Impact of invasive plants on vegetation in protected areas of Nepal
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F24%3A00598829" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/24:00598829 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/24:10490492
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03408-0" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03408-0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03408-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10530-024-03408-0</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impact of invasive plants on vegetation in protected areas of Nepal
Original language description
Protected areas are expected to harbour fewer invasive plants due to the absence of anthropogenic disturbance and greater resistance of natural vegetation to invasion. Our study aimed to quantify the impacts of selected invasive plants on native plant species richness, diversity, and composition in five protected areas of Nepal spread across similar to 3403 km(2) at the Himalayan foothill. Lantana camara, Mikania micrantha, and Parthenium hysterophorus were selected as target species based on their abundance in the study area. For each species, 30 pairs of invaded and uninvaded plots of 10 x 10 m were sampled to record the presence and covers of all vascular plants. The impacts of invaders on species diversity were analyzed using linear mixed-effect models, those on plant community composition by direct gradient ordination. The analysis of merged data, including all studied invaders, showed that the invasions reduced native species richness and diversity, which decreased to less than half of the values recorded in uninvaded plots. Similarly, each of the three species had a significant negative impact on native species richness and diversity when tested separately, with M. micrantha having the greatest impact, followed by P. hysterophorus and L. camara. In addition, the invasion by L. camara explained the greatest percentage of variation in the species composition of the invasive species studied. The results support the invasion meltdown theory, as the invasion promoted the presence of other alien species in the invaded plots.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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/GX19-28807X" 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
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biological Invasions
ISSN
1387-3547
e-ISSN
1573-1464
Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
3745-3759
UT code for WoS article
001291555700002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85201199238