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- Title
- Evidence for climatic niche and biome shifts between native and novel ranges in plant species introduced to Australia
- Related
- Journal of ecology, Vol. 98, No. 4 (2010), p.790-799
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01677.x
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date
- 2010
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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060200 Ecology
- Author/Creator
- Gallagher, Rachael V
- Author/Creator
- Beaumont, Linda J
- Author/Creator
- Hughes, Lesley
- Author/Creator
- Leishman, Michelle R
- Description
- 1. The potential invasive success of exotic plant species is thought to be associated with similarity in climate and biome between the original and novel range. We tested this assumption by quantifying the match between the realized climatic niches and biomes occupied in the exotic and native range of 26 plant species introduced to Australia. We then explored correlations between the propensity to shift climatic niche with residence time, invasion status, geographic range size, and species traits. 2. Occurrence data from the native and exotic range of 26 species introduced to Australia were obtained, and the overlap between native and exotic climate niches was calculated using between-class analysis. Shifts into novel biomes were assessed using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Correlations between introduction, distribution and species traits and the degree of climate matching were examined using nonparametric statistical tests. 3. Exotic species frequently occurred in climatic conditions outside those occupied in their native range (20 of 26 species). Nineteen species inhabited biomes in Australia not occupied in the native range and in some instances this shift represented the establishment of populations in novel biomes not present in the native range. No single-species trait, introduction or distributional characteristic was significantly associated with the degree of climatic niche shift. 4. Synthesis. Exotic species are able to occupy climate niches in the new range that differ substantially from those of the native range, and generally do not show biome conservatism between their native and introduced ranges. This implies that novel climatic conditions are not a major obstacle for exotic species establishing populations outside their native range. These results have important implications for the use and interpretation of ecological niche models used to predict the distribution of species in novel climates in time or space. The results also highlight the importance of alternate mechanisms, such as enemy release, phenotypic plasticity or rapid evolution, in the establishment of naturalized and invasive populations.
- Description
- 10 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 060200 Ecology
- Subject Keyword
- between-class analysis
- Subject Keyword
- biome conservatism
- Subject Keyword
- exotic species
- Subject Keyword
- invasive species
- Subject Keyword
- naturalized species
- Subject Keyword
- niche conservatism
- Subject Keyword
- realized niche
- Subject Keyword
- species distribution modelling
- Subject Keyword
- species traits
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Biological Sciences
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/119177
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-0477
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2010004104
- Language
- eng
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