The role of adaptive strategies in plant naturalization

Guo, W-Y.; van Kleunen, M.; Winter, M.; Weigelt, P.; Stein, A.; Pierce, S.; Pergl, J.; Moser, D.; Maurel, N.; Lenzner, B.; Kreft, H.; Essl, F.; Dawson, W.; Pyšek, P.

doi:10.1111/ele.13104

The role of adaptive strategies in plant naturalization

Guo, W-Y.; van Kleunen, M.; Winter, M.; Weigelt, P.; Stein, A.; Pierce, S.; Pergl, J.; Moser, D.; Maurel, N.; Lenzner, B.; Kreft, H.; Essl, F.; Dawson, W.; Pyšek, P.

Authors

W-Y. Guo

M. van Kleunen

M. Winter

P. Weigelt

A. Stein

S. Pierce

J. Pergl

D. Moser

N. Maurel

B. Lenzner

H. Kreft

F. Essl

Dr Wayne Dawson wayne.dawson@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

P. Pyšek

Abstract

Determining the factors associated with the naturalization of alien species is a central theme in ecology. Here, we tested the usefulness of a metric for quantifying Grime's seminal concept of adaptive strategies – competitors, stress‐tolerators and ruderals (CSR) – to explain plant naturalizations worldwide. Using a global dataset of 3004 vascular plant species, and accounting for phylogenetic relatedness and species’ native biomes, we assessed the associations between calculated C‐, S‐ and R‐scores and naturalization success for species exhibiting different life forms. Across different plant life forms, C‐scores were positively and S‐scores negatively associated with both the probability of naturalization and the number of regions where the species has naturalized. R‐scores had positive effects on the probability of naturalization. These effects of the scores were, however, weak to absent for tree species. Our findings demonstrate the utility of CSR‐score calculation to broadly represent, and potentially explain, the naturalization success of plant species.

Citation

Guo, W., van Kleunen, M., Winter, M., Weigelt, P., Stein, A., Pierce, S., …Pyšek, P. (2018). The role of adaptive strategies in plant naturalization. Ecology Letters, 21(9), 1380-1389. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13104

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 28, 2018
Online Publication Date	Jul 5, 2018
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2018
Deposit Date	May 31, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Jun 15, 2018
Journal	Ecology Letters
Print ISSN	1461-023X
Electronic ISSN	1461-0248
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	21
Issue	9
Pages	1380-1389
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13104

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Guo, W-Y., van Kleunen, M., Winter, M., Weigelt, P., Stein, A., Pierce, S., Pergl, J., Moser, D., Maurel, N., Lenzner, B., Kreft, H., Essl, F., Dawson, W. & Pysek, P. (2018). The role of adaptive strategies in plant naturalization. Ecology Letters 21(9): 1380-1389, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13104. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.