Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Comparative patterns of plant invasions in the mediterranean biome

    194175_99650_journal.pone.pdf (552.1Kb)
    Access Status
    Open access
    Authors
    Arianoutsou, M.
    Delipetrou, D.
    Vila, M.
    Dimitrakopoulos, P.
    Celesti-Grapow, L.
    Wardell-Johnson, Grant
    Henderson, L.
    Fuentes, N.
    Ugarte-Mendes, E.
    Rundel, P.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Arianoutsou, Margarita and Delipetrou, Pinelopi and Vila, Montserrat and Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G. and Celesti-Grapow, Laura and Wardell-Johnson, Grant and Henderson, Lesley and Fuentes, Nicol and Ugarte-Mendes, Eduardo and Rundel, Phillip W. 2013. Comparative patterns of plant invasions in the mediterranean biome. PLoS ONE. 8 (11): pp. e79174-e79174.
    Source Title
    PLoS ONE
    DOI
    10.1371/journal.pone.0079174
    ISSN
    19326203
    Remarks

    Copyright: © 2013 Arianoutsou et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47837
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The objective of this work was to compare and contrast the patterns of alien plant invasions in the world’s five mediterranean-climate regions (MCRs). We expected landscape age and disturbance history to have bearing on levels of invasion. We assembled a database on naturalized alien plant taxa occurring in natural and semi-natural terrestrial habitats of all five regions (specifically Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus from the Mediterranean Basin, California, central Chile, the Cape Region of South Africa and Southwestern - SW Australia). We used multivariate (hierarchical clustering and NMDS ordination) trait and habitat analysis to compare characteristics of regions, taxa and habitats across the mediterranean biome. Our database included 1627 naturalized species with an overall low taxonomic similarity among the five MCRs. Herbaceous perennials were the most frequent taxa, with SW Australia exhibiting both the highest numbers of naturalized species and the highest taxonomic similarity (homogenization) among habitats, and the Mediterranean Basin the lowest. Low stress and highly disturbed habitats had the highest frequency of invasion and homogenization in all regions, and high natural stress habitats the lowest, while taxonomic similarity was higher among different habitats in each region than among regions. Our analysis is the first to describe patterns of species characteristics and habitat vulnerability for a single biome. We have shown that a broad niche (i.e. more than one habitat) is typical of naturalized plant species, regardless of their geographical area of origin, leading to potential for high homogenization within each region. Habitats of the Mediterranean Basin are apparently the most resistant to plant invasion, possibly because their landscapes are generally of relatively recent origin, but with a more gradual exposure to human intervention over a longer period.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Conservation of carnivorous plants in the age of extinction
      Cross, Adam ; Krueger, Thilo; Gonella, P.M.; Robinson, A.S.; Fleischmann, A.S. (2020)
      Carnivorous plants (CPs)—those possessing specific strategies to attract, capture and kill animal prey and obtain nutrition through the absorption of their biomass—are harbingers of anthropogenic degradation and destruction ...
    • Interactive effects of altered rainfall and simulated nitrogen deposition on seedling establishment in a global biodiversity hotspot
      Standish, R.; Fontaine, J.; Harris, Richard; Stock, W.; Hobbs, R. (2012)
      Understanding the interactive effects of global change drivers on vegetation is critical for ecosystem management and restoration, particularly in the Mediterranean-climate biodiversity hotspots of the world. Climate ...
    • An ecological perspective on 'plant carnivory beyond bogs': Nutritional benefits of prey capture for the Mediterranean carnivorous plant Drosophyllum lusitanicum
      Skates, L.M.; Paniw, M.; Cross, Adam ; Ojeda, F.; Dixon, Kingsley ; Stevens, J.C.; Gebauer, G. (2019)
      Background and aims: Little is known about the evolutionary and ecological drivers of carnivory in plants, particularly for those terrestrial species that do not occur in typical swamp or bog habitats. The Mediterranean ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.