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Nuñez MA, August T, Bacher S, Galil BS, Hulme PE, Ikeda T, McGeoch MA, Ordonez A, Rahlao S, Truong TR, Pauchard A, Roy HE, Sankaran KV, Schwindt E, Seebens H, Sheppard AW, Stoett P, Vandvik V, Meyerson LA. Including a diverse set of voices to address biological invasions. Trends Ecol Evol 2024; 39:409-412. [PMID: 38508924 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Inclusivity is fundamental to progress in understanding and addressing the global phenomena of biological invasions because inclusivity fosters a breadth of perspectives, knowledge, and solutions. Here, we report on how the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessment on invasive alien species (IAS) prioritized inclusivity, the benefits of this approach, and the remaining challenges.
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Affiliation(s)
- Martin A Nuñez
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina.
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Bioprotection Aotearoa, Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, Denmark; Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO), Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, Denmark; Center for Sustainable Landscapes under Global Change (SustainScapes), Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Scientific Services, Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas (LIB), Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile; Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Concepción, Chile
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford, UK; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, UK
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- Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Argentina
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- Senckenberg Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Faculty of Social Science & Humanities, Ontario Tech University, Toronto, ONT, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Tormøhlensgate 53a, Bergen, Norway
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Pyšek P, Lučanová M, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Leitch IJ, Lenzner B, Meyerson LA, Pergl J, van Kleunen M, Weigelt P, Winter M, Guo WY. Small genome size and variation in ploidy levels support the naturalization of vascular plants but constrain their invasive spread. New Phytol 2023; 239:2389-2403. [PMID: 37438886 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Karyological characteristics are among the traits underpinning the invasion success of vascular plants. Using 11 049 species, we tested the effects of genome size and ploidy levels on plant naturalization (species forming self-sustaining populations where they are not native) and invasion (naturalized species spreading rapidly and having environmental impact). The probability that a species naturalized anywhere in the world decreased with increasing monoploid genome size (DNA content of a single chromosome set). Naturalized or invasive species with intermediate monoploid genomes were reported from many regions, but those with either small or large genomes occurred in fewer regions. By contrast, large holoploid genome sizes (DNA content of the unreplicated gametic nucleus) constrained naturalization but favoured invasion. We suggest that a small genome is an advantage during naturalization, being linked to traits favouring adaptation to local conditions, but for invasive spread, traits associated with a large holoploid genome, where the impact of polyploidy may act, facilitate long-distance dispersal and competition with other species.
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- Petr Pyšek
- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague, CZ-128 44, Czech Republic
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology of Plants, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, CZ-370 05, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Division of Bioinvasions, Global Change & Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Wien, 1030, Austria
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- Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, Göttingen, 37077, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 1, Göttingen, D-37077, Germany
- Campus-Institute Data Science, Goldschmidtstraße 1, Göttingen, 37077, Germany
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK
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- Division of Bioinvasions, Global Change & Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Wien, 1030, Austria
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- University of Rhode Island, Natural Resources Science, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, 02881, RI, USA
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, Constance, D-78464, Germany
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, Göttingen, 37077, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 1, Göttingen, D-37077, Germany
- Campus-Institute Data Science, Goldschmidtstraße 1, Göttingen, 37077, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstraße 4, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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- Research Centre for Global Change and Complex Ecosystems, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
- Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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Salgado AL, Glassmire AE, Sedio BE, Diaz R, Stout MJ, Čuda J, Pyšek P, Meyerson LA, Cronin JT. Metabolomic Evenness Underlies Intraspecific Differences Among Lineages of a Wetland Grass. J Chem Ecol 2023; 49:437-450. [PMID: 37099216 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-023-01425-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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The metabolome represents an important functional trait likely important to plant invasion success, but we have a limited understanding of whether the entire metabolome or targeted groups of compounds confer an advantage to invasive as compared to native taxa. We conducted a lipidomic and metabolomic analysis of the cosmopolitan wetland grass Phragmites australis. We classified features into metabolic pathways, subclasses, and classes. Subsequently, we used Random Forests to identify informative features to differentiate five phylogeographic and ecologically distinct lineages: European native, North American invasive, North American native, Gulf, and Delta. We found that lineages had unique phytochemical fingerprints, although there was overlap between the North American invasive and North American native lineages. Furthermore, we found that divergence in phytochemical diversity was driven by compound evenness rather than metabolite richness. Interestingly, the North American invasive lineage had greater chemical evenness than the Delta and Gulf lineages but lower evenness than the North American native lineage. Our results suggest that metabolomic evenness may represent a critical functional trait within a plant species. Its role in invasion success, resistance to herbivory, and large-scale die-off events common to this and other plant species remain to be investigated.
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- Ana L Salgado
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Apartado, 0843-03092, Republic of Panama
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- Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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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, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, CZ -128 44, Czech Republic
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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Guo X, Ma JY, Liu LL, Li MY, Wang H, Sun YK, Wang T, Wang KL, Meyerson LA. Effects of salt stress on interspecific competition between an invasive alien plant Oenothera biennis and three native species. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1144511. [PMID: 37025129 PMCID: PMC10070839 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1144511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Biological invasions and soil salinization have become increasingly severe environmental problems under global change due to sea-level rise and poor soil management. Invasive species can often outcompete native species, but few studies focus on whether invasive alien species are always superior competitors under increasing stressors. We grew an invasive grass species, Oenothera biennis L., and three native grass species (Artemisia argyi Lévl. et Vant., Chenopodium album L., and Inula japonica Thunb.) as a monoculture (two seedlings of each species) or mixture (one seedling of O. biennis and one native species seedling) under three levels of salt treatments (0, 1, and 2 g/kg NaCl) in a greenhouse. We found that invasive O. biennis exhibited greater performance over native C. album and I. japonica, but lower performance compared to A. argyi, regardless of the soil salinity. However, salinity did not significantly affect the relative dominance of O. biennis. Interspecific competition enhanced the growth of O. biennis and inhibited the growth of I. japonica. Although O. biennis seedlings always had growth dominance over C. album seedlings, C. album was not affected by O. biennis at any salt level. At high salt levels, O. biennis inhibited the growth of A. argyi, while A. argyi did not affect the growth of O. biennis. Salt alleviated the competitive effect of O. biennis on I. japonica but did not mitigate the competition between O. biennis and the other two native species. Therefore, our study provides evidence for a better understanding of the invasive mechanisms of alien species under various salinity conditions.
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- Xiao Guo
- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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Lindsay DL, Guan X, Harms NE, Cronin JT, Meyerson LA, Lance RF. DNA assays for genetic discrimination of three Phragmites australis subspecies in the United States. Appl Plant Sci 2023; 11:e11512. [PMID: 37051584 PMCID: PMC10083467 DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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PREMISE To genetically discriminate subspecies of the common reed (Phragmites australis), we developed real-time quantitative (qPCR) assays for identifying P. australis subsp. americanus, P. australis subsp. australis, and P. australis subsp. berlandieri. METHODS AND RESULTS Utilizing study-generated chloroplast DNA sequences, we developed three novel qPCR assays. Assays were verified on individuals of each subspecies and against two non-target species, Arundo donax and Phalaris arundinacea. One assay amplifies only P. australis subsp. americanus, one amplifies P. australis subsp. australis and/or P. australis subsp. berlandieri, and one amplifies P. australis subsp. americanus and/or P. australis subsp. australis. This protocol enhances currently available rapid identification methods by providing genetic discrimination of all three subspecies. CONCLUSIONS The newly developed assays were validated using P. australis samples from across the United States. Application of these assays outside of this geographic range should be preceded by additional testing.
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- Denise L. Lindsay
- United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental LaboratoryVicksburgMississippi39180USA
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- Bennett AerospaceVicksburgMississippi39180USA
- Present address:
ModernaTX, Moderna Technology CenterNorwoodMarylandUSA
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- United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental LaboratoryVicksburgMississippi39180USA
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- United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental LaboratoryVicksburgMississippi39180USA
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Boardman L, Lockwood JL, Angilletta MJ, Krause JS, Lau JA, Loik ME, Simberloff D, Thawley CJ, Meyerson LA. The Future of Invasion Science Needs Physiology. Bioscience 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Incorporating physiology into models of population dynamics will improve our understanding of how and why invasions succeed and cause ecological impacts, whereas others fail or remain innocuous. Targeting both organismal physiologists and invasion scientists, we detail how physiological processes affect every invasion stage, for both plants and animals, and how physiological data can be better used for studying the spatial dynamics and ecological effects of invasive species. We suggest six steps to quantify the physiological functions related to demography of nonnative species: justifying physiological traits of interest, determining ecologically appropriate time frames, identifying relevant abiotic variables, designing experimental treatments that capture covariation between abiotic variables, measuring physiological responses to these abiotic variables, and fitting statistical models to the data. We also provide brief guidance on approaches to modeling invasions. Finally, we emphasize the benefits of integrating research between communities of physiologists and invasion scientists.
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- Leigh Boardman
- Department of Biological Sciences and with the Center for Biodiversity Research, University of Memphis , Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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- School of Life Sciences and with the Center for Learning Innovation in Science, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada , Reno, Nevada, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University , Bloomington, Indian, United States
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- Environmental Studies Department, University of California , Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
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Novoa A, Canavan S, Lieurance D, Simberloff D, Meyerson LA. Exploring the performance of Biological Invasions in social media five years after opening its Facebook and Twitter accounts. Biol Invasions 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-022-02901-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hierro JL, Eren Ö, Čuda J, Meyerson LA. Evolution of increased competitive ability (
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) may explain dominance of introduced species in ruderal communities. ECOL MONOGR 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- José L. Hierro
- Laboratorio de Ecología, Biogeografía y Evolución Vegetal (LEByEV) Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)‐Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (UNLPam) Santa Rosa Argentina
- Departamento de Biología Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UNLPam
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- Aydin Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Fen‐Edebiyat Fakültesi Aydın Turkey
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology Průhonice Czech Republic
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- The University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science Kingston RI USA
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Nuñez MA, Chiuffo MC, Seebens H, Kuebbing S, McCary MA, Lieurance D, Zhang B, Simberloff D, Meyerson LA. Two decades of data reveal that Biological Invasions needs to increase participation beyond North America, Europe, and Australasia. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02666-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chang J, Ge Y, Wu Z, Du Y, Pan K, Yang G, Ren Y, Heino MP, Mao F, Cheong KH, Qu Z, Fan X, Min Y, Peng C, Meyerson LA. Modern cities modelled as "super-cells" rather than multicellular organisms: Implications for industry, goods and services. Bioessays 2021; 43:e2100041. [PMID: 34085302 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
The structure and "metabolism" (movement and conversion of goods and energy) of urban areas has caused cities to be identified as "super-organisms", placed between ecosystems and the biosphere, in the hierarchy of living systems. Yet most such analogies are weak, and render the super-organism model ineffective for sustainable development of cities. Via a cluster analysis of 15 shared traits of the hierarchical living system, we found that industrialized cities are more similar to eukaryotic cells than to multicellular organisms; enclosed systems, such as factories and greenhouses, paralleling organelles in eukaryotic cells. We further developed a "super-cell" industrialized city model: a "eukarcity" with citynucleus (urban area) as a regulating centre, and organaras (enclosed systems, which provide the majority of goods and services) as the functional components, and cityplasm (natural ecosystems and farmlands) as the matrix. This model may improve the vitality and sustainability of cities through planning and management.
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- Jie Chang
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Science, Mathematics and Technology Cluster, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore.,SUTD-Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Design Centre, Singapore
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Center of CEF/ESCER, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Quebec, Montreal, Canada
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- Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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Kaushik R, Pandit MK, Meyerson LA, Chaudhari DS, Sharma M, Dhotre D, Shouche YS. Contrasting Composition, Diversity and Predictive Metabolic Potential of the Rhizobacterial Microbiomes Associated with Native and Invasive Prosopis Congeners. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:2051-2060. [PMID: 33837467 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02473-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Invasive plants are known to alter the soil microbial communities; however, the effects of co-occurring native and invasive congeners on the soil bacterial diversity and their predictive metabolic profiles are not known. Here, we compared the rhizosphere bacterial communities of invasive Prosopis juliflora and its native congener Prosopis cineraria using high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic mean (UPGMA) based dendrogram revealed significant variation in the communities of these co-occurring Prosopis species. Additionally, Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) based on microbial communities in addition to the soil physiochemical parameters viz. soil pH, electrical conductivity, moisture content and sampling depth showed ~ 80% of the variation in bacterial communities of the rhizosphere and control soil. We observed that Proteobacteria was the predominant phylum of P. juliflora rhizosphere and the control soil, while P. cineraria rhizosphere was dominated by Cyanobacteria. Notably, the invasive P. juliflora rhizosphere showed an enhanced abundance of bacterial phyla like Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes and Acidobacteria compared to the native P. cineraria as well as the control soil. Predictive metagenomics revealed that the bacterial communities of the P. juliflora rhizosphere had a higher abundance of pathways involved in antimicrobial biosynthesis and degradation, suggesting probable exposure to enemy attack and an active response mechanism to counter it as compared to native P. cineraria. Interestingly, the higher antimicrobial biosynthesis predicted in the invasive rhizosphere microbiome is further corroborated by the fact that the bacterial isolates purified from the rhizosphere of P. juliflora belonged to genera like Streptomyces, Isoptericola and Brevibacterium from the phylum Actinobacteria, which are widely reported for their antibiotic production ability. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that the co-occurring native and invasive Prosopis species have significantly different rhizosphere bacterial communities in terms of composition, diversity and their predictive metabolic potentials. In addition, the rhizosphere microbiome of invasive Prosopis proffers it a fitness advantage and influences invasion success of the species.
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- Rishabh Kaushik
- Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India.,Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India
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- Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India. .,Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India.
