Neophyte invasions in European grasslands

J 2021

Neophyte invasions in European grasslands

AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Veronika KALUSOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Jürgen DENGLER, Jan PERGL et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Neophyte invasions in European grasslands

Authors

AXMANOVÁ, Irena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Veronika KALUSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří DANIHELKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jürgen DENGLER, Jan PERGL, Petr PYŠEK, Martin VEČEŘA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Steffen BOCH, Timo CONRADI, Rosario G. GAVILÁN, Borja JIMÉNEZ‐ALFARO, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Anna KUZEMKO (804 Ukraine, belonging to the institution), Jonathan LENOIR, Artem LEOSTRIN, Jana MEDVECKÁ, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Dragica OBRATOV‐PETKOVIC, Jens‐Christian SVENNING, Ioannis TSIRIPIDIS, Kiril VASSILEV and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

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/00216224:14310/21:00118970

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12994

UT WoS

000645256100006

Keywords in English

alien; continental scale; EUNIS habitat; Europe; European Vegetation Archive; grassland; invasion level; invasion success; neophyte; plant invasion; semi-natural vegetation

Abstract

V originále

Questions: The human-related spread of alien plants has serious environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Therefore, it is important to know which habitats are most threatened by invasion and why. We studied a wide range of European grasslands to assess: (a) which alien species are the most successful invaders in grasslands; (b) how invasion levels differ across European regions (countries or their parts) and biogeographical regions; and (c) which habitat types are the most invaded. Location: Europe. Methods: We selected 97,411 grassland vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and assigned a native or alien status to each of the 8,212 vascular plant species found in these plots. We considered only neophytes (alien species introduced after 1500 AD), which we further divided according to their origin. We compared the levels of invasion using relative neophyte richness in the species pool, relative neophyte richness and cover per plot, and percentages of invaded plots among regions and habitats. Results: Only 536 species, representing 6.5% of all grassland vascular plant species, were classified as neophytes. These were mostly therophytes or hemicryptophytes with low habitat specificity. Most of them were present in very few plots, while only three species were recorded in more than 1% of all plots (Onobrychis viciifolia, Erigeron annuus and Erigeron canadensis). Although invasion levels were generally low, we found more invaded plots in the Boreal and Continental regions. When considering only non-European neophytes, the Pannonian region was the most invaded. Among different grassland habitats, sandy grasslands were most invaded, and alpine and oromediterranean grasslands least invaded. Conclusions: In general, natural and semi-natural European grasslands have relatively low levels of neophyte invasions compared with human-made habitats or alluvial forests, as well as with grasslands on other continents. The most typical neophytes invading European grasslands are species with broad ecological niches.

Links

GX19-28491X, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Veronika KALUSOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Jürgen DENGLER, Jan PERGL, Petr PYŠEK, Martin VEČEŘA, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Steffen BOCH, Timo CONRADI, Rosario G. GAVILÁN, Borja JIMÉNEZ‐ALFARO, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Anna KUZEMKO, Jonathan LENOIR, Artem LEOSTRIN, Jana MEDVECKÁ, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Dragica OBRATOV‐PETKOVIC, Jens‐Christian SVENNING, Ioannis TSIRIPIDIS, Kiril VASSILEV and Milan CHYTRÝ. Neophyte invasions in European grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science. Wiley, 2021, vol. 32, No 2, p. "e12994", 17 pp. ISSN 1100-9233. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12994.

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N2  - Questions: The human-related spread of alien plants has serious environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Therefore, it is important to know which habitats are most threatened by invasion and why. We studied a wide range of European grasslands to assess: (a) which alien species are the most successful invaders in grasslands; (b) how invasion levels differ across European regions (countries or their parts) and biogeographical regions; and (c) which habitat types are the most invaded. Location: Europe. Methods: We selected 97,411 grassland vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and assigned a native or alien status to each of the 8,212 vascular plant species found in these plots. We considered only neophytes (alien species introduced after 1500 AD), which we further divided according to their origin. We compared the levels of invasion using relative neophyte richness in the species pool, relative neophyte richness and cover per plot, and percentages of invaded plots among regions and habitats. Results: Only 536 species, representing 6.5% of all grassland vascular plant species, were classified as neophytes. These were mostly therophytes or hemicryptophytes with low habitat specificity. Most of them were present in very few plots, while only three species were recorded in more than 1% of all plots (Onobrychis viciifolia, Erigeron annuus and Erigeron canadensis). Although invasion levels were generally low, we found more invaded plots in the Boreal and Continental regions. When considering only non-European neophytes, the Pannonian region was the most invaded. Among different grassland habitats, sandy grasslands were most invaded, and alpine and oromediterranean grasslands least invaded. Conclusions: In general, natural and semi-natural European grasslands have relatively low levels of neophyte invasions compared with human-made habitats or alluvial forests, as well as with grasslands on other continents. The most typical neophytes invading European grasslands are species with broad ecological niches.
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AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Veronika KALUSOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Jürgen DENGLER, Jan PERGL, Petr PYŠEK, Martin VEČEŘA, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Steffen BOCH, Timo CONRADI, Rosario G. GAVILÁN, Borja JIMÉNEZ‐ALFARO, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Anna KUZEMKO, Jonathan LENOIR, Artem LEOSTRIN, Jana MEDVECKÁ, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Dragica OBRATOV‐PETKOVIC, Jens‐Christian SVENNING, Ioannis TSIRIPIDIS, Kiril VASSILEV and Milan CHYTRÝ. Neophyte invasions in European grasslands. \textit{Journal of Vegetation Science}. Wiley, 2021, vol.~32, No~2, p.~''e12994'', 17 pp. ISSN~1100-9233. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12994.

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