Plant invasions into mountain protected areas: Assessment, prevention and control at multiple spatial scales
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Plant Invasions in Protected Areas: Patterns, Problems and Challenges. ed. / Llewellyn C. Foxcroft; Petr Pysek; David M. Richardson; Piero Genovesi. Springer Netherlands, 2013. p. 89-113 (Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology; Vol. 7).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Plant invasions into mountain protected areas
T2 - Assessment, prevention and control at multiple spatial scales
AU - Kueffer, Christoph
AU - McDougall, Keith
AU - Alexander, Jake
AU - Daehler, Curt
AU - Edwards, Peter
AU - Haider, Sylvia
AU - Milbau, Ann
AU - Parks, Catherine
AU - Pauchard, Aníbal
AU - Reshi, Zafar A.
AU - Rew, Lisa J.
AU - Schroder, Mellesa
AU - Seipel, Tim
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Mountains are of great significance for people and biodiversity. Although often considered to be at low risk from alien plants, recent studies suggest that mountain ecosystems are not inherently more resistant to invasion than other types of ecosystems. Future invasion risks are likely to increase greatly, in particular due to climate warming and increased human land use (e.g. intensification of human activities, human population growth, and expansion of tourism). However, these risks can be reduced by minimising anthropogenic disturbance in and around protected areas, and by preventing the introduction of potentially invasive alien plants into these areas, particularly at high elevations. Sharing information and experiences gained in different mountainous areas is important for devising effective management strategies. We review current knowledge about plant invasions into mountains, assembling evidence from all continents and across different climate zones, and describe experiences at local to global scales in preventing and managing plant invasions into mountain protected areas. Our findings and recommendations are also relevant for managing native species that expand to higher elevations.
AB - Mountains are of great significance for people and biodiversity. Although often considered to be at low risk from alien plants, recent studies suggest that mountain ecosystems are not inherently more resistant to invasion than other types of ecosystems. Future invasion risks are likely to increase greatly, in particular due to climate warming and increased human land use (e.g. intensification of human activities, human population growth, and expansion of tourism). However, these risks can be reduced by minimising anthropogenic disturbance in and around protected areas, and by preventing the introduction of potentially invasive alien plants into these areas, particularly at high elevations. Sharing information and experiences gained in different mountainous areas is important for devising effective management strategies. We review current knowledge about plant invasions into mountains, assembling evidence from all continents and across different climate zones, and describe experiences at local to global scales in preventing and managing plant invasions into mountain protected areas. Our findings and recommendations are also relevant for managing native species that expand to higher elevations.
KW - Biology
KW - Alpine
KW - Altitude
KW - Arctic
KW - Climate change
KW - Cold climate
KW - Elevation gradient
KW - Global
KW - Invasibility
KW - Mountain
KW - Non-native
KW - Ornamental plant trade
KW - Precautionary principle
KW - Tourism
KW - alpine
KW - altitude
KW - arctic
KW - climate change
KW - Cold climate
KW - elevation gradient
KW - Global
KW - invasibility
KW - mountain
KW - Non-native
KW - Ornamental plant trade
KW - precautionary principle
KW - tourism
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/1adfdaa8-1c94-35fc-ba2f-b3d483f5d737/
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7_6
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84958983273
SN - 9789400777491
T3 - Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology
SP - 89
EP - 113
BT - Plant Invasions in Protected Areas
A2 - Foxcroft, Llewellyn C.
A2 - Pysek, Petr
A2 - Richardson, David M.
A2 - Genovesi, Piero
PB - Springer Netherlands
ER -