Long-term trajectories of non-native vegetation on islands globally
Walentowitz, Anna (University of Bayreuth)
Lenzner, Bernd (University of Vienna)
Essl, Franz (University of Vienna)
Strandberg, Nichola A. (University of Southampton)
Castilla-Beltrán, Alvaro (University of La Laguna)
Fernández-Palacios, José María (Universidad de La Laguna)
Björck, Svante (Lund University)
Connor, Simon (Australian National University)
Haberle, Simon G. (Australian National University)
Ljung, Karl (Lund University)
Prebble, Matiu (University of Canterbury)
Wilmshurst, Janet M. (Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research)
Froyd, Cynthia (Swansea University)
de Boer, Erik J. (Universitat de Barcelona)
Nascimento, Lea de (Universidad de La Laguna)
Edwards, Mary (University of Southampton)
Stevenson, Janelle (Australian National University)
Beierkuhnlein, Carl (University of Bayreuth. Department of Biogeography)
Steinbauer, Manuel J. (University of Bayreuth)
Nogué Bosch, Sandra (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Temporal Ecology and Biogeography Lab

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Human-mediated changes in island vegetation are, among others, largely caused by the introduction and establishment of non-native species. However, data on past changes in non-native plant species abundance that predate historical documentation and censuses are scarce. Islands are among the few places where we can track human arrival in natural systems allowing us to reveal changes in vegetation dynamics with the arrival of non-native species. We matched fossil pollen data with botanical status information (native, non-native), and quantified the timing, trajectories and magnitude of non-native plant vegetational change on 29 islands over the past 5000 years. We recorded a proportional increase in pollen of non-native plant taxa within the last 1000 years. Individual island trajectories are context-dependent and linked to island settlement histories. Our data show that non-native plant introductions have a longer and more dynamic history than is generally recognized, with critical implications for biodiversity baselines and invasion biology.
Grants:	European Commission 101045309 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación FJC2020-043774-I
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Anthropocene ; Alien species ; Biodiversity ; Biological invasions ; Fossil pollen ; Island biogeography ; Novel ecosystems ; Palaeoecology
Published in:	Ecology letters, Vol. 26, Issue 5 (May 2023) , p. 729-741, ISSN 1461-0248

DOI: 10.1111/ele.14196
PMID: 36958810

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