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Zhu M, Zhao Y, Li W, Han X, Wang Z, Yang X, Dang C, Liu Y, Xu S. Impact of carbon neutralization policy on the suitable habitat distribution of the North China leopard. Sci Rep 2024; 14:18821. [PMID: 39138239 PMCID: PMC11322554 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69889-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 08/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024] Open
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The Chinese government has introduced a carbon neutral policy to cope with the rapid changes in the global climate. It is not clear what impact this policy will have on wildlife. Therefore, this study analyzed the suitable habitat distribution of China's unique leopard subspecies in northern Shaanxi, and simulated the potential suitable habitat distribution under different carbon emission scenarios at two time points of future carbon peak and carbon neutralization. We found that in the future SSPs 126 scenario, the suitable habitat area and the number of suitable habitat patches of North China leopard will continue to increase. With the increase of carbon emissions, it is expected that the suitable habitat of North China leopard will continue to be fragmented and shifted. When the annual average temperature is lower than 8 °C, the precipitation seasonality is 80-90 mm and the precipitation of the warmest quarter is greater than 260 mm, the probability of occurrence of North China leopard is higher. The increase in carbon emissions will lead to the reduction, migration, and fragmentation of the suitable habitat distribution of the North China leopard. Carbon neutrality policies can protect suitable wild habitats. In the future, the impact of carbon neutrality policies on future wildlife habitat protection should be carried out in depth to effectively promote the construction of wildlife protection projects.
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- Mengyan Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Loess Plateau, Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China.
- Research and Development Centre of Ecological and Sustainable Application of Microbial Industry of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China.
- College of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Loess Plateau, Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- Research and Development Centre of Ecological and Sustainable Application of Microbial Industry of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- College of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
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- Yan'an Laoshan State-Owned Forest Administration, Yan'an, 716000, China
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- Shaanxi Yan'an Huanglong Mountain Brown Eared Pheasant National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Yan'an, 716000, China
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- Yan'an Laoshan State-Owned Forest Administration, Yan'an, 716000, China
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- Shaanxi Yan'an Huanglong Mountain Brown Eared Pheasant National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Yan'an, 716000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Loess Plateau, Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- Research and Development Centre of Ecological and Sustainable Application of Microbial Industry of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- College of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Loess Plateau, Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- Research and Development Centre of Ecological and Sustainable Application of Microbial Industry of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- College of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Loess Plateau, Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- Research and Development Centre of Ecological and Sustainable Application of Microbial Industry of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
- College of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, Shaanxi, China
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Yang W, Sun S, Wang N, Fan P, You C, Wang R, Zheng P, Wang H. Dynamics of the distribution of invasive alien plants (Asteraceae) in China under climate change. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 903:166260. [PMID: 37579809 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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Climate change and biological invasions pose significant threats to the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services. With the rapid development of international trade and economy, China has become one of the countries most seriously affected by invasive alien plants (IAPs), especially the Asteraceae IAPs. For this end, we selected occurrence data of 31 Asteraceae IAPs and 33 predictor variables to explore the distribution pattern under current climate using MaxEnt model. Based on future climate data, the changes in distribution dynamics of Asteraceae IAPs were predicted under two time periods (2041-2060 and 2081-2100) and three climate change scenarios (SSP126, SSP245 and SSP585). The results indicated that the potential distribution of IAPs was mainly in the southeast of China under current climate. Climatic variables, including precipitation of coldest quarter (BIO19), temperature annual range (BIO07) and annual precipitation (BIO12) were the main factors affecting the potential distribution. Besides, human footprint (HFP), population (POP) and soil moisture (SM) also had a great contribution for shaping the distribution pattern. With climate change, the potential distribution of IAPs would shift to the northwest and expand. It would also accelerate the expansion of most Asteraceae IAPs in China. The results of our study can help to understand the dynamics change of distributions of Asteraceae IAPs under climate change in advance so that early strategies can be developed to reduce the risk and influence of biological invasions.
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- Wenjun Yang
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China.
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Forest Ecology Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Forest and Wetland Ecology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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Chen J, Zhang Y, Liu W, Wang C, Ma F, Xu H. Distribution Patterns and Determinants of Invasive Alien Plants in China. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2341. [PMID: 37375966 DOI: 10.3390/plants12122341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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In recent years, invasive alien plants (IAPs) have caused serious ecological disasters and economic losses in China. This study combined three IAP species richness-related indices (species richness of IAPs, first records of IAPs, and the relative species richness of IAPs), as well as indices reflecting distribution and dispersal patterns (average similarity coefficient of IAPs) and invasiveness (average risk score of IAPs), to conduct an integrated regional-invasion risk assessment based on the principal component analysis (PCA) method. Partial least-squares (PLS) regression was conducted to explore the explanatory power of 12 environmental and anthropogenic factors on different invasion indices. The results indicated that coastal provinces and Yunnan had high IAP introduction risk, as well as high synthetic-risk scores. The dispersal of IAPs in mid-latitude provinces should be particularly prevented. For species richness of IAPs, more environmental factors with variable importance for the project (VIP) values higher than 1 were retained in the optimal model, reflecting the importance of environmental filtering on IAPs. Visitors were the most important predictor for first records of IAPs. Compared to species richness (R2 = 79.5%), first records were difficult to predict (R2 = 60.4%) and were influenced by anthropogenic factors. There was spatial distribution congruence of various families of IAPs. Generally, the correlations of the residuals of species richness were still significant, with 0.421 (p < 0.05) as the lowest Pearson correlation coefficient, which indicated that external factors could not fully explain the spatial distribution congruence. These findings could enrich the relevant research on IAP invasion mechanisms and provide suggestions for regional IAP detection and response.
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- Jing Chen
- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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Ben-Haddad M, Abelouah MR, Hajji S, Rangel-Buitrago N, Alla AA. The halophyte Cakile maritima Scop. 1772 as a trap of plastic litter on the Moroccan coast. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 187:114574. [PMID: 36634536 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 12/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Some plant communities of coastal dunes may affect the magnitude and distribution of litter on the ecosystem. In this study, the aim is to assess the aptitude of the halophyte Cakile maritima Scop. 1772 to be a trap and sink of plastic litter on the Moroccan Atlantic coast. Overall, a significant difference was noted between plastic litter trapped in C. maritima patches (1173 items) and control plots (502 items). Food containers and ropes were the most common trapped items. Shoreline and recreational activities, followed by dumping and ocean/waterway activities are the main sources of the trapped plastic items. The findings suggest the expansion of the cleaning operations to include coastal dunes, the need to change behavior among beachgoers in regard to food plastics disposal, as well the control of C. maritima distribution in the study area, and similar plant species in other regions.
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- Mohamed Ben-Haddad
- Laboratory of Aquatic Systems, Marine and Continental Environments (AQUAMAR), Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir 80000, Morocco.
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Systems, Marine and Continental Environments (AQUAMAR), Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir 80000, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Systems, Marine and Continental Environments (AQUAMAR), Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir 80000, Morocco.
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- Programa de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias Basicas, Universidad del Atlantico, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia; Programa de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia.
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Systems, Marine and Continental Environments (AQUAMAR), Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir 80000, Morocco.
