Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras

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FRISTOE Trevor S. CHYTRÝ Milan DAWSON Wayne ESSL Franz HELENO Ruben KREFT Holger MAUREL Noëlie PERGL Jan PYŠEK Petr SEEBENS Hanno WEIGELT Patrick VARGAS Pablo YANG Qiang ATTORRE Fabio BERGMEIER Erwin BERNHARDT-RÖMERMANN Markus BIURRUN Idoia BOCH Steffen BONARI Gianmaria BOTTA-DUKÁT Zoltán BRUUN Hans Henrik BYUN Chaeho CARNI Andraž CARRANZA Maria Laura CATFORD Jane A. CERABOLINI Bruno E. L. CHACÓN-MADRIGAL Eduardo CICCARELLI Daniela CUŠTEREVSKA Renata DE RONDE Iris DENGLER Jürgen GOLUB Valentin HAVEMAN Rense HOUGH-SNEE Nate JANDT Ute JANSEN Florian KUZEMKO Anna KÜZMIC Filip LENOIR Jonathan MACANOVIC Armin MARCENO' Corrado MARTIN Adam R. MICHALETZ Sean T. MORI Akira S. NIINEMETS Ülo PETERKA Tomáš PIELECH Remigiusz RAŠOMAVICIUS Valerijus RUSINA Solvita DIAS Arildo S. SIBÍKOVÁ Mária SILC Urban STANISCI Angela JANSEN Steven SVENNING Jens-Christian SWACHA Grzegorz VAN DER PLAS Fons VASSILEV Kiril VAN KLEUNEN Mark

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021173118
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021173118
Keywords invasion success; forms of rarity; distribution-abundance relationship; enemy release; leaf economic spectrum
Description Understanding drivers of success for alien species can inform on potential future invasions. Recent conceptual advances highlight that species may achieve invasiveness via performance along at least three distinct dimensions: 1) local abundance, 2) geographic range size, and 3) habitat breadth in naturalized distributions. Associations among these dimensions and the factors that determine success in each have yet to be assessed at large geographic scales. Here, we combine data from over one million vegetation plots covering the extent of Europe and its habitat diversity with databases on species' distributions, traits, and historical origins to provide a comprehensive assessment of invasiveness dimensions for the European alien seed plant flora. Invasiveness dimensions are linked in alien distributions, leading to a continuum from overall poor invaders to super invaders-abundant, widespread aliens that invade diverse habitats. This pattern echoes relationships among analogous dimensions measured for native European species. Success along invasiveness dimensions was associated with details of alien species' introduction histories: earlier introduction dates were positively associated with all three dimensions, and consistent with theory-based expectations, species originating from other continents, particularly acquisitive growth strategists, were among the most successful invaders in Europe. Despite general correlations among invasiveness dimensions, we identified habitats and traits associated with atypical patterns of success in only one or two dimensions-for example, the role of disturbed habitats in facilitating widespread specialists. We conclude that considering invasiveness within a multidimensional framework can provide insights into invasion processes while also informing general understanding of
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