Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions

0578177 - ÚVGZ 2024 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Delavaux, C. S. - Crowther, T. W. - Zohner, C. M. - Robmann, N.M. - Lauber, T. - van den Hoogen, J. - Kuebbing, S. - Liang, J. - de-Miguel, S. - Nabuurs, G. - Reich, P. B. - Abegg, M. - Adou Yao, C.Y. - Alberti, G. - Almeyda Zambrano, A. M. - Alvarado, B.V. - Alvarez-Davila, E. - Alvarez-Loyaza, P. - Alves, L. F. - Ammer, C. - Cienciala, Emil - Doležal, Jiří - Fayle, Tom Maurice … Total 226 authors
Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions.
Nature. Roč. 621, č. 7980 (2023), s. 773-781. ISSN 0028-0836. E-ISSN 1476-4687
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS IV - 90248
Institutional support: RVO:86652079 ; RVO:67985939 ; RVO:60077344
Keywords : native diversity * tree species * tree species
OECD category: Ecology; Ecology (BC-A); Plant sciences, botany (BU-J)
Impact factor: 64.8, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06440-7

Determining the drivers of non-native plant invasions is critical for managing native ecosystems and limiting the spread of invasive species. Tree invasions in particular have been relatively overlooked, even though they have the potential to transform ecosystems and economies. Here, leveraging global tree databases, we explore how the phylogenetic and functional diversity of native tree communities, human pressure and the environment influence the establishment of non-native tree species and the subsequent invasion severity. We find that anthropogenic factors are key to predicting whether a location is invaded, but that invasion severity is underpinned by native diversity, with higher diversity predicting lower invasion severity. Temperature and precipitation emerge as strong predictors of invasion strategy, with non-native species invading successfully when they are similar to the native community in cold or dry extremes. Yet, despite the influence of these ecological forces in determining invasion strategy, we find evidence that these patterns can be obscured by human activity, with lower ecological signal in areas with higher proximity to shipping ports. Our global perspective of non-native tree invasion highlights that human drivers influence non-native tree presence, and that native phylogenetic and functional diversity have a critical role in the establishment and spread of subsequent invasions.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0347214