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Open AccessPlant invasion and naturalization are influenced by genome size, ecology and economic use globally
Human factors and plant characteristics are important drivers of plant invasions, which threaten ecosystem integrity, biodiversity and human well-being. However, while previous studies often examined a limited...
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Evolutionary imbalance, climate and human history jointly shape the global biogeography of alien plants
Human activities are causing global biotic redistribution, translocating species and providing them with opportunities to establish populations beyond their native ranges. Species originating from certain glob...
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Open AccessThe naturalized vascular flora of Malesia
Major regional gaps exist in the reporting and accessibility of naturalized plant species distribution data, especially within Southeast Asia. Here, we present the Malesian Naturalized Alien Flora database (Ma...
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Open AccessThe impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide
While the regional distribution of non-native species is increasingly well documented for some taxa, global analyses of non-native species in local assemblages are still missing. Here, we use a worldwide colle...
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Open AccessCapacity of countries to reduce biological invasions
The extent and impacts of biological invasions on biodiversity are largely shaped by an array of socio-economic and environmental factors, which exhibit high variation among countries. Yet, a global analysis o...
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Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism
The redistribution of alien species across the globe accelerated with the start of European colonialism. European powers were responsible for the deliberate and accidental transportation, introduction and esta...
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The role of phylogenetic relatedness on alien plant success depends on the stage of invasion
Darwin’s naturalization hypothesis predicts successful alien invaders to be distantly related to native species, whereas his pre-adaptation hypothesis predicts the opposite. It has been suggested that dependin...
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Plant Invasions in Africa
This chapter reviews the current status of invasions of non-native plants in Africa. It draws on the most comprehensive global database of naturalized plant species (GloNAF) to provide a quantitative assessmen...
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European Plant Invasions
Using the Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database, this chapter describes the patterns in regional diversity of naturalized alien plants in Europe. GloNAF registered 4139 naturalized plant taxa, which...
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Open AccessThe global loss of floristic uniqueness
Regional species assemblages have been shaped by colonization, speciation and extinction over millions of years. Humans have altered biogeography by introducing species to new ranges. However, an analysis of h...
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Open AccessMycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants
Plant colonization of islands may be limited by the availability of symbionts, particularly arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, which have limited dispersal ability compared to ectomycorrhizal and ericoid (EEM)...
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Effect of rhizome exposure to contrasting abiotic conditions on the performance of the invasive macrophyte Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig (Zingiberaceae)
Although invasive species are often better competitors than native species, broad environmental tolerance may also drive invasion success. Tolerance to abiotic heterogeneity in riparian ecosystems tends to fav...
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Keys to enhancing the value of invasion ecology research for management
Invasion ecology has grown to include scientists with diverse skill sets who focus on a range of taxa and biomes. These researchers have the capacity to contribute to practical management solutions while also ...
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Open AccessEconomic use of plants is key to their naturalization success
Humans cultivate thousands of economic plants (i.e. plants with economic value) outside their native ranges. To analyze how this contributes to naturalization success, we combine global databases on economic u...
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South Africa as a Donor of Naturalised and Invasive Plants to Other Parts of the World
This chapter provides the first assessment of South African native vascular plants as naturalised and invasive species in other parts of the world. For naturalised species, Global Naturalized Alien Flora (Glo...
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Mycorrhizal fungi influence global plant biogeography
Island biogeography has traditionally focused primarily on abiotic drivers of colonization, extinction and speciation. However, establishment on islands could also be limited by biotic drivers, such as the abs...
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Tall-statured grasses: a useful functional group for invasion science
Species in the grass family (Poaceae) have caused some of the most damaging invasions in natural ecosystems, but plants in this family are also among the most widely used by humans. Therefore, it is important ...
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Naturalization of ornamental plant species in public green spaces and private gardens
Ornamental horticulture is the most important pathway for alien plant introductions worldwide, and consequently, invasive spread of introduced plants often begins in urban areas. Although most introduced ornam...
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Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups
Human-mediated transport beyond biogeographic barriers has led to the introduction and establishment of alien species in new regions worldwide. However, we lack a global picture of established alien species ri...
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Open AccessNo saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide
Although research on human-mediated exchanges of species has substantially intensified during the last centuries, we know surprisingly little about temporal dynamics of alien species accumulations across regio...