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune University Campus, Ganeskhind, Pune, 411007, India
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- Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India.,Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune University Campus, Ganeskhind, Pune, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune University Campus, Ganeskhind, Pune, 411007, India
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Essl F, Lenzner B, Bacher S, Bailey S, Capinha C, Daehler C, Dullinger S, Genovesi P, Hui C, Hulme PE, Jeschke JM, Katsanevakis S, Kühn I, Leung B, Liebhold A, Liu C, MacIsaac HJ, Meyerson LA, Nuñez MA, Pauchard A, Pyšek P, Rabitsch W, Richardson DM, Roy HE, Ruiz GM, Russell JC, Sanders NJ, Sax DF, Scalera R, Seebens H, Springborn M, Turbelin A, van Kleunen M, von Holle B, Winter M, Zenni RD, Mattsson BJ, Roura‐Pascual N. Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:4880-4893. [PMID: 32663906 PMCID: PMC7496498 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the likely future impacts of biological invasions is crucial yet highly challenging given the multiple relevant environmental, socio-economic and societal contexts and drivers. In the absence of quantitative models, methods based on expert knowledge are the best option for assessing future invasion trajectories. Here, we present an expert assessment of the drivers of potential alien species impacts under contrasting scenarios and socioecological contexts through the mid-21st century. Based on responses from 36 experts in biological invasions, moderate (20%-30%) increases in invasions, compared to the current conditions, are expected to cause major impacts on biodiversity in most socioecological contexts. Three main drivers of biological invasions-transport, climate change and socio-economic change-were predicted to significantly affect future impacts of alien species on biodiversity even under a best-case scenario. Other drivers (e.g. human demography and migration in tropical and subtropical regions) were also of high importance in specific global contexts (e.g. for individual taxonomic groups or biomes). We show that some best-case scenarios can substantially reduce potential future impacts of biological invasions. However, rapid and comprehensive actions are necessary to use this potential and achieve the goals of the Post-2020 Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Pyšek P, Hulme PE, Simberloff D, Bacher S, Blackburn TM, Carlton JT, Dawson W, Essl F, Foxcroft LC, Genovesi P, Jeschke JM, Kühn I, Liebhold AM, Mandrak NE, Meyerson LA, Pauchard A, Pergl J, Roy HE, Seebens H, van Kleunen M, Vilà M, Wingfield MJ, Richardson DM. Scientists' warning on invasive alien species. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2020; 95:1511-1534. [PMID: 32588508 PMCID: PMC7687187 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 440] [Impact Index Per Article: 110.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the rise in human population size. The numbers of invasive alien species – the subset of alien species that spread widely in areas where they are not native, affecting the environment or human livelihoods – are increasing. Synergies with other global changes are exacerbating current invasions and facilitating new ones, thereby escalating the extent and impacts of invaders. Invasions have complex and often immense long‐term direct and indirect impacts. In many cases, such impacts become apparent or problematic only when invaders are well established and have large ranges. Invasive alien species break down biogeographic realms, affect native species richness and abundance, increase the risk of native species extinction, affect the genetic composition of native populations, change native animal behaviour, alter phylogenetic diversity across communities, and modify trophic networks. Many invasive alien species also change ecosystem functioning and the delivery of ecosystem services by altering nutrient and contaminant cycling, hydrology, habitat structure, and disturbance regimes. These biodiversity and ecosystem impacts are accelerating and will increase further in the future. Scientific evidence has identified policy strategies to reduce future invasions, but these strategies are often insufficiently implemented. For some nations, notably Australia and New Zealand, biosecurity has become a national priority. There have been long‐term successes, such as eradication of rats and cats on increasingly large islands and biological control of weeds across continental areas. However, in many countries, invasions receive little attention. Improved international cooperation is crucial to reduce the impacts of invasive alien species on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human livelihoods. Countries can strengthen their biosecurity regulations to implement and enforce more effective management strategies that should also address other global changes that interact with invasions.
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- Petr Pyšek
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic.,Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague, CZ-128 44, Czech Republic.,Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.,Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, U.K.,Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, U.K
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- Maritime Studies Program, Williams College - Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville, Mystic, CT, 06355, U.S.A
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.,Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.,Conservation Services, South African National Parks, Private Bag X402, Skukuza, 1350, South Africa
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.,ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research and Chair IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Rome, Italy
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Müggelseedamm 310, Berlin, 12587, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 1-3, Berlin, 14195, Germany.,Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Königin-Luise-Str. 2-4, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Department Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, Halle, 06120, Germany.,Geobotany & Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, Halle, 06108, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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- US Forest Service Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield St., Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.A.,Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, CZ-165 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario, M1C 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, U.S.A
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.,Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santiago, Chile
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- U.K. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, U.K
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, 60325, Germany
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, Constance, 78457, Germany.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avd. Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, 41092, Spain.,Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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Croy JR, Meyerson LA, Allen WJ, Bhattarai GP, Cronin JT. Lineage and latitudinal variation inPhragmites australistolerance to herbivory: implications for invasion success. OIKOS 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.07260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jordan R. Croy
- Dept of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State Univ. Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
- Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of California Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Dept of Natural Resource Sciences, Univ. of Rhode Island Kingston RI USA
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- Dept of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State Univ. Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
- The Bio‐Protection Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
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- Dept of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State Univ. Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
- Dept of Entomology, Kansas State Univ. Manhattan KS USA
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- Dept of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State Univ. Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
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Enders M, Havemann F, Ruland F, Bernard‐Verdier M, Catford JA, Gómez‐Aparicio L, Haider S, Heger T, Kueffer C, Kühn I, Meyerson LA, Musseau C, Novoa A, Ricciardi A, Sagouis A, Schittko C, Strayer DL, Vilà M, Essl F, Hulme PE, van Kleunen M, Kumschick S, Lockwood JL, Mabey AL, McGeoch MA, Palma E, Pyšek P, Saul W, Yannelli FA, Jeschke JM. A conceptual map of invasion biology: Integrating hypotheses into a consensus network. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 2020; 29:978-991. [PMID: 34938151 PMCID: PMC8647925 DOI: 10.1111/geb.13082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Since its emergence in the mid-20th century, invasion biology has matured into a productive research field addressing questions of fundamental and applied importance. Not only has the number of empirical studies increased through time, but also has the number of competing, overlapping and, in some cases, contradictory hypotheses about biological invasions. To make these contradictions and redundancies explicit, and to gain insight into the field's current theoretical structure, we developed and applied a Delphi approach to create a consensus network of 39 existing invasion hypotheses. RESULTS The resulting network was analysed with a link-clustering algorithm that revealed five concept clusters (resource availability, biotic interaction, propagule, trait and Darwin's clusters) representing complementary areas in the theory of invasion biology. The network also displays hypotheses that link two or more clusters, called connecting hypotheses, which are important in determining network structure. The network indicates hypotheses that are logically linked either positively (77 connections of support) or negatively (that is, they contradict each other; 6 connections). SIGNIFICANCE The network visually synthesizes how invasion biology's predominant hypotheses are conceptually related to each other, and thus, reveals an emergent structure - a conceptual map - that can serve as a navigation tool for scholars, practitioners and students, both inside and outside of the field of invasion biology, and guide the development of a more coherent foundation of theory. Additionally, the outlined approach can be more widely applied to create a conceptual map for the larger fields of ecology and biogeography.
