Invasive alien plants are phylogenetically distinct from other alien species across spatial and taxonomic scales in China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Phylogenetic relatedness is one of the important factors in the community assembly process. Here, we aimed to understand the large-scale phylogenetic relationship between alien plant species at different stages of the invasion process and how these relationships change in response to the environmental filtering process at multiple spatial scales and different phylogenetic extents.

Methods

We identified the alien species in three invasion stages, namely invasive, naturalized, and introduced, in China. The occurrence records of the species were used to quantify two abundance-based phylogenetic metrics [the net relatedness index (NRI) and the nearest taxon index (NTI)] from a highly resolved phylogenetic tree. The metrics were compared between the three categories

SUBMITTER: Banerjee AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10513447 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature