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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lozano, Vanessa
• Di Febbraro, Mirko
• Brundu, Giuseppe
• Carranza, Maria Laura
• Alessandrini, Alessandro
• Ardenghi, Nicola Maria Giuseppe
• Barni, Elena
• Bedini, Gianni
• Celesti-Grapow, Laura
• Cianfaglione, Kevin
• Cogoni, Annalena
• Domina, Gianniantonio
• Fascetti, Simonetta
• Ferretti, Giulio
• Foggi, Bruno
• Iberite, Mauro
• Lastrucci, Lorenzo
• Lazzaro, Lorenzo
• Mainetti, Andrea
• Marinangeli, Francesca
• Montagnani, Chiara
• Musarella, Carmelo Maria
• Orsenigo, Simone
• Peccenini, Simonetta
• Peruzzi, Lorenzo
• Poggio, Laura
• Proietti, Chiara
• Prosser, Filippo
• Ranfa, Aldo
• Rosati, Leonardo
• Santangelo, Annalisa
• Selvaggi, Alberto
• Spampinato, Giovanni
• Stinca, Adriano
• Vacca, Gabriella
• Villani, Mariacristina
• Siniscalco, Consolata

Titel

Plant invasion risk inside and outside protected areas: Propagule pressure, abiotic and biotic factors definitively matter

Ist Teil von

• The Science of the total environment, 2023-06, Vol.877, p.162993-162993, Article 162993

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Invasive alien species are among the main global drivers of biodiversity loss posing major challenges to nature conservation and to managers of protected areas. The present study applied a methodological framework that combined invasive Species Distribution Models, based on propagule pressure, abiotic and biotic factors for 14 invasive alien plants of Union concern in Italy, with the local interpretable model-agnostic explanation analysis aiming to map, evaluate and analyse the risk of plant invasions across the country, inside and outside the network of protected areas. Using a hierarchical invasive Species Distribution Model, we explored the combined effect of propagule pressure, abiotic and biotic factors on shaping invasive alien plant occurrence across three biogeographic regions (Alpine, Continental, and Mediterranean) and realms (terrestrial and aquatic) in Italy. We disentangled the role of propagule pressure, abiotic and biotic factors on invasive alien plant distribution and projected invasion risk maps. We compared the risk posed by invasive alien plants inside and outside protected areas. Invasive alien plant distribution varied across biogeographic regions and realms and unevenly threatens protected areas. As an alien's occurrence and risk on a national scale are linked with abiotic factors followed by propagule pressure, their local distribution in protected areas is shaped by propagule pressure and biotic filters. The proposed modelling framework for the assessment of the risk posed by invasive alien plants across spatial scales and under different protection regimes represents an attempt to fill the gap between theory and practice in conservation planning helping to identify scale, site, and species-specific priorities of management, monitoring and control actions. Based on solid theory and on free geographic information, it has great potential for application to wider networks of protected areas in the world and to any invasive alien plant, aiding improved management strategies claimed by the environmental legislation and national and global strategies. [Display omitted] •Plant invasions vary across realms, biogeographic regions and protection regimes.•On a national scale invasion is promoted by abiotic factors and propagule pressure.•On protected areas, low anthropic pressure and biotic filters, regulate invasions.•Terrestrial plants represent a higher threat to protected areas than aquatic ones.•Spatial modelling aid tailored management across spatial and administrative scales.