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- Martin Enders
- Department of Biology, Chemistry, PharmacyInstitute of BiologyFreie Universität BerlinBerlinGermany
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
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- Philosophische FakultätInstitut für Bibliotheks‐ und InformationswissenschaftHumboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, PharmacyInstitute of BiologyFreie Universität BerlinBerlinGermany
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, PharmacyInstitute of BiologyFreie Universität BerlinBerlinGermany
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
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- Department of GeographyKing’s College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
- School of BioSciencesThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Biological SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUnited Kingdom
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- Martin Luther University Halle‐WittenbergInstitute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical GardenHalle (Saale)Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
- Biodiversity Research/Systematic BotanyUniversity of PotsdamPotsdamGermany
- Technical University of MunichFreisingGermany
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems ScienceETH ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Botany and ZoologyStellenbosch UniversityMatielandSouth Africa
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- Martin Luther University Halle‐WittenbergInstitute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical GardenHalle (Saale)Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigGermany
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZDepartment Community EcologyHalle (Saale)Germany
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- The University of Rhode IslandDepartment of Natural Resources ScienceKingstonRhode Island
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, PharmacyInstitute of BiologyFreie Universität BerlinBerlinGermany
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
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- Czech Academy of SciencesInstitute of BotanyDepartment of Invasion EcologyPrůhoniceCzech Republic
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- Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Botany and ZoologyStellenbosch UniversityMatielandSouth Africa
- Redpath MuseumMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, PharmacyInstitute of BiologyFreie Universität BerlinBerlinGermany
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
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- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
- Biodiversity Research/Systematic BotanyUniversity of PotsdamPotsdamGermany
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- Cary Institute of Ecosystem StudiesMillbrookNew YorkUnited States
- Graham Sustainability InstituteUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUnited States
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD‐CSIC)SevilleSpain
- Department of Plant Biology and EcologyUniversity of SevilleSevilleSpain
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- Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Botany and ZoologyStellenbosch UniversityMatielandSouth Africa
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity ResearchUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Bio‐Protection Research CentreLincoln UniversityLincoln, CanterburyNew Zealand
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- Ecology, Department of BiologyUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and ConservationTaizhou UniversityTaizhouChina
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- Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Botany and ZoologyStellenbosch UniversityMatielandSouth Africa
- South African National Biodiversity InstituteKirstenbosch National Botanical GardensClaremontSouth Africa
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- Ecology, Evolution and Natural ResourcesRutgers UniversityNew BrunswickNew Jersey
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- Biological SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUnited Kingdom
- Ocean and Earth ScienceNational Oceanography CentreUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUnited Kingdom
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- School of BioSciencesThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Czech Academy of SciencesInstitute of BotanyDepartment of Invasion EcologyPrůhoniceCzech Republic
- Department of EcologyFaculty of ScienceCharles UniversityPragueCzech Republic
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- Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Botany and ZoologyStellenbosch UniversityMatielandSouth Africa
- Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Mathematical SciencesStellenbosch UniversityMatielandSouth Africa
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- Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Botany and ZoologyStellenbosch UniversityMatielandSouth Africa
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, PharmacyInstitute of BiologyFreie Universität BerlinBerlinGermany
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
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Meyerson LA, Pyšek P, Lučanová M, Wigginton S, Tran C, Cronin JT. Plant genome size influences stress tolerance of invasive and native plants via plasticity. Ecosphere 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Laura A. Meyerson
- Department of Natural Resources Science The University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Department of Invasion Ecology Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences CZ‐252 43 Průhonice Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Viničná 7 CZ‐128 44 Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology of Plants Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences CZ‐252 43 Průhonice Czech Republic
- Department of Botany Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia CZ‐370 05 České Budějovice Czech Republic
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- Department of Natural Resources Science The University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA
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Novoa A, Richardson DM, Pyšek P, Meyerson LA, Bacher S, Canavan S, Catford JA, Čuda J, Essl F, Foxcroft LC, Genovesi P, Hirsch H, Hui C, Jackson MC, Kueffer C, Le Roux JJ, Measey J, Mohanty NP, Moodley D, Müller-Schärer H, Packer JG, Pergl J, Robinson TB, Saul WC, Shackleton RT, Visser V, Weyl OLF, Yannelli FA, Wilson JRU. Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02220-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
AbstractOur ability to predict invasions has been hindered by the seemingly idiosyncratic context-dependency of individual invasions. However, we argue that robust and useful generalisations in invasion science can be made by considering “invasion syndromes” which we define as “a combination of pathways, alien species traits, and characteristics of the recipient ecosystem which collectively result in predictable dynamics and impacts, and that can be managed effectively using specific policy and management actions”. We describe this approach and outline examples that highlight its utility, including: cacti with clonal fragmentation in arid ecosystems; small aquatic organisms introduced through ballast water in harbours; large ranid frogs with frequent secondary transfers; piscivorous freshwater fishes in connected aquatic ecosystems; plant invasions in high-elevation areas; tall-statured grasses; and tree-feeding insects in forests with suitable hosts. We propose a systematic method for identifying and delimiting invasion syndromes. We argue that invasion syndromes can account for the context-dependency of biological invasions while incorporating insights from comparative studies. Adopting this approach will help to structure thinking, identify transferrable risk assessment and management lessons, and highlight similarities among events that were previously considered disparate invasion phenomena.
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Simberloff D, Barney JN, Mack RN, Carlton JT, Reaser JK, Stewart BS, Tabor G, Lane EM, Hyatt W, Malcom JW, Buchanan L, Meyerson LA. U.S. action lowers barriers to invasive species. Science 2020; 367:636. [PMID: 32029620 DOI: 10.1126/science.aba7186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Daniel Simberloff
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, USA
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- Maritime Studies Program, Williams College-Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT 06355, USA
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- Giving Voice to Resilience, LLC, Stanardsville, VA 22973, USA.,Center for Large Landscape Conservation, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA.,Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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- Center for Large Landscape Conservation, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA
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- Boulder County Parks & Open Space Department, Longmont, CO 80503, USA
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- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Bureau of Natural Resources, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
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- Center for Conservation Innovation, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC 20036, USA.,Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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- Molokai/Maui Invasive Species Committee, Kualapuu, HI 96757, USA
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- Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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Pyšek P, Čuda J, Šmilauer P, Skálová H, Chumová Z, Lambertini C, Lučanová M, Ryšavá H, Trávníček P, Šemberová K, Meyerson LA. Competition among native and invasive Phragmites australis populations: An experimental test of the effects of invasion status, genome size, and ploidy level. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:1106-1118. [PMID: 32076501 PMCID: PMC7029062 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Among the traits whose relevance for plant invasions has recently been suggested are genome size (the amount of nuclear DNA) and ploidy level. So far, research on the role of genome size in invasiveness has been mostly based on indirect evidence by comparing species with different genome sizes, but how karyological traits influence competition at the intraspecific level remains unknown. We addressed these questions in a common-garden experiment evaluating the outcome of direct intraspecific competition among 20 populations of Phragmites australis, represented by clones collected in North America and Europe, and differing in their status (native and invasive), genome size (small and large), and ploidy levels (tetraploid, hexaploid, or octoploid). Each clone was planted in competition with one of the others in all possible combinations with three replicates in 45-L pots. Upon harvest, the identity of 21 shoots sampled per pot was revealed by flow cytometry and DNA analysis. Differences in performance were examined using relative proportions of shoots of each clone, ratios of their aboveground biomass, and relative yield total (RYT). The performance of the clones in competition primarily depended on the clone status (native vs. invasive). Measured in terms of shoot number or aboveground biomass, the strongest signal observed was that North American native clones always lost in competition to the other two groups. In addition, North American native clones were suppressed by European natives to a similar degree as by North American invasives. North American invasive clones had the largest average shoot biomass, but only by a limited, nonsignificant difference due to genome size. There was no effect of ploidy on competition. Since the North American invaders of European origin are able to outcompete the native North American clones, we suggest that their high competitiveness acts as an important driver in the early stages of their invasion.
