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A classification system for predicting invasiveness using climatic niche traits and global distribution models: application to alien plant species in Chile
(Pensoft, 2020)
Functional traits that predict plant invasiveness are a central issue in invasion ecology. However, in many cases they are difficult to determine, especially for a large set of species. Climatic niche traits can overcome ...
Alien plants and flower visitors disrupt the seasonal dynamics of mutualistic networks
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020-01-13)
Alien species can drastically disrupt ecological processes such as those involving plant-pollinator interactions, performing central roles that may affect the structure of native pollination networks. However, most studies ...
Environment and dispersal paths override life strategies and residence time in determining regional patterns of invasion by alien plants
(Elsevier B.V., 2014-01-01)
We describe a novel dissimilarity framework to analyze spatial patterns of species diversity and illustrate it with alien plant invasions in Northern Portugal. We used this framework to test the hypothesis that patterns ...
Species richness both impedes and promotes alien plant invasions in the Brazilian Cerrado
(2020-12-01)
Worldwide, alien plant invasions have been intensively studied in the past decades, but mechanisms controlling the invasibility of native communities are not fully understood yet. The stochastic niche hypothesis predicts ...
Effect of a native tree on seedling establishment of two exotic invasive species in a semiarid ecosystem
(2011)
Theory predicts that in more stressful environments, positive plant-plant interactions should be more important than negative ones. For instance, in arid and semiarid regions, amelioration of soil drought produced by the ...
Testing alien plant distribution and habitat invasibility in mountain ecosystems: growth form matters
(Springer, 2016-04)
Most studies focused on understanding habitat invasibility use the current levels of invasion as a direct proxy of habitat invasibility. This has shown to be biased by the influence of propagule pressure and climate. We ...
Invasive plants: representativeness of research from tropical countries in the global context
(FUNDACAO BOTICARIO PROTECAO NATUREZA, 2008)
Biological invasions threaten the native biota of several countries and this threat is even greater in the tropical regions that have the greatest biodiversity. In order to evaluate the representativeness of studies on ...
Seed dispersal interactions promoting plant invasions
(CABI International, 2020)
Animal dispersers in new areas are essential for many alien plants since they allow seeds movement and might promote seed germination and seedling establishment, increasing their chances of invasion. Here we review the ...
Fragmentation of Coastal Grasslands by Plantations and Spontaneous Spread of Invasive Pines in the Southern Pampa
(MDPI, 2021-12)
Coastal dunes of the southern Buenos Aires province, in Argentina, are one of the last remnants of biodiversity in the southern Pampa unit, within the Rio de la Plata Grasslands. While the direct loss of grasslands due to ...