this observation, we suggest that the future shift of warm and dry conditions from the Mediterranean to the north that is expected under global change scenarios could affect richness and change the composition of European urban floras. However, this shift would not necessarily alter the proportions of aliens.

Links

GA14-10723S, research and development project
Name: Rostlinná společenstva měst: model vznikajících společenstev budoucnosti
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
GB14-36079G, research and development project
Name: Centrum analýzy a syntézy rostlinné diverzity (PLADIAS) (Acronym: PLADIAS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation