Global Plant Invasions

0569169 - BÚ 2023 RIV CH eng M - Monography Chapter
Richardson, D. M. - Witt, A. B. R. - Pergl, Jan - Dawson, W. - Essl, F. - Kreft, H. - van Kleunen, M. - Weigelt, P. - Winter, M. - Pyšek, Petr
Plant Invasions in Africa.
Global Plant Invasions. Cham: Springer, 2022 - (Clements, D.; Upadhyaya, M.; Joshi, S.; Shrestha, A.), s. 225-252. ISBN 978-3-030-89683-6
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GX19-28807X
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : plant invasions * Africa * impact
OECD category: Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89684-3

We reviewed the current status of plant invasions in Africa. South Africa has the greatest number of naturalized plant species of any African country (1139), and another seven countries have more than 300 naturalized species. The number of naturalized plant species is strongly positively correlated with native plant species richness. Equatorial regions harbour fewer naturalized species than temperate regions, and regions with Mediterranean-type climate have more naturalized species than tropical and subtropical regions.
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