Alien flora are accumulating steadily in China over the last 80 years.

ABSTRACT: New alien species are increasingly introduced and established outside their native range. The knowledge of the spatiotemporal dynamics of their accumulation and the factors determining their residence time in the introduced range is critical for proactive management, especially in emerging economies. Based on a comprehensive time series dataset of 721 alien angiosperms in China, we show that new alien flora has been accumulating steadily in China, particularly in the coastal regions, for the last 80 years without saturation. The ability to occupy a large number of habitats facilitates the early introduction of alien flora, whereas a large naturalized range, greater number of uses, and multiple introduction pathways directly contribute to their naturalization and invasion. The temporal patt

SUBMITTER: Banerjee AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11022055 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature