Biological Invasions最新文献

{"title":"Predicting the invasiveness of alpine newts in the UK.","authors":"Alexandra C North, Luke J Sutton, Jason L Brown, Trenton W J Garner, Richard A Billington, John W Wilkinson, Manuela Truebano, Robert Puschendorf","doi":"10.1007/s10530-025-03543-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10530-025-03543-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Predicting invasion risk to novel environments is essential for risk management and conservation decision making but the evolutionary lineage at which to make these predictions is often unclear. Here we predict the current suitability across the United Kingdom (UK) for the alpine newt <i>Ichthyosaura alpestris</i>, a species with a complex evolutionary history, a broad native range, a growing number of introduced populations and anecdotal reports of ecological consequences to native amphibian communities. We use species distribution and ecological niche modelling to predict environmental suitability of the alpine newt in the UK at both the species-level and lineage-level and to quantify evolutionary lineage niche overlap. We show good model transferability at the species-level and parts of the UK-especially central and eastern England and parts of central and northern Scotland-to be highly environmentally suitable for the alpine newt. Our findings provide evidence of environmental niche differences at the lineage-level, with the Greek lineage being distinct from most other lineages, but with low confidence in maxent predictions for the Greek, Balkan and Italian lineages due to high levels of extrapolation. In contrast, the niche of the UK records appear to share the same niche as the Central lineage. We find 66% of currently known alpine newt records to fall within areas predicted to be environmentally suitable at the species-level, providing a series of testable hypotheses to better understand the invasion ecology of this species in the UK.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10530-025-03543-2.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"27 3","pages":"99"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11893677/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143613133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multiple invasions decimate the most imperiled freshwater invertebrates.","authors":"Alexander Y Karatayev, Lyubov E Burlakova, Vadim A Karatayev, John E Cooper, Lars G Rudstam","doi":"10.1007/s10530-025-03540-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10530-025-03540-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Invaders can have devastating impacts on freshwater ecosystems, but these impacts can subside over time as ecosystems \"adapt\" to the invasion of new species. We analyzed changes in species composition and density of molluscs in Oneida Lake (New York, USA), one of the best studied North American lakes based on detailed surveys conducted in 1915-17, 1967-68, 1992-95, 2012, and 2022-23, and on annual benthic surveys from 2009 through 2023. Eutrophication and habitat alteration after 1920 resulted in a 25% decline in species richness and a 95% decline in the density of native gastropods by 1967, while species richness of unionids did not change. The arrival of zebra mussels in 1991 and quagga mussels in 2005 was associated with an increase in species richness and density of native gastropods and an extirpation of unionids by 1995. However, an invasion by the round goby in 2013 led to a significant decline across all gastropod families, disproportionately impacting soft-shelled and shallow-dwelling species, while other species, including invasive dreissenids, partially recovered 3-7 years after the goby invasion. This mollusc recovery was depth-related and was limited to deeper areas. Altogether, molluscan communities were sensitive to ecosystem change and invasives species, with some invaders offsetting the impacts of eutrophication and habitat alterations. While individual stressors have taxon-specific and sometimes positive impacts, eutrophication and species invasions have collectively decimated the native mollusc community over the past century.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10530-025-03540-5.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"27 2","pages":"85"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11821755/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Indirect role of climatic suitability in mediating the effects of plant characteristics on naturalization success of cultivated alien plants in Southern Africa.","authors":"Sarah-Olivia Peter, Franz Essl, Bernd Lenzner, Mark van Kleunen, Ali Omer","doi":"10.1007/s10530-025-03677-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10530-025-03677-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rapid expansion of global trade, tourism, and human mobility has increased the introduction of alien plants into new regions. Here, we assessed the role of plant characteristics and climatic suitability in the naturalization success of 1,407 cultivated alien plants in Southern Africa. We used mediation analysis with climate suitability as a mediator to quantify the direct and indirect effects of plant characteristics, including phylogenetic relatedness, seed mass, plant height, native origins, native range size, and growth forms on naturalization success. We found that naturalized species have higher climatic suitability compared to non-naturalized ones. Additionally, seed mass, plant height, short-lived herbaceous growth form, and native range size are positively associated with naturalization success. In contrast, phylogenetic relatedness and a native origin in Europe were negatively associated with naturalization success. These associations were indirectly mediated by climatic suitability, with indirect effects accounting for more than 30% of the total effect in all cases. Our study underscores the significance of considering the role of climatic suitability for a comprehensive understanding of how plant characteristics impact the naturalization success of alien plants.