Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions

Aim Although biological invasions represent a major cause of biodiversity loss, the actual mechanisms driving species extinctions remain insufficiently understood. Here we investigate the role of three processes as drivers of phylogenetic loss in invaded local plant communities, namely the ‘biotic r...

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Autores: Lapiedra, Oriol, Sol, Daniel, Traveset, Anna, Vilà, Montserrat
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Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:Biotic resistance
Community assembly
Ecological impact
Environmental filtering
Extinction mechanisms
Invasive plants
Island
Niche
Phylogenetic
Community structure
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spelling Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasionsLapiedra, OriolSol, DanielTraveset, AnnaVilà, MontserratBiotic resistanceCommunity assemblyEcological impactEnvironmental filteringExtinction mechanismsInvasive plantsIslandNichePhylogeneticCommunity structureAim Although biological invasions represent a major cause of biodiversity loss, the actual mechanisms driving species extinctions remain insufficiently understood. Here we investigate the role of three processes as drivers of phylogenetic loss in invaded local plant communities, namely the ‘biotic resistance’, ‘environmental filtering’ and ‘functional equivalence’ hypotheses. Location Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean). Methods We quantified the phylogenetic diversity and structure of 109 pairs of invaded and non-invaded local plant communities from two Mediterranean islands. Each pair contained one control plot and one plot invaded either by the deciduous tree Ailanthus altissima, the succulent subshrubs Carpobrotus spp. or the pseudoannual geophyte Oxalis pes-caprae. We combined generalized linear models, analyses of phylogenetic community structure and generalized linear mixed models using a Markov chain Monte Carlo technique (MCMCglmm) to contrast the ‘biotic resistance’, ‘environmental filtering’ and ‘functional equivalence’ hypotheses. Results While the phylogenetic structure of the non-invaded communities was not more clustered or overdispersed than expected by chance, minimum phylogenetic distance to the invasive species increased in invaded assemblages, in which the magnitude of phylogenetic diversity loss ranged from 6 to 37% depending on the invader's identity. Invader or island identity did not explain the probabilities of native species becoming locally extinct. Rather, the likelihood of extinction was mainly explained by species abundance, with scarcer species exhibiting a higher chance of becoming locally extinct. Species identity explained a small fraction of the variation in extinction risk (12%), independently of each species' evolutionary history. Main conclusions The most relevant driver of local extinction is a stochastic process where less abundant species tend to disappear more frequently irrespective of their evolutionary history. This has strong implications for conservation because it suggests that in the study region the invaders are unlikely to drive regional and global extinctions except in cases where the native species is already rare.Research was partially founded by the 5th EU Framework project EPIDEMIE (Contract no. EVK2-CT-2000-00074), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation project Consolider-Ingenio MONTES (CSD2008-00040), and through the Severo Ochoa Program for Centres of Excellence in R+D+I (SEV-2012-0262). D.S. was supported by a Proyecto de Investigación (ref. CGL2013-47448-P) from the Spanish GovernmentPeer reviewedJohn Wiley & SonsEuropean CommissionMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]201520152015info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/116679reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/geb.12310Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1166792026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
title Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
spellingShingle Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
Lapiedra, Oriol
Biotic resistance
Community assembly
Ecological impact
Environmental filtering
Extinction mechanisms
Invasive plants
Island
Niche
Phylogenetic
Community structure
title_short Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
title_full Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
title_fullStr Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
title_full_unstemmed Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
title_sort Random processes and phylogenetic loss caused by plant invasions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lapiedra, Oriol
Sol, Daniel
Traveset, Anna
Vilà, Montserrat
author Lapiedra, Oriol
author_facet Lapiedra, Oriol
Sol, Daniel
Traveset, Anna
Vilà, Montserrat
author_role author
author2 Sol, Daniel
Traveset, Anna
Vilà, Montserrat
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv European Commission
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biotic resistance
Community assembly
Ecological impact
Environmental filtering
Extinction mechanisms
Invasive plants
Island
Niche
Phylogenetic
Community structure
topic Biotic resistance
Community assembly
Ecological impact
Environmental filtering
Extinction mechanisms
Invasive plants
Island
Niche
Phylogenetic
Community structure
description Aim Although biological invasions represent a major cause of biodiversity loss, the actual mechanisms driving species extinctions remain insufficiently understood. Here we investigate the role of three processes as drivers of phylogenetic loss in invaded local plant communities, namely the ‘biotic resistance’, ‘environmental filtering’ and ‘functional equivalence’ hypotheses. Location Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean). Methods We quantified the phylogenetic diversity and structure of 109 pairs of invaded and non-invaded local plant communities from two Mediterranean islands. Each pair contained one control plot and one plot invaded either by the deciduous tree Ailanthus altissima, the succulent subshrubs Carpobrotus spp. or the pseudoannual geophyte Oxalis pes-caprae. We combined generalized linear models, analyses of phylogenetic community structure and generalized linear mixed models using a Markov chain Monte Carlo technique (MCMCglmm) to contrast the ‘biotic resistance’, ‘environmental filtering’ and ‘functional equivalence’ hypotheses. Results While the phylogenetic structure of the non-invaded communities was not more clustered or overdispersed than expected by chance, minimum phylogenetic distance to the invasive species increased in invaded assemblages, in which the magnitude of phylogenetic diversity loss ranged from 6 to 37% depending on the invader's identity. Invader or island identity did not explain the probabilities of native species becoming locally extinct. Rather, the likelihood of extinction was mainly explained by species abundance, with scarcer species exhibiting a higher chance of becoming locally extinct. Species identity explained a small fraction of the variation in extinction risk (12%), independently of each species' evolutionary history. Main conclusions The most relevant driver of local extinction is a stochastic process where less abundant species tend to disappear more frequently irrespective of their evolutionary history. This has strong implications for conservation because it suggests that in the study region the invaders are unlikely to drive regional and global extinctions except in cases where the native species is already rare.
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