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2021
Alien plant invasions in Mediterranean habitats: an assessment for Sicily
GUARINO, Riccardo, Milan CHYTRÝ, Fabio ATTORRE, Flavia LANDUCCI, Corrado MARCENO' et. al.Basic information
Original name
Alien plant invasions in Mediterranean habitats: an assessment for Sicily
Authors
GUARINO, Riccardo (guarantor), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Fabio ATTORRE, Flavia LANDUCCI (380 Italy, belonging to the institution) and Corrado MARCENO' (380 Italy, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Biological Invasions, Dordrecht, Springer, 2021, 1387-3547
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10619 Biodiversity conservation
Country of publisher
Netherlands
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.605
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/21:00119250
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000649250300001
Keywords in English
Alien species; Biogeographical status; Flowering season; Life form; EUNIS; European vegetation archive
Tags
Změněno: 13/1/2022 12:11, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Levels of plant invasions in different habitat types were assessed in several regional studies, but few of them were from the Mediterranean. Here we compare the levels of vascular plant invasion across habitats and plant communities of Sicily. We used a large dataset of plant species presences/absences in vegetation plots to analyze the invasion patterns across habitats considering biogeography, life form and phenology of alien plants. Vegetation plots were classified based on the EUNIS classification of European habitats. The invasiveness of each species was expressed in terms of its absolute and percentage frequency. Representation of different life forms and phenological patterns was compared between alien and native species. The fidelity of alien species to individual habitats was calculated using the phi coefficient. Our analysis shows that annual and woody species are the most represented life forms in the alien flora of Sicily and that alien species tend to have a longer flowering period than the native species. The investigated habitats differed strongly in their level of invasion by alien species, ranging from 0 to 15.6% of aliens of all species recorded. Most of the habitats were colonized by very few alien species or completely lacked them, except for sandy coasts, naturally-disturbed riverbeds, and synanthropic habitats. It must be noted, however, that the number of alien species occurring in a given habitat does not relate to the severity of the impact of invasion in that habitat. Some habitats are invaded by few (or single) species, which attain a high cover, transforming the whole ecosystem. The habitat-based approach proved to be suitable for evaluating the habitat specificity and frequency of alien species at a regional scale, improving the capacity for risk assessment in different ecological contexts.
Links
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