scholarly journals Plant species extinction debt in a temperate biodiversity hotspot: Community, species and functional traits approaches

2011 ◽  
Vol 144 (5) ◽  
pp. 1619-1629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Piqueray ◽  
Emmanuelle Bisteau ◽  
Sara Cristofoli ◽  
Rodolphe Palm ◽  
Peter Poschlod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Extinction Debt ◽  
Species Extinction

scholarly journals Fish Functional Traits Correlated with Environmental Variables in a Temperate Biodiversity Hotspot

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e93237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin P. Keck ◽  
Zachary H. Marion ◽  
Derek J. Martin ◽  
Jason C. Kaufman ◽  
Carol P. Harden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot

scholarly journals Major environmental factors and traits of invasive alien plants determine their spatial distribution: a case study in Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minwoo Oh ◽  
Yoonjeong Heo ◽  
Eun Ju Lee ◽  
Hyohyemi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Alien Species ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Alien Plants ◽  
Summer Temperature ◽  
Alien Plant Species ◽  
Alien Plant ◽  
Cold Spots

Abstract Background As trade increases, the influx of various alien species and their spread to new regions are prevalent, making them a general problem globally. Anthropogenic activities and climate change have led to alien species becoming distributed beyond their native range. As a result, alien species can be easily found anywhere, with the density of individuals varying across locations. The prevalent distribution of alien species adversely affects invaded ecosystems; thus, strategic management plans must be established to control them effectively. To this end, this study evaluated hotspots and cold-spots in the degree of distribution of invasive alien plant species, and major environmental factors related to hot spots were identified. We analyzed 10,287 distribution points of 126 species of alien plant species collected through a national survey of alien species using the hierarchical model of species communities (HMSC) framework. Results The explanatory and fourfold cross-validation predictive power of the model were 0.91 and 0.75 as area under the curve (AUC) values, respectively. Hotspots of invasive plants were found in the Seoul metropolitan area, Daegu metropolitan city, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, southwest shore, and Jeju Island. Hotspots were generally found where the highest maximum summer temperature, winter precipitation, and road density were observed. In contrast, seasonality in temperature, annual temperature range, precipitation during summer, and distance to rivers and the sea were negatively correlated to hotspots. The model showed that functional traits accounted for 55% of the variance explained by environmental factors. Species with a higher specific leaf area were found where temperature seasonality was low. Taller species were associated with a larger annual temperature range. Heavier seed mass was associated with a maximum summer temperature > 29 °C. Conclusions This study showed that hotspots contained 2.1 times more alien plants on average than cold-spots. Hotspots of invasive plants tended to appear under less stressful climate conditions, such as low fluctuations in temperature and precipitation. In addition, disturbance by anthropogenic factors and water flow positively affected hotspots. These results were consistent with previous reports on the ruderal and competitive strategies of invasive plants, not the stress-tolerant strategy. Our results supported that the functional traits of alien plants are closely related to the ecological strategies of plants by shaping the response of species to various environmental filters. Therefore, to control alien plants effectively, the occurrence of disturbed sites where alien plants can grow in large quantities should be minimized, and the waterfront of rivers must be managed.

scholarly journals A Web-Based Software Platform for Restoration-Oriented Species Selection Based on Plant Functional Traits

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Wang ◽  
Shuguang Jian ◽  
Hai Ren ◽  
Junhua Yan ◽  
Nan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Plant Functional Traits ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Software Platform ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Successful Case ◽  
The Future ◽  
Degraded Ecosystems

Plant functional traits are fundamental to the understanding of plant adaptations and distributions. Recently, scientists proposed a trait-based species selection theory to support the selection of suitable plant species to restore the degraded ecosystems, to prevent the invasive exotic species and to manage the sustainable ecosystems. Based on this theory, in a previous study, we developed a species screening model and successfully applied it to a project where plant species were selected for restoring a tropical coral island. However, during this process we learned that a software platform is necessary to automate the selection process because it can flexible to assist users. Here, we developed a generalized software platform called the “Restoration Plant Species Selection (RPSS) Platform.” This flexible software is designed to assist users in selecting plant species for particular purposes (e.g., restore the degraded ecosystems and others). It is written in R language and integrated with external R packages, including the packages that computing similarity indexes, providing graphic outputs, and offering web functions. The software has a web-based graphical user interface that allows users to execute required functions via checkboxes and buttons. The platform has cross-platform functionality, which means that it can run on all common operating systems (e.g., Windows, Linux, macOS, and others). We also illustrate a successful case study in which the software platform was used to select suitable plant species for restoration purpose. The objective of this paper is to introduce the newly developed software platform RPSS and to provide useful guidances on using it for various applications. At this step, we also realized that the software platform should be constantly updated (e.g., add new features) in the future. Based on the existing successful application and the possible updates, we believe that our RPSS software platform will have broader applications in the future.

Ability of plant species to colonise human‐disturbed habitats: Role of phylogeny and functional traits

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondřej Mudrák ◽  
Klára Řehounková ◽  
Kamila Vítovcová ◽  
Lubomír Tichý ◽  
Karel Prach
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Disturbed Habitats

scholarly journals Conservation Priorities in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Analysis of Narrow Endemic Plant Species in New Caledonia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e73371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrien S. Wulff ◽  
Peter M. Hollingsworth ◽  
Antje Ahrends ◽  
Tanguy Jaffré ◽  
Jean-Marie Veillon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Endemic Plant ◽  
Hotspot Analysis ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
Endemic Plant Species

Differences in leaf functional traits between exotic and native Compositae plant species

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 2468-2474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong-yan Wang ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Jia-wei Zhou ◽  
Hong-guang Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Leaf Functional Traits
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