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- Petr Pyšek
- Department of Invasion EcologyInstitute of BotanyCzech Academy of SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
- Department of EcologyFaculty of ScienceCharles UniversityPragueCzech Republic
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- Department of Invasion EcologyInstitute of BotanyCzech Academy of SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
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- Department of Ecosystem BiologyFaculty of ScienceUniversity of South BohemiaČeské BudějoviceCzech Republic
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- Department of Invasion EcologyInstitute of BotanyCzech Academy of SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology of PlantsInstitute of BotanyCzech Academy of SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
- Department of BotanyFaculty of ScienceCharles UniversityPragueCzech Republic
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- Department of Agricultural and Food SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology of PlantsInstitute of BotanyCzech Academy of SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
- Department of BotanyFaculty of ScienceUniversity of South BohemiaČeské BudějoviceCzech Republic
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- Department of BotanyFaculty of ScienceCharles UniversityPragueCzech Republic
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology of PlantsInstitute of BotanyCzech Academy of SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology of PlantsInstitute of BotanyCzech Academy of SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
- Department of BotanyFaculty of ScienceCharles UniversityPragueCzech Republic
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- Department of Natural Resources ScienceThe University of Rhode IslandKingstonRIUSA
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Pyšek P, Skálová H, Čuda J, Guo WY, Suda J, Doležal J, Kauzál O, Lambertini C, Lučanová M, Mandáková T, Moravcová L, Pyšková K, Brix H, Meyerson LA. Small genome separates native and invasive populations in an ecologically important cosmopolitan grass. Ecology 2019; 99:79-90. [PMID: 29313970 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
The literature suggests that small genomes promote invasion in plants, but little is known about the interaction of genome size with other traits or about the role of genome size during different phases of the invasion process. By intercontinental comparison of native and invasive populations of the common reed Phragmites australis, we revealed a distinct relationship between genome size and invasiveness at the intraspecific level. Monoploid genome size was the only significant variable that clearly separated the North American native plants from those of European origin. The mean Cx value (the amount of DNA in one chromosome set) for source European native populations was 0.490 ± 0.007 (mean ± SD), for North American invasive 0.506 ± 0.020, and for North American native 0.543 ± 0.021. Relative to native populations, the European populations that successfully invaded North America had a smaller genome that was associated with plant traits favoring invasiveness (long rhizomes, early emerging abundant shoots, resistance to aphid attack, and low C:N ratio). The knowledge that invasive populations within species can be identified based on genome size can be applied to screen potentially invasive populations of Phragmites in other parts of the world where they could grow in mixed stands with native plants, as well as to other plant species with intraspecific variation in invasion potential. Moreover, as small genomes are better equipped to respond to extreme environmental conditions such as drought, the mechanism reported here may represent an emerging driver for future invasions and range expansions.
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- Petr Pyšek
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Museum and Gallery of the Orlické hory Mts, Jiráskova 2, CZ-516 01, Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Alle 1, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Plant Cytogenomics Research Group, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Alle 1, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, USA
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Kuebbing SE, Meyerson LA. Announcing the inaugural winners of the Simberloff Award for Outstanding Presentation. Biol Invasions 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1877-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Pauchard A, Meyerson LA, Bacher S, Blackburn TM, Brundu G, Cadotte MW, Courchamp F, Essl F, Genovesi P, Haider S, Holmes ND, Hulme PE, Jeschke JM, Lockwood JL, Novoa A, Nuñez MA, Peltzer DA, Pyšek P, Richardson DM, Simberloff D, Smith K, van Wilgen BW, Vilà M, Wilson JRU, Winter M, Zenni RD. Biodiversity assessments: Origin matters. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e2006686. [PMID: 30422976 PMCID: PMC6233909 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2006686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Aníbal Pauchard
- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santiago, Chile
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- University of Rhode Island, Natural Resources Science, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Sassari, Department of Agriculture, Sassari, Italy
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- Ecologie, Systématique, et Evolution, Univ Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research and Chair IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Rome, Italy
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Halle, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Island Conservation, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Grupo de Ecologıa de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, CONICET Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Du Y, Ge Y, Ren Y, Fan X, Pan K, Lin L, Wu X, Min Y, Meyerson LA, Heino M, Chang SX, Liu X, Mao F, Yang G, Peng C, Qu Z, Chang J, Didham RK. A global strategy to mitigate the environmental impact of China's ruminant consumption boom. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4133. [PMID: 30297840 PMCID: PMC6175953 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06381-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Rising demand for ruminant meat and dairy products in developing countries is expected to double anthropogenic greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from livestock by 2050. Mitigation strategies are urgently needed to meet demand while minimizing environmental impacts. Here, we develop scenarios for mitigating emissions under local vs global supply policies using data from 308 livestock farms across mainland China, where emissions intensities are ~50% higher than those in developed nations. Intensification of domestic production and globalized expansion through increased trade result in reductions in global emissions by nearly 30% over a business-as-usual scenario, but at the expense of trading partners absorbing the associated negative externalities of environmental degradation. Only adoption of a mixed strategy combining global best-practice in sustainable intensification of domestic production, with increased green-source trading as a short-term coping strategy, can meet 2050 demand while minimizing the local and global environmental footprint of China’s ruminant consumption boom. Rising demand for ruminant meat and dairy products in developing nations drives increasing GHG and ammonia emissions from livestock. Authors show here that only long-term adoption of global best-practice in sustainable intensification buffered by a short-term coping strategy of green-source trading can offer a way forward.
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- Yuanyuan Du
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,Sustainable Development Research Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,Zhejiang Economic Information Center (Zhejiang Center for Climate Change and Low-carbon Development Cooperation), Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- College of Computer Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, Bergen, N-5020, Norway.,Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Renewable Resource, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E3, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Center of CEF/ESCER, Department of Biological Science, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, H3C 3P8, Canada
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. .,Sustainable Development Research Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, M092, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia. .,CSIRO Land and Water, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, 147 Underwood Ave, Floreat, WA, 6014, Australia.
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Allen WJ, Meyerson LA, Flick AJ, Cronin JT. Intraspecific variation in indirect plant-soil feedbacks influences a wetland plant invasion. Ecology 2018; 99:1430-1440. [PMID: 29771449 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) influence plant competition via direct interactions with pathogens and mutualists or indirectly via apparent competition/mutualisms (i.e., spillover to co-occurring plants) and soil legacy effects. It is currently unknown how intraspecific variation in PSFs interacts with the environment (e.g., nutrient availability) to influence competition between native and invasive plants. We conducted a fully crossed multi-factor greenhouse experiment to determine the effects of Phragmites australis rhizosphere soil biota, interspecific competition, and nutrient availability on biomass of replicate populations from one native and two invasive lineages of common reed (P. australis) and a single lineage of native smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora). Harmful soil biota consistently dominated PSFs involving all three P. australis lineages, reducing biomass by 10%. Indirect PSFs (i.e., soil biota spillover) from the two invasive P. australis lineages reduced S. alterniflora biomass by 7%, whereas PSFs from the native P. australis lineage increased S. alterniflora biomass by 6%. Interestingly, interspecific competition and PSFs interacted to weaken their respective impacts on S. alterniflora, whereas they exerted synergistic negative effects on P. australis. Phragmites australis soil biota decreased S. alterniflora biomass when grown alone (i.e., a soil legacy), but increased S. alterniflora biomass when grown with P. australis, suggesting that P. australis recruits harmful generalist soil biota or facilitates S. alterniflora via spillover (i.e., apparent mutualism). Soil biota also reduced interspecific competition impacts on S. alterniflora, although it remained competitively inferior to P. australis across all treatments. Competitive interactions and responses to nutrients did not differ among P. australis lineages, indicating that interspecific competition and nutrient deposition may not be key drivers of P. australis invasion in North America. Although soil biota, interspecific competition, and nutrient availability appear to have no direct impact on the success of invasive P. australis lineages in North America, intraspecific lineage variation in indirect spillover and soil legacies from P. australis occur and may have important implications for co-occurring native species and restoration of invaded habitats. Our study integrates multiple factors linked to plant invasions, highlighting that indirect interactions are likely commonplace in influencing plant community dynamics and invasion success and impacts.
