An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools

Invasive alien species are an important component of global change, threatening biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, economy, and human health. The number of alien species that attain the invasive status has experienced an exponential increase in recent years, leading some government agencies and st...

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Autores: Lázaro Lobo, Adrián, Campos, Juan Antonio, Díaz-González, Tomás E., Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo, González García, Víctor, Marchante, Hélia, Romero Buján, María Inmaculada, Jiménez Alfaro, Borja
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/376259
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/376259
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85208670905
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Palabra clave:Cantabrian Mixed Forest ecoregion
Iberian Peninsula
Invaded habitats
Invasive alien plant species
Invasion level
Invasion status
Invasive species impacts
Management
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spelling An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools Lázaro Lobo, Adrián Campos, Juan Antonio Díaz-González, Tomás E. Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo González García, Víctor Marchante, Hélia Romero Buján, María Inmaculada Jiménez Alfaro, Borja Cantabrian Mixed Forest ecoregion Iberian Peninsula Invaded habitats Invasive alien plant species Invasion level Invasion status Invasive species impacts Management Invasive alien species are an important component of global change, threatening biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, economy, and human health. The number of alien species that attain the invasive status has experienced an exponential increase in recent years, leading some government agencies and stakeholders to allocate substantial resources to early detection, control, mitigation, and eradication programs. To develop effective nature conservation strategies, it is crucial to understand the invasive status of alien species and to identify priority species for management at spatial scales with a biogeographical basis. Despite significant progress in producing lists of alien species at the country level, a standard methodology for species assessment within ecological regions (i.e., regions with similar environmental or biogeographical characteristics) is still lacking. Here, we develop a systematic approach to determine invasion status and to prioritize invasive alien plant species within an ecoregion. We apply this approach in the Cantabrian Mixed Forests ecoregion, which encompasses biogeographically related areas from N Portugal, NW Spain, and SW France, and is strongly affected by plant invasions. By combining scientific evidence with expert opinion on the ecological characteristics of alien plants, we identified 175 invasive plant species in the study ecoregion, of which 37 cause massive environmental and/or socio-economic impacts. For each species, we provide comprehensive information and recommendations for scientists, land managers, policy makers, and other stakeholders under a biogeographical basis. This information includes species characteristics, invasion status/level, population trends, geographic locations and range size, local abundance, environmental and socio-economic impacts, and invaded habitats. We also accounted for administrative divisions within the ecoregion to facilitate the use of such evaluations in local-scale management and conservation plans. Our framework may be applied to any ecoregion worldwide, enhancing the assessment and management of invasive species pools within biogeographically meaningful regions. This research was supported by the Juan de la Cierva-Formación scholarship (FJC2021-046657-I) and the Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón/Xixón (SV-23-GIJON-JBA). BJA was also supported by GRUPIN regional grant SV-PA-21-AYUD/2021/51261. MIRB was financially supported by the Xunta de Galicia (grant ED431B 2021/11). JAC was supported by grant no. IT1487-22 of the Basque Government. Peer reviewed Pensoft Publishers http://hdl.handle.net/10261/376259 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85208670905
title An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools
spellingShingle An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools
Lázaro Lobo, Adrián
Cantabrian Mixed Forest ecoregion
Iberian Peninsula
Invaded habitats
Invasive alien plant species
Invasion level
Invasion status
Invasive species impacts
Management
title_short An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools
title_full An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools
title_fullStr An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools
title_full_unstemmed An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools
title_sort An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools
author Lázaro Lobo, Adrián
author_facet Lázaro Lobo, Adrián
Campos, Juan Antonio
Díaz-González, Tomás E.
Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo
González García, Víctor
Marchante, Hélia
Romero Buján, María Inmaculada
Jiménez Alfaro, Borja
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Díaz-González, Tomás E.
Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo
González García, Víctor
Marchante, Hélia
Romero Buján, María Inmaculada
Jiménez Alfaro, Borja
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author
author
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topic Cantabrian Mixed Forest ecoregion
Iberian Peninsula
Invaded habitats
Invasive alien plant species
Invasion level
Invasion status
Invasive species impacts
Management
topic_facet Cantabrian Mixed Forest ecoregion
Iberian Peninsula
Invaded habitats
Invasive alien plant species
Invasion level
Invasion status
Invasive species impacts
Management
description Invasive alien species are an important component of global change, threatening biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, economy, and human health. The number of alien species that attain the invasive status has experienced an exponential increase in recent years, leading some government agencies and stakeholders to allocate substantial resources to early detection, control, mitigation, and eradication programs. To develop effective nature conservation strategies, it is crucial to understand the invasive status of alien species and to identify priority species for management at spatial scales with a biogeographical basis. Despite significant progress in producing lists of alien species at the country level, a standard methodology for species assessment within ecological regions (i.e., regions with similar environmental or biogeographical characteristics) is still lacking. Here, we develop a systematic approach to determine invasion status and to prioritize invasive alien plant species within an ecoregion. We apply this approach in the Cantabrian Mixed Forests ecoregion, which encompasses biogeographically related areas from N Portugal, NW Spain, and SW France, and is strongly affected by plant invasions. By combining scientific evidence with expert opinion on the ecological characteristics of alien plants, we identified 175 invasive plant species in the study ecoregion, of which 37 cause massive environmental and/or socio-economic impacts. For each species, we provide comprehensive information and recommendations for scientists, land managers, policy makers, and other stakeholders under a biogeographical basis. This information includes species characteristics, invasion status/level, population trends, geographic locations and range size, local abundance, environmental and socio-economic impacts, and invaded habitats. We also accounted for administrative divisions within the ecoregion to facilitate the use of such evaluations in local-scale management and conservation plans. Our framework may be applied to any ecoregion worldwide, enhancing the assessment and management of invasive species pools within biogeographically meaningful regions.
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