The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ Invasion
Genetic diversity is associated with invasion dynamics during establishment and expansion stages by affecting the viability and adaptive potential of exotics. There have been many reports on the comparison between the genetic diversity of invasive alien species (IAS) in and out of their native habit...
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| author | Han Jiang Yi Zhang Wenqin Tu Geng Sun Ning Wu Yongmei Zhang |
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| description | Genetic diversity is associated with invasion dynamics during establishment and expansion stages by affecting the viability and adaptive potential of exotics. There have been many reports on the comparison between the genetic diversity of invasive alien species (IAS) in and out of their native habitats, but the conclusions were usually inconsistent. In this work, a standard meta-analysis of the genetic diversity of 19 invasive plants based on 26 previous studies was carried out to investigate the general trend for the change of IASs’ genetic diversity during their invasion process and its real correlation with the invasion fate. Those 26 studies were screened from a total of 3557 peer-reviewed publications from the ISI Web of Science database during the period of January 2000 to May 2022. Based on the selected studies in this work, a general reduction of IASs’ genetic diversity was found in non-native populations compared to that in native ones, while the difference was not significant. This finding suggested that regardless of the change in genetic diversity, it had no substantial effect on the outcome of the invasion process. Therefore, genetic diversity might not serve as a reliable indicator for risk assessment and prediction of invasion dynamic prediction in the case of IASs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-602e0ab3c3954aac8be8fe0ba3560d7d2023-11-18T21:00:38ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472023-07-011214269010.3390/plants12142690The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ InvasionHan Jiang0Yi Zhang1Wenqin Tu2Geng Sun3Ning Wu4Yongmei Zhang5China-Croatia ‘Belt and Road’ Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, ChinaChina-Croatia ‘Belt and Road’ Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaChina-Croatia ‘Belt and Road’ Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, ChinaChina-Croatia ‘Belt and Road’ Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, ChinaChina-Croatia ‘Belt and Road’ Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, ChinaGenetic diversity is associated with invasion dynamics during establishment and expansion stages by affecting the viability and adaptive potential of exotics. There have been many reports on the comparison between the genetic diversity of invasive alien species (IAS) in and out of their native habitats, but the conclusions were usually inconsistent. In this work, a standard meta-analysis of the genetic diversity of 19 invasive plants based on 26 previous studies was carried out to investigate the general trend for the change of IASs’ genetic diversity during their invasion process and its real correlation with the invasion fate. Those 26 studies were screened from a total of 3557 peer-reviewed publications from the ISI Web of Science database during the period of January 2000 to May 2022. Based on the selected studies in this work, a general reduction of IASs’ genetic diversity was found in non-native populations compared to that in native ones, while the difference was not significant. This finding suggested that regardless of the change in genetic diversity, it had no substantial effect on the outcome of the invasion process. Therefore, genetic diversity might not serve as a reliable indicator for risk assessment and prediction of invasion dynamic prediction in the case of IASs.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/14/2690invasive alien plantsmeta-analysisinvasivenessrisk assessmentdynamic prediction |
| spellingShingle | Han Jiang Yi Zhang Wenqin Tu Geng Sun Ning Wu Yongmei Zhang The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ Invasion Plants invasive alien plants meta-analysis invasiveness risk assessment dynamic prediction |
| title | The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ Invasion |
| title_full | The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ Invasion |
| title_fullStr | The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ Invasion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ Invasion |
| title_short | The General Trends of Genetic Diversity Change in Alien Plants’ Invasion |
| title_sort | general trends of genetic diversity change in alien plants invasion |
| topic | invasive alien plants meta-analysis invasiveness risk assessment dynamic prediction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/14/2690 |
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