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Szymura TH, Chmolowska D, Szymura M, Zając A, Kassa H. Drivers of systematic bias in alien plant species distribution data. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159598. [PMID: 36302406 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Among the main challenges in modelling biological invasion is a lack of valid data on the absence of invasive species. Absence data are important for assessing the reliability of models, but multiple surveys at a location are needed. In practice, omission errors are more frequent than commission errors. We therefore quantified how eliminating potentially biased areas from invasive species distribution models (iSDMs) affected the models' performance, and we assessed how the distribution of biased areas correlated with environmental factors. We hypothesized that for neophytes, the distribution of biased areas corresponds to specific land relief and/or particular landscape and land use, but not the density of roads and urbanized areas. The data on neophytes were obtained from a distribution atlas covering approximately 31,000 km2 in Central Europe overlaid with a 2 × 2 km square grid. One hundred fifty-three species were used for modelling neophyte richness, and negative residuals from the model were assumed to indicate biased squares. Twenty invasive species were used as an independent dataset for testing the effect of excluding the biased squares on iSDM performance. The exclusion of biased squares increased the iSDM performance from an area under the curve value of 0.73 to 0.78. The best results were obtained by excluding 30 % of the squares from the original dataset. The presence of damp sites explained the distribution of biased squares; the density of roads and urbanized areas had no impact. The applied method allows distinguishing biased, plausibly undersampled squares in a species distribution atlas, the exclusion of which significantly improves iSDM performance. The results suggest that the commonly observed low sampling effort in areas distant from communication routes and urbanized areas was not crucial in modelling invasive species distribution, which can be related to smaller neophyte richness in remote areas resulting from low propagule pressure.
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- Tomasz H Szymura
- Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland.
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- Institute of Agroecology and Plant Production, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Grunwaldzki Sq. 24A, 50-363 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Kopernika 27, 31-501 Kraków, Poland.
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- Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
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Hrivnák R, Jarčuška B, Jarolímek I, Kochjarová J, Májeková J, Hegedüšová Vantarová K, Slezák M. Comparative diversity of vascular plants in black alder floodplain and swamp forests of Central European biogeographical regions. Biodivers Data J 2022; 10:e90281. [PMID: 36761646 PMCID: PMC9836522 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e90281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Plant species diversity of black alder-dominated forests was studied in three biogeographical regions (Alpine, Continental and Pannonian) of Central Europe. They were represented by regions of the Polish Plain (Continental), the High Western Carpathians and Matricum of the Western Carpathians (Alpine) and the Pannonian lowland (Pannonian). We analysed 35 plots per region in order to identify: i) local alpha (α) diversity defined as the counted number of plant taxa occurring in a single sampling plot, ii) amongst-site beta (β) diversity, iii) regional (γ) diversity defined as the total species richness of all sampling plots and iv) zeta diversity (ζ) as a generalisation of beta diversity. We recorded a total of 432 vascular plant taxa in all bioregions; more than 13% were alien plants. Statistically significant differences in species richness (α) of both native and alien plants were found between assemblages of the regions. The High Western Carpathians showed the highest native and the lowest alien plant species richness. Total β-diversity was high in all regions, but significantly differed amongst regions only for alien plant species. Cumulative native and alien species richness (γ) was the highest and lowest in the High Western Carpathians and Matricum of Western Carpathians, respectively. Our results identified the High Western Carpathians as a hotspot for diversity of native plants in Central European black alder-dominated forests.
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- Richard Hrivnák
- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SlovakiaInstitute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislavaSlovakia
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, SlovakiaInstitute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of SciencesZvolenSlovakia
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- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SlovakiaInstitute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislavaSlovakia
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- Department of Phytology, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University of Zvolen, Zvolen, SlovakiaDepartment of Phytology, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University of ZvolenZvolenSlovakia
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- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SlovakiaInstitute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislavaSlovakia
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- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SlovakiaInstitute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislavaSlovakia
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, SlovakiaInstitute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of SciencesZvolenSlovakia
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Vaverková MD, Paleologos EK, Adamcová D, Podlasek A, Pasternak G, Červenková J, Skutnik Z, Koda E, Winkler J. Municipal solid waste landfill: Evidence of the effect of applied landfill management on vegetation composition. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2022; 40:1402-1411. [PMID: 35199614 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x221079304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Proper management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is crucial to avoid pollution, environmental impacts and threat to public health. The problem of MSW is mainly arising from inadequate landfill site management. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of management practices and environmental risks at two landfill sites. The landfills were subject to long-term (10 years) vegetation monitoring. The vegetation was assessed using a floristic survey of identified plant species. The vegetation analysis showed that significant differences existed between the two landfill locations, with neophytes, invasive and expansive species dominating on one of the landfill sites, which may be attributed to climatic and geomorphological differences between the two sites, but also to variations in landfill management. These environmentally problematic species can potentially spread from the landfill into adjacent ecosystems, displace native plants and degrade adjacent farmland areas. The study of vegetation monitoring data suggests that, in addition to other types of monitoring, landfills should be subjected to regular vegetation biomonitoring, too. Landfill management practices should target the regulation of unwanted species, create conditions that are favourable to native plant species and provide as early as possible the restoration of filled cells.
