Many plants naturalized as aliens abroad have also become more common within their native regions
Due to anthropogenic pressure some species have declined whereas others have increased within their native ranges. Simultaneously, many species introduced by humans have established self-sustaining populations elsewhere (i.e. have become naturalized aliens). Previous studies have shown that particularly plant species that are common within their native range have become naturalized elsewhere. However, how changes in native distributions correlate with naturalization elsewhere is unknown. We compare data on grid-cell occupancy of native vascular plant species over time for 10 European regions (countries or parts thereof). For nine regions, both early occupancy and occupancy change correlate positively with global naturalization success (quantified as naturalization in any administrative region and as the number of such regions). In other words, many plant species spreading globally as naturalized aliens are also expanding within their native regions. This implies that integrating data on native occupancy dynamics in invasion risk assessments might help prevent new invasions.
Details
| Volume | 16 |
|---|---|
| Magazine issue | 1 |
| Type | A1: Web of Science-article |
| Category | Research |
| Magazine | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS |
| Issns | 2041-1723|0921-7126 |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
| Language | English |
Bibtex
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title = "Many plants naturalized as aliens abroad have also become more common within their native regions",
abstract = "Due to anthropogenic pressure some species have declined whereas others have increased within their native ranges. Simultaneously, many species introduced by humans have established self-sustaining populations elsewhere (i.e. have become naturalized aliens). Previous studies have shown that particularly plant species that are common within their native range have become naturalized elsewhere. However, how changes in native distributions correlate with naturalization elsewhere is unknown. We compare data on grid-cell occupancy of native vascular plant species over time for 10 European regions (countries or parts thereof). For nine regions, both early occupancy and occupancy change correlate positively with global naturalization success (quantified as naturalization in any administrative region and as the number of such regions). In other words, many plant species spreading globally as naturalized aliens are also expanding within their native regions. This implies that integrating data on native occupancy dynamics in invasion risk assessments might help prevent new invasions.",
author = "Rashmi Paudel and Trevor S. Fristoe and Nicole L. Kinlock and Amy J. S. Davis and Weihan Zhao and Hans Van Calster and Milan Chytrý and Jiří Danihelka and Guillaume Decocq and Luise Ehrendorfer - Schratt and Kun Guo and Wen-Yong Guo and Zdeněk Kaplan and Simon Pierce and Jan Wild and Wayne Dawson and Franz Essl and Holger Kreft and Jan Pergl and Petr Pyšek and Marten Winter and Mark van Kleunen",
year = "2025",
month = sep,
day = "05",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63293-6",
language = "English",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
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Authors
Rashmi PaudelTrevor S. Fristoe
Nicole L. Kinlock
Amy J. S. Davis
Weihan Zhao
Hans Van Calster
Milan Chytrý
Jiří Danihelka
Guillaume Decocq
Luise Ehrendorfer - Schratt
Kun Guo
Wen-Yong Guo
Zdeněk Kaplan
Simon Pierce
Jan Wild
Wayne Dawson
Franz Essl
Holger Kreft
Jan Pergl
Petr Pyšek
Marten Winter
Mark van Kleunen