Positive interaction between invasive plants: The influence of Pyracantha angustifolia on the recruitment of native and exotic woody species

By P. Tecco, D. Gurvich, Sandra Díaz, N. Pérez‐Harguindeguy, Marcelo R. Cabido. 2006

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Abstract: Positive interactions between species are known to play an important role in the dynamics of plant communities, including the enhancement of invasions by exotics. We studied the influence of the invasive shrub Pyracantha angustifolia (Rosaceae) on the recruitment of native and exotic woody species in a secondary shrubland in central Argentina mountains. We recorded woody sapling recruitment and micro-environmental conditions under the canopies of Pyracantha and the dominant native shrub Condalia montana (Rhamnaceae), and in the absence of shrub cover, considering these situations as three treatments. We found that native and exotic species richness were higher under Pyracantha than under the other treatments. Ligustrum lucidum (Oleaceae), an exotic bird-dispersed shade-tolerant tree, was the most abundant species recruiting in the area, and its density was four times higher under the canopy of Pyracantha. This positive interaction may be related to Pyracantha's denser shading, to the mechanical protection of its canopy against ungulates, and/or to the simultaneous fruit ripening of both woody invaders.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Invasion of glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) and native forest loss in the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba, Argentina (2010, background): “Glossy privet produces fruit during the cold season while most natives plants fructify in the warm season, which increases the likelihood that glossy privet seeds are consumed and dispersed by birds (Grau and Aragón 2000; Gurvich et al. 2005; Tecco et al. 2006).”
Functional Diversity — at the Crossroads between Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Filters (2007, background): “Unlike native species, both exotic shrubs produce fleshy fruits in autumn and winter, thus offering an extra food source to native frugivorous birds during a period of scarcity (Tecco et al. 2006).”
Facilitation and the invasibility of plant communities (2021, background): “…that shade, protection against herbivory, increases in soil nutrients and changes in soil microbiota can function as mechanisms underlying direct facilitative interactions among non- native species (e.g. Dornbusch et al., 2018; Jordan et al. 2008; Sheppard et al., 2018; Tecco et al., 2006, 2007).”
Facilitation of the non-native Taraxacum officinale by native nurse cushion species in the high Andes of central Chile: are there differences between nurses? (2007, background): “facilitation) during invasions, either between invasive species or between native and invasive species, are scarce (Maron & Connors 1996; Carino & Daehler 2002; Lenz & Facelli 2003; Reinhart, Maestre & Callaway 2006; Tecco et al . 2006; Badano et al . 2007).”
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