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- Magdalena Daria Vaverková
- Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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Perera PCD, Szymura TH, Zając A, Chmolowska D, Szymura M. Drivers of Solidago species invasion in Central Europe-Case study in the landscape of the Carpathian Mountains and their foreground. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:12429-12444. [PMID: 34594510 PMCID: PMC8462131 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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AIM The invasion process is a complex, context-dependent phenomenon; nevertheless, it can be described using the PAB framework. This framework encompasses the joint effect of propagule pressure (P), abiotic characteristics of the environment (A), and biotic characteristics of both the invader and recipient vegetation (B). We analyzed the effectiveness of proxies of PAB factors to explain the spatial pattern of Solidago canadensis and S. gigantea invasion using invasive species distribution models. LOCATION Carpathian Mountains and their foreground, Central Europe. METHODS The data on species presence or absence were from an atlas of neophyte distribution based on a 2 × 2 km grid, covering approximately 31,200 km2 (7,752 grid cells). Proxies of PAB factors, along with data on historical distribution of invaders, were used as explanatory variables in Boosted Regression Trees models to explain the distribution of invasive Solidago. The areas with potentially lower sampling effort were excluded from analysis based on a target species approach. RESULTS Proxies of the PAB factors helped to explain the distribution of both S. canadensis and S. gigantea. Distributions of both species were limited climatically because a mountain climate is not conducive to their growth; however, the S. canadensis distribution pattern was correlated with proxies of human pressure, whereas S. gigantea distribution was connected with environmental characteristics. The varied responses of species with regard to distance from their historical distribution sites indicated differences in their invasion drivers. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Proxies of PAB are helpful in the choice of explanatory variables as well as the ecological interpretation of species distribution models. The results underline that human activity can cause variation in the invasion of ecologically similar species.
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- Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental ProtectionUniversity of WrocławWrocławPoland
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- Institute of BotanyFaculty of Biology and Earth SciencesJagiellonian University in KrakówKrakówPoland
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of AnimalsPolish Academy of SciencesKrakówPoland
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- Institute of Agroecology and Plant ProductionWrocław University of Environmental and Life SciencesWrocławPoland
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Pellegrini E, Buccheri M, Martini F, Boscutti F. Agricultural land use curbs exotic invasion but sustains native plant diversity at intermediate levels. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8385. [PMID: 33863976 PMCID: PMC8052428 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87806-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Unveiling the processes driving exotic plant invasion represent a central issue in taking decisions aimed at constraining the loss of biodiversity and related ecosystem services. The invasion success is often linked to anthropogenic land uses and warming due to climate change. We studied the responses of native versus casual and naturalised exotic species richness to land uses and climate at the landscape level, relying on a large floristic survey undertaken in North - Eastern Italy. Both climate and land use drove exotic species richness. Our results suggest that the success of plant invasion at this scale is mainly due to warm climatic conditions and the extent of urban and agricultural land, but with different effects on casual and naturalized exotic species. The occurrence of non-linear trends showed that a small percentage of extensive agricultural land in the landscape may concurrently reduce the number of exotic plant while sustaining native plant diversity. Plant invasion could be potentially limited by land management, mainly focusing on areas with extensive agricultural land use. A more consciousness land management is more and more commonly required by local administrations. According to our results, a shift of intensive to extensive agricultural land, by implementing green infrastructures, seems to be a win-win solution favouring native species while controlling the oversimplification of the flora due to plant invasion.
