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Data from: Reintroduced native Populus nigra in restored floodplain reduces spread of exotic poplar species.

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Exotic Populus taxa pose a threat to the success of riparian forest restoration in floodplain areas. We evaluated the impact of exotic Populus taxa on softwood riparian forest development along the river Common Meuse after introducing native Populus nigra and after the re-establishment of the natural river dynamics. We sampled 154 poplar seedlings that spontaneously colonised restored habitat and assessed their taxonomy based on diagnostic chloroplast and nuclear microsatellite markers. Furthermore, by using a paternity analysis on 72 seedlings resulting from six open pollinated P. nigra females, we investigated natural hybridization between frequently planted cultivated poplars and native P. nigra. The majority of the poplar seedlings from the gravel banks analyzed where identified as P. nigra; only 2% of the sampled seedlings exhibited genes of exotic poplar species. Similarly, the majority of the seedlings from the open pollinated progenies were identified as P. nigra. For three seedlings (4%), paternity was assigned to a cultivar of P. x canadensis. Almost two decades after reintroducing P. nigra, the constitution of the seed and pollen pools changed in the study area in favour of reproduction of the native species and at the expense of the exotic poplar species. This study indicates that, although significant gene flow form exotic poplars is observed in European floodplains, restoration programmes of the native P. nigra can vigorously outcompete the exotic gene flows and strongly reduce the impact of exotic Populus taxa on the softwood riparian forest development.

Teams

INBO Onderzoeksdomein(en)

  • Bos
  • Data & Infrastructuur

Taxonomische lijst

  • populier (Populus spp.)

Beleidsmatig

  • biodiversiteitsbeleid
  • instandhoudingsdoelstellingen (IHD)
  • ecosysteemdiensten

EWI Biomedische wetenschappen

  • B003-ecologie
  • B004-plantkunde

Auteurs

An Vanden Broeck
Karen Cox
Alexander Van Braeckel
Sabrina Neyrinck
Nico De Regge
Kris Van Looy