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- Warwick J Allen
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA.,The Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, Lincoln, 7647, New Zealand
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- Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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Guo WY, Lambertini C, Pyšek P, Meyerson LA, Brix H. Living in two worlds: Evolutionary mechanisms act differently in the native and introduced ranges of an invasive plant. Ecol Evol 2018. [PMID: 29531666 PMCID: PMC5838077 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Identifying the factors that influence spatial genetic structure among populations can provide insights into the evolution of invasive plants. In this study, we used the common reed (Phragmites australis), a grass native in Europe and invading North America, to examine the relative importance of geographic, environmental (represented by climate here), and human effects on population genetic structure and its changes during invasion. We collected samples of P. australis from both the invaded North American and native European ranges and used molecular markers to investigate the population genetic structure within and between ranges. We used path analysis to identify the contributions of each of the three factors-geographic, environmental, and human-related-to the formation of spatial genetic patterns. Genetic differentiation was observed between the introduced and native populations, and their genetic structure in the native and introduced ranges was different. There were strong effects of geography and environment on the genetic structure of populations in the native range, but the human-related factors manifested through colonization of anthropogenic habitats in the introduced range counteracted the effects of environment. The between-range genetic differences among populations were mainly explained by the heterogeneous environment between the ranges, with the coefficient 2.6 times higher for the environment than that explained by the geographic distance. Human activities were the primary contributor to the genetic structure of the introduced populations. The significant environmental divergence between ranges and the strong contribution of human activities to the genetic structure in the introduced range suggest that invasive populations of P. australis have evolved to adapt to a different climate and to human-made habitats in North America.
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- Wen-Yong Guo
- Department of Invasion EcologyInstitute of Botany The Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic.,Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark.,Department of Agricultural Science University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Invasion EcologyInstitute of Botany The Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic.,Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Natural Resources Science The University of Rhode Island Kingston RI USA
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- Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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Eller F, Skálová H, Caplan JS, Bhattarai GP, Burger MK, Cronin JT, Guo WY, Guo X, Hazelton ELG, Kettenring KM, Lambertini C, McCormick MK, Meyerson LA, Mozdzer TJ, Pyšek P, Sorrell BK, Whigham DF, Brix H. Cosmopolitan Species As Models for Ecophysiological Responses to Global Change: The Common Reed Phragmites australis. Front Plant Sci 2017; 8:1833. [PMID: 29250081 PMCID: PMC5715336 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Phragmites australis is a cosmopolitan grass and often the dominant species in the ecosystems it inhabits. Due to high intraspecific diversity and phenotypic plasticity, P. australis has an extensive ecological amplitude and a great capacity to acclimate to adverse environmental conditions; it can therefore offer valuable insights into plant responses to global change. Here we review the ecology and ecophysiology of prominent P. australis lineages and their responses to multiple forms of global change. Key findings of our review are that: (1) P. australis lineages are well-adapted to regions of their phylogeographic origin and therefore respond differently to changes in climatic conditions such as temperature or atmospheric CO2; (2) each lineage consists of populations that may occur in geographically different habitats and contain multiple genotypes; (3) the phenotypic plasticity of functional and fitness-related traits of a genotype determine the responses to global change factors; (4) genotypes with high plasticity to environmental drivers may acclimate or even vastly expand their ranges, genotypes of medium plasticity must acclimate or experience range-shifts, and those with low plasticity may face local extinction; (5) responses to ancillary types of global change, like shifting levels of soil salinity, flooding, and drought, are not consistent within lineages and depend on adaptation of individual genotypes. These patterns suggest that the diverse lineages of P. australis will undergo intense selective pressure in the face of global change such that the distributions and interactions of co-occurring lineages, as well as those of genotypes within-lineages, are very likely to be altered. We propose that the strong latitudinal clines within and between P. australis lineages can be a useful tool for predicting plant responses to climate change in general and present a conceptual framework for using P. australis lineages to predict plant responses to global change and its consequences.
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- Franziska Eller
- Aquatic Biology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czechia
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- Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, Temple University, Ambler, PA, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czechia
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Watershed Sciences and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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- Department of Watershed Sciences and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czechia
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Aquatic Biology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, United States
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- Aquatic Biology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Bowen JL, Kearns PJ, Byrnes JEK, Wigginton S, Allen WJ, Greenwood M, Tran K, Yu J, Cronin JT, Meyerson LA. Lineage overwhelms environmental conditions in determining rhizosphere bacterial community structure in a cosmopolitan invasive plant. Nat Commun 2017; 8:433. [PMID: 28874666 PMCID: PMC5585233 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00626-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Plant-microbe interactions play crucial roles in species invasions but are rarely investigated at the intraspecific level. Here, we study these interactions in three lineages of a globally distributed plant, Phragmites australis. We use field surveys and a common garden experiment to analyze bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of P. australis stands from native, introduced, and Gulf lineages to determine lineage-specific controls on rhizosphere bacteria. We show that within-lineage bacterial communities are similar, but are distinct among lineages, which is consistent with our results in a complementary common garden experiment. Introduced P. australis rhizosphere bacterial communities have lower abundances of pathways involved in antimicrobial biosynthesis and degradation, suggesting a lower exposure to enemy attack than native and Gulf lineages. However, lineage and not rhizosphere bacterial communities dictate individual plant growth in the common garden experiment. We conclude that lineage is crucial for determination of both rhizosphere bacterial communities and plant fitness.Environmental factors often outweigh host heritable factors in structuring host-associated microbiomes. Here, Bowen et al. show that host lineage is crucial for determination of rhizosphere bacterial communities in Phragmites australis, a globally distributed invasive plant.
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- Jennifer L Bowen
- Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA, 01908, USA.
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- Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA, 01908, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02125, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
- The Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, Lincoln, 7647, New Zealand
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- University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02125, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02125, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02125, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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Simberloff D, Meyerson LA, Pyšek P, Richardson DM. Honoring Harold A. Mooney: Citizen of the world and catalyst for invasion science. Biol Invasions 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1498-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Meyerson LA, Simberloff D. Introducing “The Elton Reviews,” a new series in biological invasions. Biol Invasions 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1401-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bhattarai GP, Meyerson LA, Cronin JT. Geographic variation in apparent competition between native and invasive Phragmites australis. Ecology 2017; 98:349-358. [PMID: 27861789 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Apparent competition, the negative interaction between species mediated by shared natural enemies, is thought to play an important role in shaping the structure and dynamics of natural communities. However, its importance in driving species invasions, and whether the strength of this indirect interaction varies across the latitudinal range of the invasion, has not been fully explored. We performed replicated field experiments at four sites spanning 900 km along the Atlantic Coast of the United States to assess the presence and strength of apparent competition between sympatric native and invasive lineages of Phragmites australis. Four herbivore guilds were considered: stem-feeders, leaf-miners, leaf-chewers and aphids. We also tested the hypothesis that the strength of this interaction declines with increasing latitude. Within each site, native and invasive plants of P. australis were cross-transplanted between co-occurring native and invasive patches in the same marsh habitat and herbivore damage was evaluated at the end of the growing season. Apparent competition was evident for both lineages and involved all but the leaf-chewer guild. For native plants, total aphids per plant was 296% higher and the incidence of stem-feeding and leaf-mining herbivores was 34% and 221% higher, respectively, when transplanted into invasive than native patches. These data suggest that invasive P. australis has a negative effect on native P. australis via apparent competition. Averaged among herbivore types, the indirect effects of the invasive lineage on the native lineage was 57% higher than the reverse situation, suggesting that apparent competition was asymmetric. We also found that the strength of apparent competition acting against the native lineage was comparable to the benefits to the invasive lineage from enemy release (i.e., proportionately lower mean herbivory of the invasive relative to the native taxa). Finally, we found the first evidence that the strength of apparent competition acting against the native lineage (from stem-feeders only) decreased with increasing latitude. These results suggest that not only could apparent competition be of tantamount importance to enemy release in enhancing the establishment and spread of invasive taxa, but also that these indirect and direct herbivore effects could vary over the invasion range.
