Space to invade? Comparative range infilling and potential range of invasive and native plants
Abstract
Our understanding of potential ranges for native and non‐native species is often based on their current geographic distributions. Non‐native species have had less time than co‐occurring native species to expand their ranges following introduction, so non‐native ranges may under‐represent suitable conditions. Therefore it is often assumed that species distribution models will predict disproportionately smaller potential ranges for non‐natives than natives. We compare the distributions of native, endemic, alien and invasive plants to determine how the different range attributes of these groups might influence ecological forecasting.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 29, 2014
- Source ID
- 10.1111/geb.12275
Entities
People
- Bethany A. Bradley
- Cascade J. B. Sorte
- Regan Early
Organizations
- Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
- National Museum of Natural History
- United States Department of Defense
- University of California
- University of Exeter
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Évora