Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central Europe
Invasive species pose one of the most serious global environmental threats. Our study aimed to examine the correlation between the proportion of invasive alien taxa and species diversity of ruderal vegetation in the urban ecosystem of Bratislava, located in Central Europe. Ruderal habitats serve as...
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| author | Alena Rendeková Karol Mičieta Michal Hrabovský Mariana Eliašová Ján Miškovic |
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| description | Invasive species pose one of the most serious global environmental threats. Our study aimed to examine the correlation between the proportion of invasive alien taxa and species diversity of ruderal vegetation in the urban ecosystem of Bratislava, located in Central Europe. Ruderal habitats serve as the means of spread of invasive species to seminatural and natural habitats. Twenty-six invasive taxa were recorded among the ruderal vegetation of Bratislava. The majority of the recorded invasive species were neophytes, which came from North America and represent the Asteraceae family. Half of them were introduced accidentally, whereas the remaining species were introduced deliberately. Correlation and regression analyses showed that the proportion of invasive taxa has a negative effect on the species diversity of all the analyzed syntaxa in the ruderal vegetation of Bratislava. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7242d411bd9a4c8683c7d3c0fe61d2eb2022-12-22T01:21:36ZengPolish Botanical SocietyActa Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae2083-94802019-06-0188210.5586/asbp.36216983Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central EuropeAlena Rendeková0Karol Mičieta1Michal Hrabovský2Mariana Eliašová3Ján Miškovic4Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Révová 39, 811 02 BratislavaDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Révová 39, 811 02 BratislavaDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Révová 39, 811 02 BratislavaDepartment of Ecology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Mariánska 10, 949 01 NitraDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Révová 39, 811 02 BratislavaInvasive species pose one of the most serious global environmental threats. Our study aimed to examine the correlation between the proportion of invasive alien taxa and species diversity of ruderal vegetation in the urban ecosystem of Bratislava, located in Central Europe. Ruderal habitats serve as the means of spread of invasive species to seminatural and natural habitats. Twenty-six invasive taxa were recorded among the ruderal vegetation of Bratislava. The majority of the recorded invasive species were neophytes, which came from North America and represent the Asteraceae family. Half of them were introduced accidentally, whereas the remaining species were introduced deliberately. Correlation and regression analyses showed that the proportion of invasive taxa has a negative effect on the species diversity of all the analyzed syntaxa in the ruderal vegetation of Bratislava.https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/8374alien taxaevennessneophytesruderal plant communitiesShannon–Wiener diversity indexurban ecology |
| spellingShingle | Alena Rendeková Karol Mičieta Michal Hrabovský Mariana Eliašová Ján Miškovic Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central Europe Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae alien taxa evenness neophytes ruderal plant communities Shannon–Wiener diversity index urban ecology |
| title | Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central Europe |
| title_full | Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central Europe |
| title_fullStr | Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central Europe |
| title_short | Effects of invasive plant species on species diversity: implications on ruderal vegetation in Bratislava City, Slovakia, Central Europe |
| title_sort | effects of invasive plant species on species diversity implications on ruderal vegetation in bratislava city slovakia central europe |
| topic | alien taxa evenness neophytes ruderal plant communities Shannon–Wiener diversity index urban ecology |
| url | https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/8374 |
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