Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness
This article presents an updated list of annotated invasive trees and shrubs in Latvia. This list includes 178 taxa about which extensive information has been collected and analysed: family, first records in the area, native range, invasiveness status, vector of introduction, and species distributio...
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| description | This article presents an updated list of annotated invasive trees and shrubs in Latvia. This list includes 178 taxa about which extensive information has been collected and analysed: family, first records in the area, native range, invasiveness status, vector of introduction, and species distribution in Latvia. In this article, the authors, for the first time in Latvia, provided an invasiveness risk assessment and distinguished risk classes for trees and shrubs. The methodology previously developed by E. Weber and D. Gut was used to assess the risk of invasiveness. The most widely represented families in the list of invasive trees and shrubs are Rosaceae (51 taxa or 28.65%) and Salicaceae (20 taxa or 11.24%). Having assessed the invasiveness status, two species (Acer negundo L. and Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A. Braun) were identified as transformers, and 42 tree and shrub taxa were identified as invasive. After the assessment of the invasiveness risk, the species were divided into three risk classes. The highest risk class includes 32 taxa that are threatening or are likely to threaten natural habitats in Latvia in the future. The results of this study can be used for further dendrological studies in relation to global change and for practical nature conservation and landscape gardening. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a670d4d3d5d74635b73639ddf81e01242023-03-06T10:29:55ZengSciendoMetsanduslikud Uurimused1736-87232023-02-0176112010.2478/fsmu-2022-0001Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasivenessEvarte-Bundere Gunta0Evarts-Bunders Pēteris1Mežaka Anna2Bojāre Aiva31Department of Biosystematics, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1A, Daugavpils, LV5401, Latvia1Department of Biosystematics, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1A, Daugavpils, LV5401, Latvia1Department of Biosystematics, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1A, Daugavpils, LV5401, Latvia1Department of Biosystematics, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1A, Daugavpils, LV5401, LatviaThis article presents an updated list of annotated invasive trees and shrubs in Latvia. This list includes 178 taxa about which extensive information has been collected and analysed: family, first records in the area, native range, invasiveness status, vector of introduction, and species distribution in Latvia. In this article, the authors, for the first time in Latvia, provided an invasiveness risk assessment and distinguished risk classes for trees and shrubs. The methodology previously developed by E. Weber and D. Gut was used to assess the risk of invasiveness. The most widely represented families in the list of invasive trees and shrubs are Rosaceae (51 taxa or 28.65%) and Salicaceae (20 taxa or 11.24%). Having assessed the invasiveness status, two species (Acer negundo L. and Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A. Braun) were identified as transformers, and 42 tree and shrub taxa were identified as invasive. After the assessment of the invasiveness risk, the species were divided into three risk classes. The highest risk class includes 32 taxa that are threatening or are likely to threaten natural habitats in Latvia in the future. The results of this study can be used for further dendrological studies in relation to global change and for practical nature conservation and landscape gardening.https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2022-0001latviadendroflorainvasive speciesrisk assessmentalien species |
| spellingShingle | Evarte-Bundere Gunta Evarts-Bunders Pēteris Mežaka Anna Bojāre Aiva Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness Metsanduslikud Uurimused latvia dendroflora invasive species risk assessment alien species |
| title | Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness |
| title_full | Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness |
| title_fullStr | Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness |
| title_short | Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness |
| title_sort | alien trees and shrubs of latvia evaluation of current status and invasiveness |
| topic | latvia dendroflora invasive species risk assessment alien species |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2022-0001 |
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