Clonal alien plants in the mountains spread upward more extensively and faster than non-clonal

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F24%3A00583678" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/24:00583678 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/24:10489061

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.91.115675" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.91.115675</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.91.115675" target="_blank" >10.3897/neobiota.91.115675</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Clonal alien plants in the mountains spread upward more extensively and faster than non-clonal

Original language description

Alien species are colonizing mountain ecosystems and increasing their elevation ranges in response to ongoing climate change and anthropogenic disturbances, posing increasing threats to native species. However, how quickly alien species spread upward and what drives their invasion remains insufficiently understood. Here, using 26,952 occurrence records of 58 alien plant species collected over two centuries in the Czech Republic, we explored the elevation range and invasion speed of each alien species and the underlying factors driving these variables. We collected species traits relevant for invasion (e.g., clonality, flowering time, life span, invasion status, height, mycorrhizal type, native range, naturalized range, monoploid genome size, and Ellenberg-type indicator values for light, temperature, and nitrogen), human-associated factors (e.g., introduction pathways and the sum of economic use types), and minimum residence time. We explored the relationships between these factors and species' elevation range and invasion speed using phylogenetic regressions. Our results showed that 58 alien species have been expanding upward along mountain elevations in the Czech Republic over the past two centuries. A stronger effect of species' traits than human-associated factors has been revealed, e.g., clonality was a key trait supporting the invasion of alien species into the mountains, while human-associated factors showed no effect. Our findings highlight that the characteristics associated with rapid reproduction and spread are crucial for alien species' invasion into montane regions. Identifying key drivers of this process is important for predicting the spatiotemporal dynamics of alien species in high-altitude ecosystems and thus employing apposite measures to reduce the threat to native plant species.

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

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

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Neobiota

ISSN

1619-0033

e-ISSN

1314-2488

Volume of the periodical

91

Issue of the periodical within the volume

FEB

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

29-48

UT code for WoS article

001162741100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85185906835