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10530-025-03677-3.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"27 10","pages":"220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12464098/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145184673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptive behavior and connectance of invasive plants mediate community composition in multilayered ecological networks.","authors":"Yuanqi Yang, Minhua Zhang, Yu Liu, Fangliang He","doi":"10.1007/s10530-025-03601-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10530-025-03601-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Much evidence has shown that adaptive behavior can greatly modulate the dynamics of food webs, but little is known about how adaptive behaviors of invasive plant species affect community composition in multilayered networks. Following a proven network model, we constructed networks of native communities that are invaded by exotic plant species based on three linkage rules. We examined the effects of both adaptive behavior and network connectance of invasive plant species on the persistence of native species and diversity-invasion success relationship. Results showed that community persistence was mainly affected by the connectance of invasive plant species regardless of adaptive behavior. Given a fixed proportion (F₁) of native mutualist species linked to the invasive plant species, community persistence displayed an inverse hump-shaped relationship with the increasing proportion (F₂) of native plant species linked to the invasive plant species. Compared to the results without adaptive behavior, the adaptive behavior made most negative diversity-invasion relationship become a nonlinear U-shape at fixed proportion (F₁). In addition, the adaptive behavior made most negative diversity-invasion relationship insignificant for some proportion (F₁) when proportion (F₂) was fixed. It could even reverse this relationship if the invading species was more likely to link to native species already having fewer links than those having higher links. Our results underline the importance of considering adaptive behavior and the network degree of invasive plant species for understanding the effect of invasive species on the structure and composition of ecological networks.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10530-025-03601-9.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"27 7","pages":"156"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12174227/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144332452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Invasive woodlands and intruding dogs shape the structure of a mesocarnivore guild.","authors":"Chetan Misher, Karani Singh Bithoo, Abi T Vanak","doi":"10.1007/s10530-025-03659-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10530-025-03659-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Whilst the impacts of individual invasive species are relatively well studied, the combined effects of both plant and animal invasive species on multispecies assemblages are poorly understood. We studied the impact of two invasive species-the mesquite tree, <i>Neltuma juliflora,</i> and free-ranging dog, <i>Canis familiaris,</i> on a guild of native mesocarnivores in the human-dominated grasslands of the Thar desert. We found that the mesquite had varying effects on the mesocarnivore guild, benefiting generalist species such as the golden jackal <i>Canis aureus</i> and jungle cat <i>Felis chaus</i>, while negatively affecting open habitat specialist species such as Indian desert fox <i>Vulpes v. pusilla</i>, Indian fox <i>Vulpes bengalensis</i>, and desert cat <i>Felis lybica ornata</i>. All mesocarnivores strongly avoided dogs along the spatial or temporal niche axis, likely to evade interference competition. The high prevalence of dogs in these landscapes could lead to the competitive exclusion of smaller native species, such as the Indian fox, resulting in a local decline in their population. Our study reveals significant impacts of both plant and animal invasive species on native mesocarnivores, altering their distribution and activity patterns, with potential consequences for long-term population persistence. We suggest control of mesquite in areas prioritised for conservation of open habitat specialists such as desert fox, Indian fox, and desert cat, and removal or restriction on the movement of dogs in sensitive wildlife habitats.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10530-025-03659-5.