Introduction bias affects relationships between the characteristics of ornamental alien plants and their naturalization success

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/16:10329410

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12520" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12520</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12520" target="_blank" >10.1111/geb.12520</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Introduction bias affects relationships between the characteristics of ornamental alien plants and their naturalization success

Original language description

We compiled a dataset of 435 alien plant species introduced in cultivation in Germany, including data on their year of introduction, the number of botanical gardens where they are planted, native range, biological traits and naturalization success. We used path analysis to estimate the direct effects of geographical origin and biological traits on naturalization, and their indirect effects mediated by year and/or frequency of introduction. We found significant direct positive effects of native range size and winter hardiness on naturalization. Alien species native to other parts of Europe and species with a large native range were brought to the country earlier than other species. In addition, woody species, winter-hardy species and tall species were planted more frequently than others. Because the number of botanical gardens where a species is planted increased naturalization success directly, and residence time did so indirectly through a significant positive association with the number of botanical gardens, most of the species characteristics had indirect effects on naturalization. Our approach allowed us to show that apparent effects of species characteristics on naturalization success can be at least partly indirect, due to introduction biases. This indicates that failure to recognize such introduction biases could impair our ability to explain the success of alien plant species.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GB14-36079G" target="_blank" >GB14-36079G: Plant diversity analysis and synthesis centre (PLADIAS)</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Global Ecology and Biogeography

ISSN

1466-822X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1500-1509

UT code for WoS article

000387752800009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84995450769