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Robeck P, Essl F, van Kleunen M, Pyšek P, Pergl J, Weigelt P, Mesgaran MB. Invading plants remain undetected in a lag phase while they explore suitable climates. Nat Ecol Evol 2024; 8:477-488. [PMID: 38332027 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02313-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Successful alien species may experience a period of quiescence, known as the lag phase, before becoming invasive and widespread. The existence of lags introduces severe uncertainty in risk analyses of aliens as the present state of species is a poor predictor of future distributions, invasion success and impact. Predicting a species' ability to invade and pose negative impacts requires a quantitative understanding of the commonality and magnitude of lags, environmental factors and mechanisms likely to terminate lag. Using herbarium and climate data, we analysed over 5,700 time series (species × regions) in 3,505 naturalized plant species from nine regions in temperate and tropical climates to quantify lags and test whether there have been shifts in the species' climatic space during the transition from the lag phase to the expansion phase. Lags were identified in 35% of the assessed invasion events. We detected phylogenetic signals for lag phases in temperate climate regions and that annual self-fertilizing species were less likely to experience lags. Where lags existed, they had an average length of 40 years and a maximum of 320 years. Lengthy lags (>100 years) were more likely to occur in perennial plants and less frequent in self-pollinating species. For 98% of the species with a lag phase, the climate spaces sampled during the lag period differed from those in the expansion phase based on the assessment of centroid shifts or degree of climate space overlap. Our results highlight the importance of functional traits for the onset of the expansion phase and suggest that climate discovery may play a role in terminating the lag phase. However, other possibilities, such as sampling issues and climate niche shifts, cannot be ruled out.
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- Philipp Robeck
- School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of BioInvasions, Global Change & Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Campus Institute Data Science, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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Martín-Forés I, Guerin GR, Lewis D, Gallagher RV, Vilà M, Catford JA, Pauchard A, Sparrow B. The Alien Flora of Australia (AFA), a unified Australian national dataset on plant invasion. Sci Data 2023; 10:834. [PMID: 38012232 PMCID: PMC10682373 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02746-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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Biological invasions are a major threat to Australia. Information on alien flora in Australia is collated independently by different jurisdictions, which has led to inconsistencies at the national level, hampering efficient management. To harmonise different information sources, we present the Alien Flora of Australia (AFA), a nationally unified dataset. To create the AFA, we developed an R script that compares existing data sources (the Australian Plant Census and state and territory censuses), identifies mismatches among them and integrates the information into unified invasion statuses at the national scale. The AFA follows the taxonomy and nomenclature adopted for the Australian Plant Census, introduction status and impact of plants known to occur in Australia. The up-to-date information presented in this dataset can aid early warning of alien species invasions, facilitate decision-making at different levels, and biosecurity at national scale. The associated script is ready to be implemented into new versions of the AFA with updated releases of any of the data sources, streamlining future efforts to track of alien flora across Australia.
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- I Martín-Forés
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, 2753, New South Wales, Australia
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- Doñana Biological Station - Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC), 41092, Sevilla, Spain
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Sevilla, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2B 4BG, UK
- School of Agriculture, Food & Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, 3010, Australia
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- Faculty of Forestry Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Concepción, Chile
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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Omer A, Fristoe T, Yang Q, Razanajatovo M, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P, van Kleunen M. The role of phylogenetic relatedness on alien plant success depends on the stage of invasion. NATURE PLANTS 2022; 8:906-914. [PMID: 35953709 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01216-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Darwin's naturalization hypothesis predicts successful alien invaders to be distantly related to native species, whereas his pre-adaptation hypothesis predicts the opposite. It has been suggested that depending on the invasion stage (that is, introduction, naturalization and invasiveness), both hypotheses, now known as Darwin's naturalization conundrum, could hold true. We tested this by analysing whether the likelihood of introduction for cultivation, as well as the subsequent stages of naturalization and spread (that is, becoming invasive) of species alien to Southern Africa are correlated with their phylogenetic distance to the native flora of this region. Although species are more likely to be introduced for cultivation if they are distantly related to the native flora, the probability of subsequent naturalization was higher for species closely related to the native flora. Furthermore, the probability of becoming invasive was higher for naturalized species distantly related to the native flora. These results were consistent across three different metrics of phylogenetic distance. Our study reveals that the relationship between phylogenetic distance to the native flora and the success of an alien species changes from one invasion stage to the other.
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- Ali Omer
- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
- Department of Forest Management, University of Khartoum, North Khartoum, Sudan.
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology (320a), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Campus-Institut Data Science, Göttingen, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Division of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- BioInvasions, Global Change, Macroecology-Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou, China
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Pepe M, Crescente MF, Varone L. Effect of Water Stress on Physiological and Morphological Leaf Traits: A Comparison among the Three Widely-Spread Invasive Alien Species Ailanthus altissima, Phytolacca americana, and Robinia pseudoacacia. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11070899. [PMID: 35406878 PMCID: PMC9003455 DOI: 10.3390/plants11070899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Invasive alien species (IAS) are a problem, especially in drought-prone environments such as the Mediterranean Basin where the exacerbation of the already severe conditions could constrain the native species acclimatation degree, creating new opportunities for IAS. Climate change may drive IAS expansions, even if different IAS can vary in their acclimatation response. Thus, it is important to obtain a broader insight of how the different IAS face abiotic stress. This research aimed to compare the effect of the imposed water stress on physiological and morphological leaf traits of Ailanthus altissima (AA), Robinia pseudoacacia (RP), and Phytolacca americana (PA), which are widely spread IAS in the Mediterranean Basin. Our results showed a species-dependent effect of the water stress at a physiological and morphological level, as well as an interaction between species and stress duration. Despite a common strategy characterized by low stomatal control of the photosynthesis, AA, PA, and RP differ in their sensitivity to water stress. In particular, even if AA was characterized by a more water-spending strategy, it was more resistant to water stress than PA and RP. In this view, the key factor was its plasticity to increase leaf mass per area (LMA) in response to water stress.
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Palma E, Vesk PA, White M, Baumgartner JB, Catford JA. Plant functional traits reflect different dimensions of species invasiveness. Ecology 2021; 102:e03317. [PMID: 33638164 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Trait-based invasiveness studies typically categorize exotic species as invasive or noninvasive, implicitly assuming species form two homogenous groups. However, species can become invasive in different ways (e.g., high abundance, fast spread), likely relying on different functional traits to do so. As such, binary classification may obscure traits associated with invasiveness. We tested whether (1) the way in which invasiveness is quantified influences its correlation with functional traits and (2) different demography-based metrics are related to different sets of traits. Using a case study of 251 herbs exotic to Victoria, Australia, we quantified species' invasiveness using 10 metrics: four continuous, demography-based dimensions of invasiveness (spread rate, local abundance, geographic and environmental range sizes) and six binary classifications of invasiveness (based on alternative sources and invasion criteria). We examined the correlation between species' invasiveness and a set of four traits known to relate to plant demography and invasion. Then, we examined whether different demographic dimensions of invasiveness were better explained by different sets of traits. We found that the way invasiveness was quantified was important: different traits were linked with different invasiveness metrics, and some traits showed opposite effects across metrics. Species with fast spread were either tall with small seeds (i.e., good colonizers), or had heavy, animal-dispersed seeds. Plants with a large environmental range had greater plasticity for some traits. Locally abundant plants had low SLA and heavy seeds (i.e., strong competitors). Animal dispersal was also key to reach a large geographic range. No traits were consistently related to the six binary classifications. Our results indicate that exotic plants are invasive in different ways and rely on different combinations of traits to be so. Some traits (e.g., seed mass) had complex relationships with invasion: they apparently promote, hampered, or had no influence on different dimensions of invasiveness. Our findings are consistent with the notion that plant species use strategies that may be near optimal under some, but not all, ecological conditions. Compared to binary classifications of invasiveness, the use of invasiveness dimensions advances clearer hypothesis testing in invasion science.
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- Estibaliz Palma
- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Department of Geography, King's College London, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG, United Kingdom
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Toomes A, García-Díaz P, Wittmann TA, Virtue J, Cassey P. New aliens in Australia: 18 years of vertebrate interceptions. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.1071/wr18185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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ContextAustralia has a high diversity of endemic vertebrate fauna. Yet, transnational human activities continue to increase the rate of transportation, introduction and establishment of new alien vertebrates in Australia, to the detriment of environmental and socioeconomic services. Eradication of invasive vertebrates is often costly and without guarantee of success; therefore, methods for detecting, intercepting and preventing the transport of alien species earlier in the invasion pathway provide substantial benefit.
AimTo anticipate emergent threats to Australian biosecurity posed by the transport and introduction of new alien vertebrates over time.
MethodsWe collated vertebrate interception data from various mainland Australian State, Territory and Commonwealth government reporting agencies, including data from a previously published study, at both pre-border and post-border stages from 1999 to 2016. Using generalised linear and generalised additive modelling, we predicted trends in interception frequency using predictors such as vertebrate taxa, detection category and alien status.
Key resultsInterception frequency increased over time for all vertebrate classes, for pre-border stowaways and for post-border captive and at-large interceptions, with no saturation in the accumulation of new species over time. Five species were responsible for almost half of all incidents, of which red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), boa constrictors (Boa constrictor) and corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus) are prominent in Australia’s illegal alien pet trade. Rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) are prominent in the legal alien cage-bird trade, which remains poorly regulated. Asian common toads (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) were frequently detected as stowaways, and most stowaway incidents originated from Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, via shipping. Data deficiency for pre-border incidents increased rapidly in 2015 and 2016.
ConclusionsAustralia is subject to a persistent and increasing risk of alien vertebrate introductions and incursions over time, owing partly to emergent trends in the alien pet trade as well as increased global trade and tourism.
ImplicationsThe future of Australia’s biosecurity remains dependent on stringent border security to prevent the arrival of novel species, but our findings also highlight the importance of ongoing management and control of high-risk species already present, often illegally, within Australia.
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Froese JG, Pearse AR, Hamilton G. Rapid spatial risk modelling for management of early weed invasions: Balancing ecological complexity and operational needs. Methods Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jens G. Froese
- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Qld Australia
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- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Qld Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Qld Australia
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- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Qld Australia
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Osunkoya OO, Froese JG, Nicol S, Perrett C, Moore K, Callander J, Campbell S. A risk-based inventory of invasive plant species of Queensland, Australia: Regional, ecological and floristic insights. AUSTRAL ECOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Olusegun O. Osunkoya
- Invasive Plant and Animal Science Unit; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Biosecurity Queensland; Eco-sciences Precinct; Brisbane Queensland 4102 Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity; Eco-sciences Precinct; Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water; Eco-sciences Precinct; Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Invasive Plant and Animal Science Unit; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Biosecurity Queensland; Eco-sciences Precinct; Brisbane Queensland 4102 Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity; Eco-sciences Precinct; Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Invasive Plant and Animal Science Unit; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Biosecurity Queensland; Eco-sciences Precinct; Brisbane Queensland 4102 Australia
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- Invasive Plant and Animal Science Unit; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Biosecurity Queensland; Tropical Weeds Research Centre; Charters Towers Queensland Australia
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences; The University of Queensland; Gatton Queensland Australia
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Casado MA, Martín-Forés I, Castro I, de Miguel JM, Acosta-Gallo B. Asymmetric flows and drivers of herbaceous plant invasion success among Mediterranean-climate regions. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16834. [PMID: 30442993 PMCID: PMC6237776 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35294-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanisms that support the arrival, establishment and spread of species over an introduced range is crucial in invasion ecology. We analysed the unintentionally introduced herbaceous species that are naturalised in the five Mediterranean-climate regions. There is an asymmetry in the species flows among regions, being the Iberian Peninsula the main donor to the other regions. At interregional scale, the species’ capacity to spread among regions is related to the ecological versatility of the species in the donor area (Iberian Peninsula). At intraregional scale, the species’ capacity to successfully occupy a complete region first depends on the time elapsed from its introduction and afterwards on the degree of occurrence in the region of origin, which is commonly related to its chance of coming into contact with humans. Information on exotic species in their origin region provides insights into invasion process and decision-making to reduce the risks of future invasions.