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"27 9","pages":"205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12413330/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145013800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plant invasion down under: exploring the below-ground impact of invasive plant species on soil properties and invertebrate communities in the Central Plateau of New Zealand","authors":"Benjamin M. Pearson, Maria A. Minor, Alastair W. Robertson, Andrea L. Clavijo McCormick","doi":"10.1007/s10530-024-03441-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03441-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The impacts of invasive plants on arthropod communities are often reported to be negative and have predominantly been explored aboveground, but there is a paucity of information regarding what happens belowground. To address this gap, we compared soil properties and soil fauna communities associated with two native plant species (<i>Leptospermum scoparium</i>—mānuka and <i>Chionochloa rubra</i>—red tussock) and two invasive species (non-N-fixing <i>Calluna vulgaris</i>—European heather and N-fixing <i>Cytisus scoparius</i>—Scotch broom) in the Central Plateau of New Zealand. We expected that (1) at individual plant level soil properties would be different under invasive and native plant species, with higher soil nutrient concentrations under invasive species, especially N-fixing broom; (2) total abundance of soil fauna would be higher under invasive plant species, as generally positive impact of invasive plants on soil invertebrates is indicated in the literature; (3) invasive plants, and especially N-fixing broom, will be associated with greater abundances of soil decomposer groups. We found that soil properties and soil fauna assemblages did not cluster by plant invasive status as initially predicted. At individual plant level, there was similarity in soil conditions between mānuka and broom, and between red tussock and heather. The invasive N-fixer (broom) had positive effects on soil N availability, with higher N pool and lower C/N ratio in soil under this species. There were no consistent differences in total soil fauna abundance between invasive and native plants. Broom and mānuka were associated with higher abundances of Collembola, Oligochaeta and Diplopoda; heather and red tussock had higher abundances of Hymenoptera and Hemiptera. Significantly more Oligochaeta and Collembola under broom matched the prediction of invasive plants (and especially N-fixing invasives) being associated with greater abundances of decomposers. However, another important decomposer group—oribatid mites—did not show the same tendency. These results evidence that simplified generalizations regarding the impacts of invasive plants are unlikely to be justified, since the ecological effects of plant invasions are complex and do not always follow the same pattern. Therefore, we need to take into consideration the ecological context and the traits of individual plant species and target organisms in an unbiased manner to fully understand the impacts of plant invasions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142250281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cats in a bag: state-based spending for invasive species management across the United States is haphazard, uncoordinated, and incomplete","authors":"Allison Foster, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Jean E. Fantle-Lepczyk, Daniel Rubinoff","doi":"10.1007/s10530-024-03437-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03437-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Invasive species are an increasing source of economic loss, costing nations billions of dollars annually. Significant financial resources are spent to manage invasive species, but few comprehensive syntheses of the economic expenditures associated with this management effort exist. As a relatively affluent developed country, the United States should serve as a model of how to both manage invasive species and, more critically, understand the economic costs of doing so. To begin understanding the scale of expenditures on invasive species in the U.S., our goal was to quantify spending on invasive species management at the state level. We contacted natural resource management officials from all 50 states following a standardized protocol. While 47 of the 50 states provided expenditures for at least one of the five years requested (2017–2021), the distribution of expenditures by state varied dramatically, suggesting that actual expenditures might be much higher than those reported. While most states shared annual expenditures, they varied by an order of magnitude from $28,370 for Connecticut to $118,695,389 for Washington. Specifically, a widespread lack of careful and consistent expense tracking and coordination within and between states made clear and correct evaluation difficult. While the expenditures we obtained are almost certainly a significant underestimate, they also represent a serious lack of accounting at a state level. Hence, better tracking and coordination, within and between states, will be critical to handle the ongoing invasive species crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Range expansion of the invasive hybrid cattail Typha × glauca exceeds that of its maternal plant T. angustifolia in the western Prairie Pothole Region of North America","authors":"Sanjuti Deb Joyee, Marcel Dorken, Joanna Freeland","doi":"10.1007/s10530-024-03439-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03439-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Wetlands around the world face unprecedented threats, including from invasive species. In North America, the invasive cattail hybrid <i>Typha</i> x <i>glauca</i> dominates wetlands around the Laurentian Great Lakes; more recently it was found in high abundance across the central and eastern Prairie Pothole Region, an area that includes one of the world’s largest wetland complexes. Surveys of the <i>Typha</i> hybrid zone have so far been largely conducted in areas where hybrids are well established, and it therefore remains unclear whether the range expansion of this invasive hybrid occurs after the establishment of its maternal species, <i>T. angustifolia.