Determinants of invasion by single versus multiple plant species in temperate lowland forests

0561262 - BÚ 2023 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Lanta, Vojtěch - Liancourt, Pierre - Altman, Jan - Černý, T. - Dvorský, Miroslav - Fibich, Pavel - Götzenberger, Lars - Hornych, O. - Miklín, J. - Petřík, Petr - Pyšek, Petr - Čížek, Lukáš - Doležal, Jiří
Determinants of invasion by single versus multiple plant species in temperate lowland forests.
Biological Invasions. Roč. 24, č. 8 (2022), s. 2513-2528. ISSN 1387-3547. E-ISSN 1573-1464
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTAUSA18007; GA ČR(CZ) GX19-28807X; GA ČR(CZ) GA21-26883S; GA MŠMT(CZ) LTAUSA19137
Institutional support: RVO:67985939 ; RVO:60077344
Keywords : Invasive species * Functional diversity * Lowland forests
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 2.9, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02793-8

Invasions of alien plants pose a serious threat to native biodiversity and ecosystem processes.
Forests are considered more resistant to invasion due to limited light availability in understories. However, disturbance and abiotic stress may open tree canopies and promote invasion. Their combined effects together with the resistance of resident species may determine the numbers and abundances of invasive species. Here we explore how canopy openness, water stress, and taxonomic and functional properties of resident communities affect the invasion by a frequent single invasive species (Aster lanceolatus and Impatiens parvifora) compared to that by multiple invaders in Central European lowland forests. Diferrent abiotic factors and species-specific mechanisms of invasiveness determined the success of single versus multiple invaders. The massive spread of A. lanceolatus was associated with the long-distance seed dispersal and exploitation of available resources by fast growth resulting in formations of compact clonal patches in disturbed, open-canopy floodplain forests.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0333955