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- E. Pellegrini
- grid.5254.60000 0001 0674 042XFreshwater Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd floor, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark ,grid.5390.f0000 0001 2113 062XDepartment of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 91, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale di Udine, via Cecilia Gradenigo Sabbadini, 22-32, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- grid.5390.f0000 0001 2113 062XDepartment of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 91, 33100 Udine, Italy
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Urban alien plants in temperate oceanic regions of Europe originate from warmer native ranges. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02469-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Qu T, Du X, Peng Y, Guo W, Zhao C, Losapio G. Invasive species allelopathy decreases plant growth and soil microbial activity. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0246685. [PMID: 33561161 PMCID: PMC7872269 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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According to the 'novel weapons hypothesis', invasive success depends on harmful plant biochemicals, including allelopathic antimicrobial roots exudate that directly inhibit plant growth and soil microbial activity. However, the combination of direct and soil-mediated impacts of invasive plants via allelopathy remains poorly understood. Here, we addressed the allelopathic effects of an invasive plant species (Rhus typhina) on a cultivated plant (Tagetes erecta), soil properties and microbial communities. We grew T. erecta on soil samples at increasing concentrations of R. typhina root extracts and measured both plant growth and soil physiological profile with community-level physiological profiles (CLPP) using Biolog Eco-plates incubation. We found that R. typhina root extracts inhibit both plant growth and soil microbial activity. Plant height, Root length, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and AWCD were significantly decreased with increasing root extract concentration, and plant above-ground biomass (AGB), below-ground biomass (BGB) and total biomass (TB) were significantly decreased at 10 mg·mL-1 of root extracts. In particular, root extracts significantly reduced the carbon source utilization of carbohydrates, carboxylic acids and polymers, but enhanced phenolic acid. Redundancy analysis shows that soil pH, TN, SOC and EC were the major driving factors of soil microbial activity. Our results indicate that strong allelopathic impact of root extracts on plant growth and soil microbial activity by mimicking roots exudate, providing novel insights into the role of plant-soil microbe interactions in mediating invasion success.
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- Tongbao Qu
- College of Horticulture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America
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Czarniecka-Wiera M, Szymura TH, Kącki Z. Understanding the importance of spatial scale in the patterns of grassland invasions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 727:138669. [PMID: 32325319 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The invasion of alien plant species is a serious problem for conservation and the maintenance of biodiversity in grasslands. Therefore, it is important to find environmental factors correlated with the distribution of invasive species in such areas. In this study, we examined the impacts of environmental factors operating at different spatial scales on the distribution of invasive species. The study area were located in the Sudetes Mountains, Poland (3800 km2). We sampled field data from 163 random plots located in grassland, among which there were 94 plots with invasive species and 69 plots without invasive species. For each plot, we collected data on resident vegetation (species richness, community structure), geodiversity (topography, soil type), environmental heterogeneity (landscape structure) and climate (temperature and precipitation). Since the factors examined are likely to operate at different spatial scales, we calculated values of environmental variables with different spatial scopes (10m2 plot and buffers with 50, 250 and 1250 m radii). The probability of invasive plant presence was modeled using boosted regression trees (BRT). The results of our study showed that the distribution of invasive species is explained by factors operated at different spatial scale: in the finer scale the presence of invasive species was driven predominantly by the average Ellenberg's Indicator Values for soil moisture, in medium-scale by the average topographic wetness index and sum of edges, while at coarse-scale by temperature. It was also presented that the effect of drivers operating at fine-spatial scale is overwhelming by effect of drivers operating at coarse scale. From a practical point of view, the results demonstrate that effective grassland management should be planned on a larger spatial context, because focussing on the management of a single site cannot be successful.
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- M Czarniecka-Wiera
- Department of Vegetation Ecology, Botanical Garden, University of Wroclaw, S. Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Vegetation Ecology, Botanical Garden, University of Wroclaw, S. Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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Whitehurst LE, Cunard CE, Reed JN, Worthy SJ, Marsico TD, Lucardi RD, Burgess KS. Preliminary application of DNA barcoding toward the detection of viable plant propagules at an initial, international point-of-entry in Georgia, USA. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02204-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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