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- Ganesh P Bhattarai
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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Zenni RD, Dickie IA, Wingfield MJ, Hirsch H, Crous CJ, Meyerson LA, Burgess TI, Zimmermann TG, Klock MM, Siemann E, Erfmeier A, Aragon R, Montti L, Le Roux JJ. Evolutionary dynamics of tree invasions: complementing the unified framework for biological invasions. AoB Plants 2016; 9:plw085. [PMID: 28039118 PMCID: PMC5391705 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plw085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Evolutionary processes greatly impact the outcomes of biological invasions. An extensive body of research suggests that invasive populations often undergo phenotypic and ecological divergence from their native sources. Evolution also operates at different and distinct stages during the invasion process. Thus, it is important to incorporate evolutionary change into frameworks of biological invasions because it allows us to conceptualize how these processes may facilitate or hinder invasion success. Here, we review such processes, with an emphasis on tree invasions, and place them in the context of the unified framework for biological invasions. The processes and mechanisms described are pre-introduction evolutionary history, sampling effect, founder effect, genotype-by-environment interactions, admixture, hybridization, polyploidization, rapid evolution, epigenetics, and second-genomes. For the last, we propose that co-evolved symbionts, both beneficial and harmful, which are closely physiologically associated with invasive species, contain critical genetic traits that affect the evolutionary dynamics of biological invasions. By understanding the mechanisms underlying invasion success, researchers will be better equipped to predict, understand, and manage biological invasions.
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- Rafael Dudeque Zenni
- Setor de Ecologia, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Caixa Postal 3037, CEP 37200-000 - Lavras-MG - Brazil
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- Bio-protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand
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- Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
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- Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, 6150 Australia
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Biosciences Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Instituto de Ecologia Regional, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, CONICET. Tucuman, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ecologia Regional, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, CONICET. Tucuman, Argentina
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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Bhattarai GP, Meyerson LA, Anderson J, Cummings D, Allen WJ, Cronin JT. Biogeography of a plant invasion: genetic variation and plasticity in latitudinal clines for traits related to herbivory. ECOL MONOGR 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Ganesh P. Bhattarai
- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences University of Rhode Island 1 Greenhouse Road Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences University of Rhode Island 1 Greenhouse Road Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences University of Rhode Island 1 Greenhouse Road Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA
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Meyerson LA, Cronin JT, Bhattarai GP, Brix H, Lambertini C, Lučanová M, Rinehart S, Suda J, Pyšek P. Do ploidy level and nuclear genome size and latitude of origin modify the expression of Phragmites australis traits and interactions with herbivores? Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1200-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Dibble KL, Meyerson LA. Detection of decreased quantities of actively spawning female Fundulus heteroclitus in tidally restricted marshes relative to restored and reference sites. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1153-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cronin JT, Kiviat E, Meyerson LA, Bhattarai GP, Allen WJ. Biological control of invasive Phragmites
australis will be detrimental to native P. australis. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1138-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Druschke CG, Meyerson LA, Hychka KC. From restoration to adaptation: the changing discourse of invasive species management in coastal New England under global environmental change. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1112-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Suda J, Meyerson LA, Leitch IJ, Pyšek P. The hidden side of plant invasions: the role of genome size. New Phytol 2015; 205:994-1007. [PMID: 25323486 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The ecological role of genome size in plant biology, biogeography, and morphology has garnered increasing attention as the methods and technology associated with measuring cytological characteristics have become more reliable and accessible. However, how plant genome size influences plant invasions and at what stage in the invasion this influence occurs have been little explored. Several large-scale analyses of published data have yielded valuable interspecific comparisons, but experimental studies that manipulate environmental factors are needed, particularly below the species level, to fully understand the role that genome size plays in plant invasion. In this review, we summarize the available knowledge, discuss the integration of genome size data into invasion research, and suggest how it can be applied to detect and manage invasive species. We also explore how global climate change could exert selective pressures on plant populations with varying genome sizes, thereby increasing the distribution range and invasiveness of some populations while decreasing others. Finally, we outline avenues for future research, including considerations of large-scale studies of intraspecific variation in genome size of invasive populations, testing the interaction of genome size with other factors in macroecological analyses of invasions, as well as the role this trait may play in plant-enemy interactions.
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- Jan Suda
- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, Prague 2, CZ-128 01, Czech Republic
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- University of Rhode Island, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, Prague, CZ-128 44, Czech Republic
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Laura A. Meyerson
- Natural Resources Science, Coastal Institute 111, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
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- Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague, 128 44, Czech Republic
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Jørgensen D, Nilsson C, Hof AR, Hasselquist EM, Baker S, Chapin FS, Eckerberg K, Hjältén J, Polvi L, Meyerson LA. Policy Language in Restoration Ecology. Restor Ecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.12069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dolly Jørgensen
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; Umeå 90187 Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; Umeå 90187 Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; Umeå 90187 Sweden
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Umeå 90183 Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; Umeå 90187 Sweden
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- Cardiff School of the Social Sciences; Cardiff University; Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff CF10 3WA U.K
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- Institute of Arctic Biology; University of Alaska Fairbanks; Fairbanks AK 99775 U.S.A
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Umeå 90183 Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; Umeå 90187 Sweden
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- Department of Natural Resources Science; University of Rhode Island; Kingston RI 02881 U.S.A
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Guo WY, Lambertini C, Li XZ, Meyerson LA, Brix H. Invasion of Old World Phragmites australis in the New World: precipitation and temperature patterns combined with human influences redesign the invasive niche. Glob Chang Biol 2013; 19:3406-3422. [PMID: 23765641 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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After its introduction into North America, Euro-Asian Phragmites australis became an aggressive invasive wetland grass along the Atlantic coast of North America. Its distribution range has since expanded to the middle, south and southwest of North America, where invasive P. australis has replaced millions of hectares of native plants in inland and tidal wetlands. Another P. australis invasion from the Mediterranean region is simultaneously occurring in the Gulf region of the United States and some countries in South America. Here, we analysed the occurrence records of the two Old World invasive lineages of P. australis (Haplotype M and Med) in both their native and introduced ranges using environmental niche models (ENMs) to assess (i) whether a niche shift accompanied the invasions in the New World; (ii) the role of biologically relevant climatic variables and human influence in the process of invasion; and (iii) the current potential distribution of these two lineages. We detected local niche shifts along the East Coast of North America and the Gulf Coast of the United States for Haplotype M and around the Mississippi Delta and Florida of the United States for Med. The new niche of the introduced Haplotype M accounts for temperature fluctuations and increased precipitation. The introduced Med lineage has enlarged its original subtropical niche to the tropics-subtropics, invading regions with a high annual mean temperature (> ca. 10 °C) and high precipitation in the driest period. Human influence is an important factor for both niches. We suggest that an increase in precipitation in the 20th century, global warming and human-made habitats have shaped the invasive niches of the two lineages in the New World. However, as the invasions are ongoing and human and natural disturbances occur concomitantly, the future distribution ranges of the two lineages may diverge from the potential distribution ranges detected in this study.
