Garden plants get a head start on climate change

By S. V. D. Veken, Martin Hermy, M. Vellend, Anne Knapen, K. Verheyen. 2008

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Review of the literature on the links between biodiversity and climate change: impacts, adaptation and mitigation. (2009, background): “in Europe, 73 per cent of native species investigated had commercial northern range limits that exceeded their natural range limits, which could provide a ‘head start’on migration (Veken et al. 2008).”
The role of botanic gardens as resource and introduction centres in the face of global change (2011, background): “In a recent study, Van der Veken et al. (2008) compared the native ranges of 357 native European plant species with their commercial ranges, based on data from the holdings of 246 plant nurseries throughout Europe and found that in 73% of native species, the commercial northern range limits exceed”
Assisted Colonization: A Question of Focal Units and Recipient Localities (2011, background): “…colonization for species from these climates is not feasible Williams et al. 2007 Unknown costs and acceptability Richardson et al. 2009 Creation of a biased flora or fauna Schwartz et al. 2009 Biological homogenization van der Veken et al. 2008 for predictors of the invasive potential of taxa.”