Factors associated with alien plant richness, cover and composition differ in tropical island forests
Ibanez T, Hart P, Ainsworth A, Gross J, Monello R. 2019. Factors associated with alien plant richness, cover and composition differ in tropical island forests. Diversity and Distributions
The invasion of native communities by alien (exotic or non‐native) species is one of the main threats to biodiversity. Island biodiversity is particularly threatened and vulnerable to invasion by alien species (Caujapé‐Castells et al., 2010; Denslow, 2003; Moser et al., 2018). Compared to mainland, islands have more alien species with small tropical islands exhibiting a disproportionately high number of alien species relative to their size (Dawson et al., 2017; Lonsdale, 1999; Turbelin, Malamud, & Francis, 2017; Westphal, Browne, MacKinnon, & Noble, 2008). Understanding how alien species invasions vary be-tween and within these small tropical islands is of critical importance to managing this threat.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ibanez, Thomas; Hart, Patrick; Ainsworth, Alison; Gross, Jacob; Monello, Ryan
- Date of Issue
- 2019-08-24
- Publisher
- Diversity and Distributions
- Units
- HALE , HAVO , KALA , NPSA , PACN
- Keywords
- alien plant species, archipelago, biodiversity, climate, elevation, exotic, non-native, plant communities, precipitation, resistance, species richness, temperature, tropical island, turnover, wet forest