Land Cover and Climate Change May Limit Invasiveness of Rhododendron ponticum in Wales.

ABSTRACT: Invasive plant species represent a serious threat to biodiversity precipitating a sustained global effort to eradicate or at least control the spread of this phenomenon. Current distribution ranges of many invasive species are likely to be modified in the future by land cover and climate change. Thus, invasion management can be made more effective by forecasting the potential spread of invasive species. Rhododendron ponticum (L.) is an aggressive invasive species which appears well suited to western areas of the UK. We made use of MAXENT modeling environment to develop a current distribution model and to assess the likely effects of land cover and climatic conditions (LCCs) on the future distribution of this species in the Snowdonia National park in Wales. Six global circulation mod

SUBMITTER: Manzoor SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5968121 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature