Incorporating fungal community ecology into invasion biology: challenges and opportunities

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Eleonora Egidi ◽  
Ashley E Franks
Keyword(s):  
Community Ecology ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Fungal Community ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Invasion Biology ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
And Control

Recently, the role of the plant-associated mycobiome (i.e. the fungal community) in influencing the competitive success of invasive plant species has received increasing attention. Fungi act as primary drivers of the plant invasion process due to their ability to form both beneficial and detrimental relationships with terrestrial plant species. Here we review the role of the plant mycobiome in promoting or inhibiting plant species invasion into foreign ecosystems. Moreover, the potential to exploit these relationships for invasive plant control and restoration of native communities is discussed. Incorporating fungal community ecology into invasion and restoration biology will aid in the management and control of invasive plant species in Australia.

scholarly journals Invasion landscapes as social‐ecological systems: Role of social factors in invasive plant species control

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Yletyinen ◽  
George L. W. Perry ◽  
Olivia R. Burge ◽  
Norman W. H. Mason ◽  
Philip Stahlmann‐Brown
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological

Who’s invading what? Systems thinking about invasive species

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 993-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. H. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Sociology Of Science ◽  
Invasion Biology ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Per Se

While invasive plant species have dramatic and varied effects, this paper examines the focus of this symposium on their “threat to native biodiversity and ecosystems”. This claim implies that there is (i) an enduring something, (ii) it is native, and (iii) it is under threat from invasive species. I examine these implications in turn, first considering the role of the observer in invasion biology, particularly in preferring a nature characterized by stability rather than flux. Second, I examine the concept of “native” given that humans are thoroughly embedded within natural ecological systems. Third, I demonstrate how our exclusion of humans conditions us to consider invasive species a primary threat rather than one among many interacting causal agents of global change; in particular, recent evidence indicates that these agents, which include human-caused disturbances and global warming (not to mention human population growth and global trade), may overwhelm the effects of invasive species per se. For these and other reasons, some ecologists have argued that ecological change is inevitable and that our concerns about invasive species are unjustified. I discuss these issues and suggest ways for ecologists to conduct engaged research through appropriate advocacy and engagement with stakeholders dealing with local invasive species. Key words: Advocacy, culture, philosophy of nature, sociology of science

scholarly journals Invasive Plants Rapidly Reshape Soil Properties in a Grassland Ecosystem

mSystems ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean M. Gibbons ◽  
Ylva Lekberg ◽  
Daniel L. Mummey ◽  
Naseer Sangwan ◽  
Philip W. Ramsey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Plant Invasions ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Soil Environment ◽  
Grassland Soil ◽  
Crucial Step ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Plant Invaders

ABSTRACT In this study, we show how invasive plant species drive rapid shifts in the soil environment from surrounding native communities. Each of the three plant invaders had different but consistent effects on soils. Thus, there does not appear to be a one-size-fits-all strategy for how plant invaders alter grassland soil environments. This work represents a crucial step toward understanding how invaders might be able to prevent or impair native reestablishment by changing soil biotic and abiotic properties. Plant invasions often reduce native plant diversity and increase net primary productivity. Invaded soils appear to differ from surrounding soils in ways that impede restoration of diverse native plant communities. We hypothesize that invader-mediated shifts in edaphic properties reproducibly alter soil microbial community structure and function. Here, we take a holistic approach, characterizing plant, prokaryotic, and fungal communities and soil physicochemical properties in field sites, invasion gradients, and experimental plots for three invasive plant species that cooccur in the Rocky Mountain West. Each invader had a unique impact on soil physicochemical properties. We found that invasions drove shifts in the abundances of specific microbial taxa, while overall belowground community structure and functional potential were fairly constant. Forb invaders were generally enriched in copiotrophic bacteria with higher 16S rRNA gene copy numbers and showed greater microbial carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolic potential. Older invasions had stronger effects on abiotic soil properties, indicative of multiyear successions. Overall, we show that plant invasions are idiosyncratic in their impact on soils and are directly responsible for driving reproducible shifts in the soil environment over multiyear time scales. IMPORTANCE In this study, we show how invasive plant species drive rapid shifts in the soil environment from surrounding native communities. Each of the three plant invaders had different but consistent effects on soils. Thus, there does not appear to be a one-size-fits-all strategy for how plant invaders alter grassland soil environments. This work represents a crucial step toward understanding how invaders might be able to prevent or impair native reestablishment by changing soil biotic and abiotic properties.

Predicting Potential Occurrence and Spread of Invasive Plant Species along the North Platte River, Nebraska

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin D. Hoffman ◽  
Sunil Narumalani ◽  
Deepak R. Mishra ◽  
Paul Merani ◽  
Robert G. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Habitat Model ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Russian Olive ◽  
Platte River ◽  
The North ◽  
Proactive Management ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
And Control

AbstractRiparian habitats are important components of an ecosystem; however, their hydrology combined with anthropogenic effects facilitates the establishment and spread of invasive plant species. We used a maximum-entropy predictive habitat model, MAXENT, to predict the distributions of five invasive plant species (Canada thistle, musk thistle, Russian olive, phragmites, and saltcedar) along the North Platte River in Nebraska. Projections for each species were highly accurate. Elevation and distance from river were most important variables for each species. Saltcedar and phragmites appear to have restricted distributions in the study area, whereas Russian olive and thistle species were broadly distributed. Results from this study hold promise for the development of proactive management approaches to identify and control areas of high abundance and prevent further spread of invasive plants along the North Platte River.

The role of long-distance seed dispersal in the local population dynamics of an invasive plant species

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 725-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Pergl ◽  
Jana Müllerová ◽  
Irena Perglová ◽  
Tomáš Herben ◽  
Petr Pyšek
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Long Distance
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