CAO PINNA, Luigi, Laure GALLIEN, Laura J. POLLOCK, Irena AXMANOVÁ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Marco MALAVASI, Alicia T. R. ACOSTA, Juan ANTONIO CAMPOS and Marta CARBONI. Plant invasion in Mediterranean Europe: current hotspots and future scenarios. Ecography. HOBOKEN: Munksgaard, 2024, vol. 2024, No 5, p. "e07085", 14 pp. ISSN 0906-7590. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07085.
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Original name Plant invasion in Mediterranean Europe: current hotspots and future scenarios
Authors CAO PINNA, Luigi (guarantor), Laure GALLIEN, Laura J. POLLOCK, Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Marco MALAVASI, Alicia T. R. ACOSTA, Juan ANTONIO CAMPOS and Marta CARBONI.
Edition Ecography, HOBOKEN, Munksgaard, 2024, 0906-7590.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10619 Biodiversity conservation
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 5.900 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07085
UT WoS 001178064700001
Keywords in English alien plant invasion; climate change; future scenarios; hotspots; invasive species; Mediterranean; spatial predictions; species distribution models (SDMs)
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS., učo 205746. Changed: 9/5/2024 14:44.
Abstract
The Mediterranean Basin has historically been subject to alien plant invasions that threaten its unique biodiversity. This seasonally dry and densely populated region is undergoing severe climatic and socioeconomic changes, and it is unclear whether these changes will worsen or mitigate plant invasions. Predictions are often biased, as species may not be in equilibrium in the invaded environment, depending on their invasion stage and ecological characteristics. To address future predictions uncertainty, we identified invasion hotspots across multiple biased modelling scenarios and ecological characteristics of successful invaders. We selected 92 alien plant species widespread in Mediterranean Europe and compiled data on their distribution in the Mediterranean and worldwide. We combined these data with environmental and propagule pressure variables to model global and regional species niches, and map their current and future habitat suitability. We identified invasion hotspots, examined their potential future shifts, and compared the results of different modelling strategies. Finally, we generalised our findings by using linear models to determine the traits and biogeographic features of invaders most likely to benefit from global change. Currently, invasion hotspots are found near ports and coastlines throughout Mediterranean Europe. However, many species occupy only a small portion of the environmental conditions to which they are preadapted, suggesting that their invasion is still an ongoing process. Future conditions will lead to declines in many currently widespread aliens, which will tend to move to higher elevations and latitudes. Our trait models indicate that future climates will generally favour species with conservative ecological strategies that can cope with reduced water availability, such as those with short stature and low specific leaf area. Taken together, our results suggest that in future environments, these conservative aliens will move farther from the introduction areas and upslope, threatening mountain ecosystems that have been spared from invasions so far.
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GX19-28491X, research and development projectName: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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