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Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized

Razanajatovo, M.; Maurel, N.; Dawson, W.; Essl, F.; Kreft, H.; Pergl, J.; Pyšek, P.; Weigelt, P.; Winter, M.; van Kleunen, M.

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M. Razanajatovo

N. Maurel

F. Essl

H. Kreft

J. Pergl

P. Pyšek

P. Weigelt

M. Winter

M. van Kleunen



Abstract

Many plant species have established self-sustaining populations outside their natural range because of human activities. Plants with selfing ability should be more likely to establish outside their historical range because they can reproduce from a single individual when mates or pollinators are not available. Here, we compile a global breeding-system database of 1,752 angiosperm species and use phylogenetic generalized linear models and path analyses to test relationships between selfing ability, life history, native range size and global naturalization status. Selfing ability is associated with annual or biennial life history and a large native range, which both positively correlate with the probability of naturalization. Path analysis suggests that a high selfing ability directly increases the number of regions where a species is naturalized. Our results provide robust evidence across flowering plants at the global scale that high selfing ability fosters alien plant naturalization both directly and indirectly.

Citation

Razanajatovo, M., Maurel, N., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., …van Kleunen, M. (2016). Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13313. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13313

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 22, 2016
Online Publication Date Oct 31, 2016
Publication Date Oct 31, 2016
Deposit Date Oct 28, 2016
Publicly Available Date Nov 10, 2016
Journal Nature Communications
Publisher Nature Research
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Article Number 13313
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13313

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