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Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

SYSNO ASEP	0365131
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems
Author(s)	Vila, M. (ES) Espinar, J. L. (ES) Hejda, Martin (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Hulme, P. E. (NZ) Jarošík, Vojtěch (BU-J) Maron, J. L. (US) Pergl, Jan (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Schaffner, U. (CH) Sun, Y. (CH) Pyšek, Petr (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	10
Source Title	Ecology Letters - ISSN 1461-023X Roč. 14, č. 7 (2011), s. 702-708
Number of pages	7 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	biological invasions ; impact ; organisational level
Subject RIV	EF - Botanics
R&D Projects	LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
	GA206/09/0563 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z60050516 - BU-J (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000292865200009
DOI	10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01628.x
Annotation	A global meta-analysis of 1041 field studies that in total describe the impacts of 135 alien plant taxa on resident species, communities and ecosystems revealed that alien plants had a significant effect in 11 of 24 different types of impact assessed. The magnitude and direction of the impact varied both within and between different types of impact. On average, abundance and diversity of the resident species decreased in invaded sites, whereas primary production and several ecosystem processes were enhanced. Overall, alien species impacts are heterogeneous and not unidirectional even within particular impact types. Our analysis also reveals that by the time changes in nutrient cycling are detected, major impacts on plant species and communities are likely to have already occurred.
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	2012

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