Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 3201 - 12
• Main Authors: van Kleunen, Mark, Xu, Xinyi, Yang, Qiang, Maurel, Noëlie, Zhang, Zhijie, Dawson, Wayne, Essl, Franz, Kreft, Holger, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Weigelt, Patrick, Moser, Dietmar, Lenzner, Bernd, Fristoe, Trevor S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.06.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/2178; 631/158/670; 631/158/672; 631/158/852; Agriculture - economics; Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources; Economic analysis; Economic planning; Economics; Equator; Flora; Geography; Humanities and Social Sciences; Introduced species; Introduced Species - economics; multidisciplinary; Northern Hemisphere; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Plant species; Plants (botany); Plants - classification; Regional development; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seeds - classification; Seeds - physiology; Species Specificity; Success; Taxa

Humans cultivate thousands of economic plants (i.e. plants with economic value) outside their native ranges. To analyze how this contributes to naturalization success, we combine global databases on economic uses and naturalization success of the world’s seed plants. Here we show that naturalization...