Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F22%3A00564041" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/22:00564041 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/22:10453867
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism
Original language description
The redistribution of alien species across the globe accelerated with the start of European colonialism. European powers were responsible for the deliberate and accidental transportation, introduction and establishment of alien species throughout their occupied territories and the metropolitan state. Here, we show that these activities left a lasting imprint on the global distribution of alien plants. Specifically, we investigated how four European empires (British, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch) structured current alien floras worldwide. We found that compositional similarity is higher than expected among regions that once were occupied by the same empire. Further, we provide strong evidence that floristic similarity between regions occupied by the same empire increases with the time a region was occupied. Network analysis suggests that historically more economically or strategically important regions have more similar alien floras across regions occupied by an empire. Overall, we find that European colonial history is still detectable in alien floras worldwide.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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

Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-28807X" target="_blank" >GX19-28807X: Macroecology of plant invasions: global synthesis across habitats (SynHab)</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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