Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene

  • Barnabas H. Daru,
  • T. Jonathan Davies,
  • Charles G. Willis,
  • Emily K. Meineke,
  • Argo Ronk,
  • Martin Zobel,
  • Meelis Pärtel,
  • Alexandre Antonelli,
  • Charles C. Davis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27186-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Human-driven movements and extinctions of species have made plant communities across biomes more homogenous. Here the authors quantify plant vascular species and phylogenetic homogenization across the globe, finding that non-native species naturalisations have been a major driver.