Altitudinal patterns illustrate the invasion mechanisms of alien plants in temperate mountain forests of northern China

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 351; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Zhang, Wenxin, Yin, Da, Huang, Dizhou, Du, Ning, Liu, Jian, Guo, Weihua, Wang, Renqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Alien plants; altitude; Altitudinal pattern; canopy; China; climatic factors; Disturbances; ecological invasion; Ecology; Elevation; Forests; High altitude; Human; humans; indigenous species; introduced plants; Invasion mechanism; monitoring; montane forests; Mountain forest; Mountains; species diversity; Species richness; understory; China, People's Rep., Shandong Prov; China; Invasion mechanism; Alien plants; Altitudinal pattern; Species richness; Mountain forest

•We compared whether altitudinal richness patterns were different between native and alien plants.•The mechanisms driving alien and native species altitudinal patterns were different.•The invasion process in mountain forests was ecological directional filtering. Alien plant invasions usually cause e...