Nature Communications (Dec 2021)
The global loss of floristic uniqueness
- Qiang Yang,
- Patrick Weigelt,
- Trevor S. Fristoe,
- Zhijie Zhang,
- Holger Kreft,
- Anke Stein,
- Hanno Seebens,
- Wayne Dawson,
- Franz Essl,
- Christian König,
- Bernd Lenzner,
- Jan Pergl,
- Robin Pouteau,
- Petr Pyšek,
- Marten Winter,
- Aleksandr L. Ebel,
- Nicol Fuentes,
- Eduardo L. H. Giehl,
- John Kartesz,
- Pavel Krestov,
- Toomas Kukk,
- Misako Nishino,
- Andrey Kupriyanov,
- Jose Luis Villaseñor,
- Jan J. Wieringa,
- Abida Zeddam,
- Elena Zykova,
- Mark van Kleunen
Affiliations
- Qiang Yang
- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Patrick Weigelt
- Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen
- Trevor S. Fristoe
- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Zhijie Zhang
- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Holger Kreft
- Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen
- Anke Stein
- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Hanno Seebens
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
- Wayne Dawson
- Department of Biosciences, Durham University
- Franz Essl
- Bioinvasions, Global Change, Macroecology Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
- Christian König
- Ecology and Macroecology group, University of Potsdam
- Bernd Lenzner
- Bioinvasions, Global Change, Macroecology Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
- Jan Pergl
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology
- Robin Pouteau
- AMAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD
- Petr Pyšek
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology
- Marten Winter
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
- Aleksandr L. Ebel
- Department of Botany, Tomsk State University
- Nicol Fuentes
- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanograficas, Universidad de Concepción
- Eduardo L. H. Giehl
- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Federal University of Santa Catarina
- John Kartesz
- Biota of North America Program
- Pavel Krestov
- Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS
- Toomas Kukk
- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences
- Misako Nishino
- Biota of North America Program
- Andrey Kupriyanov
- Institute of Human Ecology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Jose Luis Villaseñor
- Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Jan J. Wieringa
- Naturalis Biodiversity Centre
- Abida Zeddam
- Ingenieur en Ecologie vegetale
- Elena Zykova
- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Mark van Kleunen
- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27603-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Humans have altered plant biogeography by introducing species from one region to another, but an analysis of how naturalized plant species affect the uniqueness of regional floras around the world was missing. This study presents an analysis using data from native and naturalized alien floras in 658 regions, finding strong taxonomic and phylogenetic floristic homogenization overall.
