Ecological similarities and dissimilarities between donor and recipient regions shape global plant naturalizations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/25:10513702
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65455-y" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65455-y</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65455-y" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-025-65455-y</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ecological similarities and dissimilarities between donor and recipient regions shape global plant naturalizations
Original language description
A central question in ecology is why alien species naturalize successfully in some regions but not in others. While some hypotheses suggest aliens are more likely to naturalize in environments similar to donor regions, others suggest they thrive in regions where certain characteristics are different. Using the native (i.e., donor) and recipient distributions of 11,604 naturalized alien plant species across 650 regions globally, we assess whether plants are more likely to naturalize in regions that are ecologically similar or dissimilar to their donor regions. Our results show that species are more likely to naturalize in recipient regions where climates are similar and native floras are phylogenetically similar to those of their donor regions, indicating that pre-adaptation to familiar biotic and abiotic conditions facilitates naturalization. However, naturalization is also more likely in regions with lower native flora diversity and more intense human modification than in the species' native range. Among all predictors, climate similarity and difference in native flora diversity emerge as the strongest predictors of naturalization success. In conclusion, ecological similarity in some factors but dissimilarity in others between donor and recipient regions promote the naturalization of alien plants and contribute to their uneven global distribution patterns.
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
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Communications
ISSN
2041-1723
e-ISSN
2041-1723
Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
10485
UT code for WoS article
001625436300008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105022882472