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Range expansion risk for a newly established invasive duckweed species in Europe and Canada

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Landoltia punctata is an invasive aquatic plant that has spread across the United States. Unlike native duckweeds, this species has developed herbicide resistance. As a result, invasion can lead to high management costs and the loss of recreational areas and natural habitats. The species has been recently found in Europe, and is also approaching the northern US border with Canada. We predicted the potential distribution of L. punctata in western Europe and Canada using presence-only data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility as well as other literature records. We fit predictive models to this data using a Maxent approach. Since climate data based on surface lake water conditions are often more relevant to macrophytes than air temperature metrics, our models included both water and air temperature bioclimatic variables related to the life history of the species. Model comparisons confirmed a superior fit of lake temperatures to duckweed distribution records. The best fit model suggests a high habitat suitability for the species in most Western European countries and Western Canada. A moderate emission scenario suggests that in 2041 currently compatible areas will still be suitable, and that the Great Lakes region will become suitable. Preventive measures to avoid future spread of L. punctata are recommended in these locations to avoid impacts associated with this and similar duckweed species in Europe and the US.

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The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Cuddington Lab repository at https://github.com/Cuddington-Lab/thermal-experiments/tree/main/distribution.

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Andrade-Pereira, D., Cuddington, K. Range expansion risk for a newly established invasive duckweed species in Europe and Canada. Plant Ecol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-024-01436-3

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