Biodiversity Within and Beyond the Native Distribution of Tree Species: The Case of Pinus nigra Forests in Europe
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F25%3A00144375" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/25:00144375 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70036" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70036</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.70036" target="_blank" >10.1111/geb.70036</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Biodiversity Within and Beyond the Native Distribution of Tree Species: The Case of Pinus nigra Forests in Europe
Original language description
AimForests dominated by non-native trees are becoming increasingly common. However, their impact on biodiversity remains uncertain, with a debate on whether they represent 'green deserts' or secondary habitats for biodiversity. We addressed this question by evaluating the patterns and ecological drivers of taxonomic and functional understory diversity between black pine (Pinus nigra) forests within and outside its native distribution range.LocationEurope.MethodsWe collected a continental database of vegetation plots with full species composition and related functional traits. We compared alpha- and beta-taxonomic (TD) and functional (FD) diversity between understories of P. nigra forests within and outside its native distribution range, and modelled the relative effects of climate, soil conditions, and canopy cover.ResultsWe found similar values of alpha- and beta-TD and -FD in forests within and outside the native range. The response to local and large-scale drivers was also similar, with high canopy cover reducing alpha-TD and alpha-FD but enhancing beta-TD and beta-FD in both forest systems. Soil nutrients enhanced alpha-TD and alpha-FD and decreased beta-FD only in forests within the native range, while drought reduced alpha- and beta-diversities only in forests outside the native range.Main ConclusionsThe same dominant tree species under similar ecological conditions resulted in low diversity differentiation between forests both within and outside P. nigra native range. Nevertheless, understory diversity was sensitive to different ecological drivers, with stronger effects of soil fertility and moisture on forests within and outside native ranges, respectively. These results suggest that P. nigra forests established beyond the species' native range exhibit similar diversity metrics and ecosystem functions as those within its native range. Our findings may be linked to the fact that P. nigra forests outside the native range were placed in the same biogeographical region as the corresponding forest stands within the native range.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-28491X" target="_blank" >GX19-28491X: Centre for European Vegetation Syntheses (CEVS)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Global Ecology and Biogeography
ISSN
1466-822X
e-ISSN
1466-8238
Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
„e70036“
UT code for WoS article
001460968600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105002138801