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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Climate change might drive the invasive tree Robinia pseudacacia into nature reserves and endangered habitats
Biological Conservation, Volume 143, No. 2, Year 2010
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Static networks of nature reserves disregard the dynamics of species ranges in changing environments. In fact, climate warming has been shown to potentially drive endangered species out of reserves. Less attention has been paid to the related problem that a warmer climate may also foster the invasion of alien species into reserve networks. Here, we use niche-based predictive modelling to assess to which extent the Austrian Natura 2000 network and a number of habitat types of conservation value outside this network might be prone to climate warming driven changes in invasion risk by Robinia pseudacacia L., one of the most problematic alien plants in Europe. Results suggest that the area potentially invaded by R. pseudacacia will increase considerably under a warmer climate. Interestingly, invasion risk will grow at a higher than average rate for most of the studied habitat types but less than the national average in Natura 2000 sites. This result points to a potential bias in legal protection towards high mountain areas which largely will remain too cold for R. pseudacacia. In contrast, the selected habitat types are more frequent in montane or lower lying regions, where R. pseudacacia invasion risk will increase most pronouncedly. We conclude that management plans of nature reserves should incorporate global warming driven changes in invasion risk in a more explicit manner. In case of R. pseudacacia, reducing propagule pressure by avoiding purposeful plantation in the neighbourhood of reserves and endangered habitats is a simple but crucial measure to prevent further invasion under a warmer climate. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kleinbauer, Ingrid
Austria, Vienna
Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Dullinger, Stefan
Austria, Vienna
Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Peterseil, Johannes
Austria, Vienna
Environment Agency Austria
Essl, Franz
Austria, Vienna
Environment Agency Austria
New Zealand, Lincoln
Lincoln University
Statistics
Citations: 141
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
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Doi:
10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.024
ISSN:
00063207
Research Areas
Environmental