Contrasting diversity patterns of native and alien species across multiple taxa in Central European river corridors

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112859" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112859</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112859" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112859</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Contrasting diversity patterns of native and alien species across multiple taxa in Central European river corridors

Original language description

River corridors are among the most important natural pathways for invasive species to spread into landscapes. Nevertheless, the ecological processes underlying invasions of riparian habitats are poorly understood for many taxonomic groups. We sampled bryophytes, vascular plants, and molluscs along three West Carpathian rivers (Central Europe) to identify spatial trends and drivers of native and alien species diversity across multiple taxa. Generalised additive models revealed decreasing downstream diversity patterns across all studied rivers and taxonomic groups. In contrast, alien diversity showed the opposite trend, displaying a high degree of idiosyncrasy among the rivers. Random forest analysis revealed that climate-induced variables (altitude and related temperature) played a more pronounced role in the diversity of alien species than in the diversity of native species. The diversity of native species was more influenced by local land use and habitat alternations (molluscs) or by source-to-mouth river interactions along the longitudinal gradient (plants). Dispersal limitation and temperature constrain alien species distributions along river corridors, while a multitude of natural and anthropic influences drive native species diversity. The climate-driven distribution of alien plants and molluscs suggests future altitudinal and longitudinal shifts in non-native species along river corridors, which will be exacerbated by ongoing climate warming and associated environmental changes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10600 - Biological sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

ISSN

1470-160X

e-ISSN

1470-160X

Volume of the periodical

169

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11.0

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

UT code for WoS article

001361972900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85209556402