Detailed Information on Publication Record
2021
The biogeography of alien plant invasions in the Mediterranean Basin
CAO PINNA, Luigi, Irena AXMANOVÁ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Marco MALAVASI, Alicia T. R. ACOSTA et. al.Basic information
Original name
The biogeography of alien plant invasions in the Mediterranean Basin
Authors
CAO PINNA, Luigi, Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Marco MALAVASI, Alicia T. R. ACOSTA, Silvia GIULIO, Fabio ATTORRE, Erwin BERGMEIER, Idoia BIURRUN, Juan Antonio CAMPOS, Xavier FONT, Filip KUZMIC (705 Slovenia), Flavia LANDUCCI (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Corrado MARCENO' (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Maria PILAR RODRÍGUEZ‐ROJO and Marta CARBONI
Edition
Journal of Vegetation Science, Wiley, 2021, 1100-9233
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.389
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/21:00118969
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000645256100016
Keywords in English
alien plant invasion; biome; climate matching; drivers; ecological filters; globalization; invasive species; Mediterranean Europe; species flow; trade exchanges; vegetation-plot database
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 3/6/2021 10:52, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Aims: Humans have deeply eroded biogeographic barriers, causing a rapid spread of alien species across biomes. The Mediterranean Basin is a biodiversity hotspot but is also known as a hub of alien plant invasions, particularly in its European part. Yet, a comprehensive inventory of alien species in the area is missing and understanding of the drivers of Mediterranean invasions is poor. Here, we aim to identify the main alien plant species in the European part of the Mediterranean Basin and quantify their invasion success in order to understand the plant species flows from other biomes of the world. Location: The Mediterranean region of Europe, Anatolia and Cyprus. Methods: We analyzed 130,000 georeferenced vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and identified 299 extra-European alien plant species. We identified their biomes of origin and quantified the mean geographic distance, trade exchange and climatic similarity from each biome to the study area. After estimating the invasion success of each species in the study area, we tested which biomes have donated more alien species than expected by chance and which drivers best explain these non-random patterns. Results: We found that other Mediterranean climatic regions, as well as temperate and xeric biomes of the world, are the main donors of successful alien species to Mediterranean Europe, beyond what would be expected by chance. Our results suggest that climatic matching, rather than geographic proximity or trade, has been the most important driver of invasion. However, climatic pre-adaptation alone also does not appear to predict the invasion success of established species in the study area. Conclusions: Our results highlight the need to pay special attention to alien plant species from the same or climatically similar biomes, but also suggest that further research is needed for early screening of the most problematic alien species.
Links
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