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Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism
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SYSNO ASEP 0564041 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism Author(s) Lenzner, B. (AT)
Latombe, G. (GB)
Schertler, A. (AT)
Seebens, H. (DE)
Yang, Q. (DE)
Winter, M. (DE)
Weigelt, P. (DE)
van Kleunen, M. (DE)
Pyšek, Petr (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Pergl, Jan (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Kreft, H. (DE)
Dawson, W. (GB)
Dullinger, S. (AT)
Essl, F. (AT)Source Title Nature Ecology & Evolution - ISSN 2397-334X
Roč. 6, č. 11 (2022), s. 1723-1732Number of pages 10 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords plant invasions ; colonial empires ; historical legacy Subject RIV EF - Botanics OECD category Ecology R&D Projects GX19-28807X GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support BU-J - RVO:67985939 UT WOS 000868968700001 EID SCOPUS 85140025307 DOI 10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1 Annotation The redistribution of alien species across the globe accelerated with the start of European colonialism. European powers were responsible for the deliberate and accidental transportation, introduction and establishment of alien species throughout their occupied territories and the metropolitan state. Here, we show that these activities left a lasting imprint on the global distribution of alien plants. Specifically, we investigated how four European empires (British, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch) structured current alien floras worldwide. We found that compositional similarity is higher than expected among regions that once were occupied by the same empire. Further, we provide strong evidence that floristic similarity between regions occupied by the same empire increases with the time a region was occupied. Network analysis suggests that historically more economically or strategically important regions have more similar alien floras across regions occupied by an empire. Overall, we find that European colonial history is still detectable in alien floras worldwide. Workplace Institute of Botany Contact Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8 Year of Publishing 2023 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1
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