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- Wen-Yong Guo
- Department of Bioscience, Plant Biology, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Allé 1, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark; State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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Pyšek P, Hulme PE, Meyerson LA, Smith GF, Boatwright JS, Crouch NR, Figueiredo E, Foxcroft LC, Jarošík V, Richardson DM, Suda J, Wilson JRU. Hitting the right target: taxonomic challenges for, and of, plant invasions. AoB Plants 2013; 5:plt042. [PMCID: PMC4455668 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plt042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Taxonomic resources are essential for the effective management of invasive plants because biosecurity strategies, legislation dealing with invasive species, quarantine, weed surveillance and monitoring all depend on accurate and rapid identification of non-native taxa, and incorrect identifications can impede ecological studies. On the other hand, biological invasions have provided important tests of basic theories about species concepts. Modern taxonomy therefore needs to integrate both classical and new concepts and approaches to improve the accuracy of species identification and further refine taxonomic classification at the level of populations and genotypes in the field and laboratory. This paper explores how a lack of taxonomic expertise, and by implication a dearth of taxonomic products such as identification tools, has hindered progress in understanding and managing biological invasions. It also explores how the taxonomic endeavour could benefit from studies of invasive species. We review the literature on the current situation in taxonomy with a focus on the challenges of identifying alien plant species and explore how this has affected the study of biological invasions. Biosecurity strategies, legislation dealing with invasive species, quarantine, weed surveillance and monitoring all depend on accurate and rapid identification of non-native taxa. However, such identification can be challenging because the taxonomic skill base in most countries is diffuse and lacks critical mass. Taxonomic resources are essential for the effective management of invasive plants and incorrect identifications can impede ecological studies. On the other hand, biological invasions have provided important tests of basic theories about species concepts. Better integration of classical alpha taxonomy and modern genetic taxonomic approaches will improve the accuracy of species identification and further refine taxonomic classification at the level of populations and genotypes in the field and laboratory. Modern taxonomy therefore needs to integrate both classical and new concepts and approaches. In particular, differing points of view between the proponents of morphological and molecular approaches should be negotiated because a narrow taxonomic perspective is harmful; the rigour of taxonomic decision-making clearly increases if insights from a variety of different complementary disciplines are combined and confronted. Taxonomy plays a critical role in the study of plant invasions and in turn benefits from the insights gained from these studies.
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- Petr Pyšek
- Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Prague, Czech Republic
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- The Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections Division, Private Bag X101, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
- H. G. W. J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
- Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001-455 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Belville 7535, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Ethnobotany Unit, South African National Biodiversity Institute, PO Box 52099, 4007 Berea Road, Durban, South Africa
- School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001-455 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa
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- Conservation Services, South African National Parks, Skukuza 1350, South Africa
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, Laboratory of Flow Cytometry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa
- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Invasive Species Programme, Claremont 7735, South Africa
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Baron JS, Gunderson L, Allen CD, Fleishman E, McKenzie D, Meyerson LA, Oropeza J, Stephenson N. Options for national parks and reserves for adapting to climate change. Environ Manage 2009; 44:1033-42. [PMID: 19449058 PMCID: PMC2791479 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9296-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2009] [Accepted: 03/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Past and present climate has shaped the valued ecosystems currently protected in parks and reserves, but future climate change will redefine these conditions. Continued conservation as climate changes will require thinking differently about resource management than we have in the past; we present some logical steps and tools for doing so. Three critical tenets underpin future management plans and activities: (1) climate patterns of the past will not be the climate patterns of the future; (2) climate defines the environment and influences future trajectories of the distributions of species and their habitats; (3) specific management actions may help increase the resilience of some natural resources, but fundamental changes in species and their environment may be inevitable. Science-based management will be necessary because past experience may not serve as a guide for novel future conditions. Identifying resources and processes at risk, defining thresholds and reference conditions, and establishing monitoring and assessment programs are among the types of scientific practices needed to support a broadened portfolio of management activities. In addition to the control and hedging management strategies commonly in use today, we recommend adaptive management wherever possible. Adaptive management increases our ability to address the multiple scales at which species and processes function, and increases the speed of knowledge transfer among scientists and managers. Scenario planning provides a broad forward-thinking framework from which the most appropriate management tools can be chosen. The scope of climate change effects will require a shared vision among regional partners. Preparing for and adapting to climate change is as much a cultural and intellectual challenge as an ecological challenge.
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Royer DL, Meyerson LA, Robertson KM, Adams JM. Phenotypic plasticity of leaf shape along a temperature gradient in Acer rubrum. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7653. [PMID: 19893620 PMCID: PMC2764093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2009] [Accepted: 10/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Both phenotypic plasticity and genetic determination can be important for understanding how plants respond to environmental change. However, little is known about the plastic response of leaf teeth and leaf dissection to temperature. This gap is critical because these leaf traits are commonly used to reconstruct paleoclimate from fossils, and such studies tacitly assume that traits measured from fossils reflect the environment at the time of their deposition, even during periods of rapid climate change. We measured leaf size and shape in Acer rubrum derived from four seed sources with a broad temperature range and grown for two years in two gardens with contrasting climates (Rhode Island and Florida). Leaves in the Rhode Island garden have more teeth and are more highly dissected than leaves in Florida from the same seed source. Plasticity in these variables accounts for at least 6-19% of the total variance, while genetic differences among ecotypes probably account for at most 69-87%. This study highlights the role of phenotypic plasticity in leaf-climate relationships. We suggest that variables related to tooth count and leaf dissection in A. rubrum can respond quickly to climate change, which increases confidence in paleoclimate methods that use these variables.
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- Dana L Royer
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA.
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Meyerson FA, Meyerson LA, Reaser JK. Biosecurity from the ecologist's perspective: developing a more comprehensive approach. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1504/ijram.2009.025916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Meyerson LA, Engeman R, O'Malley R. Tracking non-native vertebrate species: indicator design for the United States of America. Wildl Res 2008. [DOI: 10.1071/wr07098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Basic information on the distribution, spread and impacts of non-native species in the USA is not available to those who shape national environmental policy. Although the USA spends billions of dollars annually on introduced species research, monitoring and control efforts, only a limited number of government agencies or private institutions are able to provide definitive reports on more than a handful of these species at a national scale. Research on invasive species is only of marginal practical value if the information cannot be succinctly and effectively transmitted to those who determine the management policies, budgets and objectives. To remedy this situation, a national-scale approach for monitoring established non-native species has been developed under the auspices of the Heinz Center as part of ‘The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems’ project. This paper specifically describes the strategies for reporting on indicators for non-native vertebrate species developed through inputs by experts from academia, industry, environmental organisations and government.
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