Neophyte invasions in European grasslands

Axmanová, Irena; Kalusová, Veronika; Danihelka, Jiří; Dengler, Jürgen; Pergl, Jan; Pyšek, Petr; Večeřa, Martin; Attorre, Fabio; Biurrun, Idoia; Boch, Steffen; Conradi, Timo; Gavilán, Rosario G.; Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja; Knollová, Ilona; Kuzemko, Anna; Lenoir, Jonathan; Leostrin, Artem; Medvecká, Jana; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold; Obratov‐Petkovic, Dragica; Svenning, Jens‐Christian; Tsiripidis, Ioannis; Vassilev, Kiril; Chytrý, Milan

doi:10.1111/jvs.12994

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Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Neophyte invasions in European grasslands
Authors:	Axmanová, Irena Kalusová, Veronika Danihelka, Jiří Dengler, Jürgen Pergl, Jan Pyšek, Petr Večeřa, Martin Attorre, Fabio Biurrun, Idoia Boch, Steffen Conradi, Timo Gavilán, Rosario G. Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja Knollová, Ilona Kuzemko, Anna Lenoir, Jonathan Leostrin, Artem Medvecká, Jana Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold Obratov‐Petkovic, Dragica Svenning, Jens‐Christian Tsiripidis, Ioannis Vassilev, Kiril Chytrý, Milan
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1111/jvs.12994
Published in:	Journal of Vegetation Science
Volume(Issue):	32
Issue:	2
Page(s):	e12994
Issue Date:	6-Apr-2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Wiley
ISSN:	1100-9233 1654-1103
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	333.7: Land, natural recreational areas
Abstract:	Questions: The human‐related spread of alien plants has serious environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Therefore, it is important to know which habitats are most threatened by invasion and why. We studied a wide range of European grasslands to assess: (a) which alien species are the most successful invaders in grasslands; (b) how invasion levels differ across European regions (countries or their parts) and biogeographical regions; and (c) which habitat types are the most invaded. Location: Europe. Methods: We selected 97,411 grassland vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and assigned a native or alien status to each of the 8,212 vascular plant species found in these plots. We considered only neophytes (alien species introduced after 1500 AD), which we further divided according to their origin. We compared the levels of invasion using relative neophyte richness in the species pool, relative neophyte richness and cover per plot, and percentages of invaded plots among regions and habitats. Results: Only 536 species, representing 6.5% of all grassland vascular plant species, were classified as neophytes. These were mostly therophytes or hemicryptophytes with low habitat specificity. Most of them were present in very few plots, while only three species were recorded in more than 1% of all plots (Onobrychis viciifolia, Erigeron annuus and Erigeron canadensis). Although invasion levels were generally low, we found more invaded plots in the Boreal and Continental regions. When considering only non‐European neophytes, the Pannonian region was the most invaded. Among different grassland habitats, sandy grasslands were most invaded, and alpine and oromediterranean grasslands least invaded. Conclusions: In general, natural and semi‐natural European grasslands have relatively low levels of neophyte invasions compared with human‐made habitats or alluvial forests, as well as with grasslands on other continents. The most typical neophytes invading European grasslands are species with broad ecological niches.
URI:	https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl:26685 https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22248
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Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Axmanová, I., Kalusová, V., Danihelka, J., Dengler, J., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Večeřa, M., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Conradi, T., Gavilán, R. G., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Knollová, I., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., Leostrin, A., Medvecká, J., Moeslund, J. E., et al. (2021). Neophyte invasions in European grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(2), e12994. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12994

Axmanová, I. et al. (2021) ‘Neophyte invasions in European grasslands’, Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(2), p. e12994. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12994.

I. Axmanová et al., “Neophyte invasions in European grasslands,” Journal of Vegetation Science, vol. 32, no. 2, p. e12994, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1111/jvs.12994.

AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Veronika KALUSOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Jürgen DENGLER, Jan PERGL, Petr PYŠEK, Martin VEČEŘA, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Steffen BOCH, Timo CONRADI, Rosario G. GAVILÁN, Borja JIMÉNEZ‐ALFARO, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Anna KUZEMKO, Jonathan LENOIR, Artem LEOSTRIN, Jana MEDVECKÁ, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Dragica OBRATOV‐PETKOVIC, Jens‐Christian SVENNING, Ioannis TSIRIPIDIS, Kiril VASSILEV und Milan CHYTRÝ, 2021. Neophyte invasions in European grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science [online]. 6 April 2021. Bd. 32, Nr. 2, S. e12994. DOI 10.1111/jvs.12994. Verfügbar unter: https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl:26685

Axmanová, Irena, Veronika Kalusová, Jiří Danihelka, Jürgen Dengler, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Martin Večeřa, et al. 2021. “Neophyte Invasions in European Grasslands.” Journal of Vegetation Science 32 (2): e12994. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12994.

Axmanová, Irena, et al. “Neophyte Invasions in European Grasslands.” Journal of Vegetation Science, vol. 32, no. 2, Apr. 2021, p. e12994, https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12994.