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Title: Biogeographic origins and drivers of alien plant invasions in an oceanic archipelago
Authors: Patiño Llorente,Jairo 
Morente López,Javier 
Salas-Pascual, Marcos 
Reyes Betancort,Jorge Alfredo 
Arco Aguilar, M.J. del
Emerson B.C.
García Gallo, A.
Jay García, L.S.
Naranjo Cigala, Agustín 
Arjona, Y.
UNESCO Clasification: 5404 Geografía regional
Issue Date: 2022
Project: El Reto de las Plantas Invasoras en Islas: Hacia un Enfoque Integrador para la Conservación de la Flora de las Islas Canarias (INVASION)
Conference: 5th Flora of Macaronesia International Symposium (FloraMac 2022) 
Abstract: Understanding the historical and contemporaneous determinants of invasion success in island systems can help to decisively contribute to identifying sources and designing strategies against the scenarios that are more likely to give rise to new invaders. Herein, we investigate the origins of the invasive alien flora of the Canary Islands, with emphasis on the mechanisms shaping its spatial organization within the archipelago. An updated checklist of the invasive alien flora of the Canary Islands was compiled together with key complementary information, including native biogeographical regions, stage of invasiveness, and dates of naturalization. Our updated list includes 149 alien plant species with a certain degree of invasiveness. The Neotropics stood out as the region providing the highest number of invasive species, followed by the Cape Region, tropical Africa, and the Mediterranean Basin. We observed a slow but steady increase in numbers of invasive species until the 1950s, followed by a stronger rise thereafter. Among various possible mechanisms, we reveal that climatic similarity seems to best explain patterns of composition dissimilarity within the invasive flora among islands. Interestingly, the Neotropical region stands out as the main source of plant invasions to the Canary Islands, outnumbering those from other regions with a Mediterranean-type bioclimate, emphasizing the importance of historical trade networks. Our study brings attention to the importance of archipelago dependent assessments of the underlying mechanisms that contribute to plant invasion success in oceanic archipelagoes.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/135876
Source: 5th Flora of Macaronesia International Symposium (FloraMac 2022) / editores, M. Sansón, L. de Nascimento, J. Patiño, C. Sangil & J.M. Fernández-Palacios (
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