Effects of global climate change on regeneration of invasive plant on invasive plant species from seeds

Abstract

Plant species introduced to an area in response to intentional or accidental anthropogenic events are called nonnatives. If these species spread rapidly from introduction sites (Richardson et al., 2000) and have harmful effects on the economy, environment, or health (IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), 2000), they are invasive nonnative species. There are approximately 14,000 nonnative plant species established globally (van Kleunen et al., 2015, 2019) and between 2500 (Pysek et al., 2020) and 4375 (Pagad et al., 2018) of them are considered to be invasive. Invasive species occur in many plant families, but the Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, and Rubiaceae have some of the highest numbers of species (Humair et al., 2015). Invasive plants have a range of reproductive and life-history traits (Perrins et al., 1992; Moles et al., 2008), and documenting the common characteristics among them improves our ability to predict how invasive plants are likely to respond to climate change.

Citation

Huebner, Cynthia D. 2022. Effects of global climate change on regeneration of invasive plant on invasive plant species from seeds. In: Baskin, Carol C.; Baskin, Jerry M., eds. Plant regegeneration from seeds: A global warming perspective. Elsevier Academic Press: 243-257. Chapter 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823731-1.00006-8.