Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN): toward standardized evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive plants

0448287 - BÚ 2016 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Barney, J. N. - Tekiela, D. R. - Barrios-Garcia, M. N. - Dimarco, R. D. - Hufbauer, R. A. - Leipzig-Scott, P. - Nunez, M. A. - Pauchard, A. - Pyšek, Petr - Vítková, Michaela - Maxwell, B. D.
Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN): toward standardized evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive plants.
Ecology and Evolution. Roč. 5, č. 14 (2015), s. 2878-2889. ISSN 2045-7758. E-ISSN 2045-7758
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP505/11/1112
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) AP1002
Program: Akademická prémie - Praemium Academiae
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : invasive plants * coordinated distributed experiment * impact assessment
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 2.537, year: 2015

The ecological impacts of most invasive plants have not been studied experimentally, and most research to date focuses on few types of impacts, which can vary greatly among studies. Our aim was to propose a standard methodology for quantifying baseline ecological impact that, in theory, is scalable to any terrestrial plant invader (e.g., annual grasses to trees) and any invaded system (e.g., grassland to forest). The Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN) is a coordinated distributed experiment composed of an observational and manipulative methodology.
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