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- Miguel A Casado
- Ecology, Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Ecology, Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Ecology, Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Ecology, Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Toon A, Sacre E, Fensham RJ, Cook LG. Immigrant and native? The case of the swamp foxtail Cenchrus purpurascensin Australia. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- A. Toon
- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Qld Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Qld Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Qld Australia
- Queensland Herbarium; Brisbane Qld Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Qld Australia
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Cantrill DJ. The Australasian Virtual Herbarium: Tracking data usage and benefits for biological collections. APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2018; 6:e1026. [PMID: 29732257 PMCID: PMC5851564 DOI: 10.1002/aps3.1026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Globally, natural history collections are focused on digitizing specimens and information and making these data accessible. Usage information on National Herbarium of Victoria data made available through the Atlas of Living Australia and The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) is analyzed to understand how and by whom herbarium data are being used. METHODS Since 2010, AVH data usage information has been gathered from users and supplied to data custodians as a spreadsheet that includes number of download events, number of records downloaded, and user reasons for downloading data in predefined categories. RESULTS Since 2010, in excess of 268,000 download events of 194 million records (excluding testing events) have been recorded for the National Herbarium of Victoria data set. This means, on average, every record has been downloaded 220 times in the past nine years. Data use grew continuously from 2010 to 2015 but decreased in 2016 due to fewer ecological projects. DISCUSSION Data have primarily been used for ecological research, but there is an emerging trend for use in education including citizen science projects. Information about data use demonstrates relevance to funding agencies and helps inform the development of collections and prioritization of resources when digitizing material.
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- David J. Cantrill
- Royal Botanic Gardens VictoriaPrivate Bag 2000, Birdwood AvenueSouth YarraVictoria3141Australia
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Hulme PE, Brundu G, Carboni M, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Dullinger S, Early R, Essl F, González-Moreno P, Groom QJ, Kueffer C, Kühn I, Maurel N, Novoa A, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Seebens H, Tanner R, Touza JM, van Kleunen M, Verbrugge LN. Integrating invasive species policies across ornamental horticulture supply chains to prevent plant invasions. J Appl Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Philip E. Hulme
- The Bio-Protection Research Centre; Lincoln University; Canterbury New Zealand
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- Department of Agriculture; University of Sassari; Sassari Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine (LECA); University of Grenoble Alpes; Grenoble France
- Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine (LECA); CNRS; Grenoble France
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research; University Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter Penryn Campus; Cornwall UK
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research; University Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Integrative Biology; Department of Environmental Systems Science; ETH Zurich; Zurich Switzerland
- Centre for Invasion Biology; Department of Botany and Zoology; Stellenbosch University; Matieland South Africa
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- Department of Community Ecology; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Halle Germany
- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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- Ecology; Department of Biology; University of Konstanz; Konstanz Germany
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- Centre for Invasion Biology; Department of Botany and Zoology; Stellenbosch University; Matieland South Africa
- Invasive Species Programme; South African National Biodiversity Institute; Kirstenbosch Research Centre; Claremont South Africa
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- Institute of Botany; Department of Invasion Ecology; The Czech Academy of Sciences; Průhonice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany; Department of Invasion Ecology; The Czech Academy of Sciences; Průhonice Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Prague Czech Republic
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre; Frankfurt Germany
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- European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization; Paris France
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- Ecology; Department of Biology; University of Konstanz; Konstanz Germany
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- Institute for Science, Innovation and Society; Radboud University; Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Exotic Species; Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Murray BR, Martin LJ, Phillips ML, Pyšek P. Taxonomic perils and pitfalls of dataset assembly in ecology: a case study of the naturalized Asteraceae in Australia. NEOBIOTA 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.34.11139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Dodd AJ, McCarthy MA, Ainsworth N, Burgman MA. Identifying hotspots of alien plant naturalisation in Australia: approaches and predictions. Biol Invasions 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-1035-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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