Diversity, biogeography and global flows of alien amphibians and reptiles

0480729 - BÚ 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Capinha, C. - Seebens, H. - Cassey, P. - García-Díaz, P. - Lenzner, B. - Mang, T. - Moser, D. - Pyšek, Petr - Rödder, D. - Scalera, R. - Winter, M. - Dullinger, S. - Essl, F.
Diversity, biogeography and global flows of alien amphibians and reptiles.
Diversity and Distributions. Roč. 23, č. 11 (2017), s. 1313-1322. ISSN 1366-9516. E-ISSN 1472-4642
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) AP1002
Program: Akademická prémie - Praemium Academiae
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : amphibians and reptiles * invasions * global distribution
OECD category: Biodiversity conservation
Impact factor: 4.614, year: 2017

Using a database covering 86% of the terrestrial area of the world we identified 78 alien amphibian and 198 alien reptile species established in at least one of our 359 study regions. These figures represent about 1.0% of the extant global amphibian and 1.9% of the extant global reptile species richness. The flows of amphibians were dominated by exchanges between and within North and South America, and within Europe (59% of all links). For reptiles, the network of global flows of established alien species was much more diverse, with every continental region being both a donor and a recipient of similar importance. The number of established alien amphibians and reptiles has grown slowly until 1950 and strongly increased thereafter. Insularity, climatic conditions, and socioeconomic development significantly influenced the distributional patterns for both groups.
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