Can invasive plant species "differentiate" colonized ecotopes?

The article presents the analysis and results of the application of traditional research methods for the distribution of model alien plant species in various habitats, as well as new visualization approaches to data used for these purposes. The determination of the characteristics of invasion of ali...

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Published inEurasian journal of biosciences Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 2285 - 2292
Main Authors Tokhtar, V K, Vinogradova, Yu K, Zelenkova, V N, Kurskoy, A Yu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Izmir Foundation for Environmental Protection and Research, Çevre Koruma ve Araştırma Vakfı (ÇEVKOR) 01.01.2020
Subjects
Anthropogenic factors
Biodiversity
Colonization
Cretaceous
Endangered & extinct species
Environmental conditions
Flowers & plants
Geographical distribution
Habitats
Introduced species
Invasive plants
Invasive species
Multivariate analysis
Nonnative species
Research methodology
Roads & highways
Statistical analysis
Visualization
Europe
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Summary:The article presents the analysis and results of the application of traditional research methods for the distribution of model alien plant species in various habitats, as well as new visualization approaches to data used for these purposes. The determination of the characteristics of invasion of alien species by traditional research methods is promising in studying the colonization of ecotopes by individual model plant taxa. To identify patterns of conjugate migration of entire groups of plants into various types of macroecotopes, the methods of multivariate statistics as effective analysis tools are proposed and used. It is established that alien species are able to colonize various habitats, exhibiting a group strategy, depending on the intensity of the action of natural and anthropogenic factors. An analysis of the main groups of invasive species formed in: 1) natural habitats (ravine-gully ecotopes, Cretaceous and steppe territories; 2) anthropogenically transformed ecotopes (railways, parks); alien plants of agrophytocenoses (corn, sunflower, wheat and soy fields) indicates associated migrations of alien species separate groups to specific environmental conditions. The conducted study established that invasive plant species colonize the natural and anthropogenic ecotopes of the region selectively depending on the ecological and coenotic environmental conditions, which leads to the selection of plants with certain properties and, as a result, to the similarity of the species compositions of different types of ecotopes.
ISSN:1307-9867