Invasiveness, invasibility and the role of environmental stress in the spread of non-native plants

By P. Alpert, E. Bone, Claus Holzapfel. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations (2009, background): “Environmental stress is considered an important barrier for plant invasions (Alpert et al. 2000), and abiotic fac tors probably constrain upper-range expansion in most invasive species (Figure 3), which may explain the nega tive relationship between the number of alien species and elevation (Figure ”
Altitudinal distribution of alien plant species in the Swiss Alps (2005, background): “However, other explanations are also possible: the abundance of a species in the new area could reflect its ecological amplitude and abundance in the native range (Scott and Panetta, 1993; Rejmánek, 1995; Maillet and LopezGarcia, 2000; Weber, 2001) and therefore the likelihood of it being picked up ”
The role of bioclimatic origin, residence time and habitat context in shaping non-native plant distributions along an altitudinal gradient (2010, background): “Studies in other ecosystems have shown that invasibility tends to decline with the severity of environmental conditions (Alpert et al. 2000), and it has therefore been argued that climate is the most important factor limiting the spread of non-native plants to high altitudes (Pauchard et al. 2009),…”
Biomass allocation, morphology and photosynthesis of invasive and noninvasive exotic species grown at four irradiance levels (2007, background): “Furthermore, compared with native species, successful invasive species generally have stronger stress tolerance, can acclimate to a wider range of environmental conditions (Albert et al., 2000; Annapurna and Singh, 2003) and can use fluctuating resources better (Davis et al., 2000).”
A Comparison of Plastic Responses to Competition by Invasive and Non-invasive Congeners in the Commelinaceae (2006, background): “Baruch et al. 1985; Pattison et al. 1998; Baruch and Goldstein 1999; Yamashita et al. 2000; Doyle et al. 2003; Kolb and Alpert 2003; Niinemets et al. 2003, also see references in Alpert et al. 2000, Daehler 2003, but see Gerlach and Rice 2003; Burns 2004).”
Distribution of alien vs. native plant species in roadside communities along an altitudinal gradient in Tenerife and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) (2005, background): “Therefore, identifying the factors that influence the distribution of alien species across a landscape is fundamental for evaluating the present and future extent of plant invasions and for development of eradication programs (Wace, 1977; Alpert et al., 2000; Rejmánek and Pitcairn, 2002).”
Ecophysiological characteristics of invasive Spartina alterniflora and native species in salt marshes of Yangtze River estuary, China (2009, background): “Species invasiveness, habitat invasiveness, and the effects of invasion are three main topics in invasion biology (Alpert et al., 2000).”
Impact of three aquatic invasive species on native plants and macroinvertebrates in temperate ponds (2011, background): “Furthermore, H. ranunculoides, L. grandiflora and M. aquaticum may also support the ‘unlike invader’ hypothesis in freshwater ecosystems (Alpert et al. 2000; Alpert 2006).”
Predicting invasiveness of Australian acacias on the basis of their native climatic affinities, life history traits and human use (2011, background): “Finally, Acacia species useful for humans are more likely to be transported elsewhere and then they are expected to become invasive more often (hypothesis 4) (Alpert et al., 2000; Pyšek et al., 2003; Thuiller et al., 2006).”
Interactive effects of habitat modification and species invasion on native species decline. (2007, neutral): “Interaction chain effects The simplest interaction between habitat modification and invasionoccurswhenhabitatmodificationdrivesincreased invader abundance, but per capita invasive impact remains constant (Box 1). Interaction chain effects are likely to be common, as invader abundance typically incre”
Disentangling relationships between habitat conditions, disturbance history, plant diversity, and American black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) invasion in a European temperate forest (2007, background): “…invasions, so that the most disturbed habitats – or, more generally, those exhibiting the largest resource fluctuations – are also the most susceptible to invasion (Crawley, 1987; Hobbs & Huenneke, 1992; Levine & D’Antonio, 1999; Williamson, 1999; Alpert et al ., 2000; Davis et al ., 2000).”
Traits Associated with Invasiveness in Alien Plants: Where Do we Stand? (2008, background): “Not all aliens spread (Richardson et al. 2000a), but some natives expand their ranges into human-made habitats, or increase in abundance and/or range following human-induced landscape changes (so-called apophytes, expansive species, see Pyšek et al. 2004a; Alpert et al. 2000).”
Quantifying levels of biological invasion: towards the objective classification of invaded and invasible ecosystems (2011, background): “Invasibility is defined as the vulnerability of a habitat and the associated biological community to invasion (Alpert et al., 2000; Davis et al., 2000; Milbau et al., 2009).”