Margherita Gioria
Persistent soil seed banks promote naturalisation and invasiveness in flowering plants
Gioria, Margherita; Carta, Angelino; Baskin, Carol C.; Dawson, Wayne; Essl, Franz; Kreft, Holger; Pergl, Jan; Kleunen, Mark; Weigelt, Patrick; Winter, Marten; Pyšek, Petr
Authors
Angelino Carta
Carol C. Baskin
Dr Wayne Dawson wayne.dawson@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Franz Essl
Holger Kreft
Jan Pergl
Mark Kleunen
Patrick Weigelt
Marten Winter
Petr Pyšek
Abstract
With globalisation facilitating the movement of plants and seeds beyond the native range, preventing potentially harmful introductions requires knowledge of what drives the successful establishment and spread of alien plants. Here, we examined global-scale relationships between naturalisation success (incidence and extent) and invasiveness, soil seed bank properties (type and densities) and key species traits (seed mass, seed dormancy and life form) for 2350 species of angiosperms. Naturalisation and invasiveness were strongly associated with the ability to form persistent (vs. transient) seed banks but relatively weakly with seed bank densities and other traits. Our findings suggest that seed bank persistence is a trait that better captures the ability to become naturalised and invasive compared to seed traits more widely available in trait databases. Knowledge of seed persistence can contribute to our ability to predict global naturalisation and invasiveness and to identify potentially invasive flowering plants before they are introduced.
Citation
Gioria, M., Carta, A., Baskin, C. C., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., …Pyšek, P. (2021). Persistent soil seed banks promote naturalisation and invasiveness in flowering plants. Ecology Letters, 24(8), https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13783
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 19, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | May 24, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Deposit Date | Sep 20, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 20, 2021 |
Journal | Ecology Letters |
Print ISSN | 1461-023X |
Electronic ISSN | 1461-0248 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 8 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13783 |
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