</i> We surveyed 50 wetlands in the western PPR and found that while 75% of plants were native <i>T. latifolia</i>, the second most common group was F₁ hybrids, which had greater abundance and occupancy than <i>T. angustifolia</i> despite the fact that <i>T. angustifolia</i> produces relatively few hybrid seeds; our findings therefore highlight the importance of long-distance dispersal for this hybrid range expansion<i>.</i> The distribution of hybrids combined with the paucity of non-F1 hybrids suggest that the western PPR represents a leading edge of the range expansion by invasive <i>T.</i> × <i>glauca.</i> Our results show that <i>T.</i> × <i>glauca</i> has the capacity for continued range expansion that does not rely on the presence of <i>T. angustifolia</i>, and the impacts of this range expansion should be monitored because of its potential to impede ecosystem services and reduce local biodiversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recruitment curves of three non-native conifers in European temperate forests: implications for invasions","authors":"Aurore Fanal, Grégory Mahy, Arnaud Monty","doi":"10.1007/s10530-024-03438-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03438-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Few conifers are considered invasive in Europe, yet recent studies indicate that several species used for forestry display abundant regeneration and spread into surrounding natural habitats. Three species were identified as being particularly at risk in Belgium, but data is lacking regarding their dispersal. We characterized the recruitment curves of <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>, <i>Abies grandis</i> and <i>Thuja plicata</i>. Isolated plantations were monitored and realized dispersal (<i>i.e.</i> seedlings and recruited regeneration) was recorded and measured over 750 m in different directions. We calculated the wave expansion rate and frontier expansion rate for each planting site and fitted dispersal kernels for each site and species. Regeneration was classified in three size categories (seedlings, saplings and trees above 1.5 m), and the recruitment distances were analyzed for each size class. The effect of the forest type (deciduous, coniferous, open or mixed) on the density of regeneration was also investigated with regression models. The recruitment curves varied greatly across sites, showing heterogeneous habitat suitability and uneven post-germination processes. Considering the frontier expansion rate, the three conifers appear to spread beyond documented threshold rate of invasiveness. Regeneration density was higher in coniferous forest type, as well as open areas for <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. An escape effect was noticed as mean and maximal dispersal distances of saplings and taller trees were greater than those of seedlings. Our study indicates that <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> displays the highest risk of rapid spread into adjacent natural habitats, followed by <i>Abies grandis</i>. <i>Thuja plicata</i> faces more recruitment limitations.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"256 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Combining storm flood water level and topography to prioritize inter-basin transfer of non-native aquatic species in the United States","authors":"Ian A. Pfingsten, Kristen M. Reaver, E. M. Dean, Matthew E. Neilson, Bogdan Chivoiu, Wesley M. Daniel","doi":"10.1007/s10530-024-03430-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03430-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Flooded areas can create temporary connections between adjacent drainages and are a relatively understudied pathway for the spread of aquatic invasive species. The Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database’s Flood and Storm Tracker maps were developed to help natural resource managers with post-storm aquatic invasive species detection and assessment efforts. As of the summer of 2023, 16 Flood and Storm Tracker maps have been published from hurricanes and flooding events in the United States and territorial islands. Three regions along the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean had overlapping areas of repeated flood impacts, and fifteen pairs of adjacent river basins were potentially connected during floods. Each map had a median of 77 non-native freshwater taxa and a median of 3 U.S. prohibited species within their respective flood-impacted area. The Flood and Storm Tracker maps provide resource managers with information about new aquatic invasions due to potential flood dispersal that can assist with early detection and rapid response systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":9202,"journal":{"name":"Biological Invasions","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}