Species richness and patterns of invasion in plants, birds, and fishes in the United States

Thomas J. Stohlgren; David T. Barnett; Curtis H. Flather; Pam L. Fuller; Bruce G. Peterjohn; John T. Kartesz; Lawrence L. Master

doi:10.1007/s10530-005-6422-0

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Species richness and patterns of invasion in plants, birds, and fishes in the United States

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Authors:

Thomas J. Stohlgren, David T. Barnett, Curtis H. Flather, Pam L. Fuller, Bruce G. Peterjohn, John T. Kartesz, Lawrence L. Master

Year:

2006

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-005-6422-0

Source:

Biological Invasions. 8(3): 427-447.

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Abstract

We quantified broad-scale patterns of species richness and species density (mean # species/km²) for native and non-indigenous plants, birds, and fishes in the continental USA and Hawaii. We hypothesized that the species density of native and non-indigenous taxa would generally decrease in northern latitudes and higher elevations following declines in potential evapotranspiration, mean temperature, and precipitation. County data on plants (n = 3004 counties) and birds (n = 3074 counties), and drainage (6 HUC) data on fishes (n = 328 drainages) showed that the densities of native and nonindigenous species were strongly positively correlated for plant species (r = 0.86, P < 0.0001), bird species (r = 0.93, p

Keywords

birds, fish, non-indigenous, non-native, pattern of invasion, plants

Citation

Stohlgren, Thomas J.; Barnett, David T.; Flather, Curtis H.; Fuller, Pam L.; Peterjohn, Bruce G.; Kartesz, John T.; Master, Lawrence L. 2006. Species richness and patterns of invasion in plants, birds, and fishes in the United States. Biological Invasions. 8(3): 427-447.