Aliens in Transylvania: risk maps of invasive alien plant species in Central Romania

  • Using the MAXENT algorithm, we developed risk maps for eight invasive plant species in southern Transylvania, Romania, a region undergoing drastic land-use changes. Our findings show that invasion risk increased with landscape heterogeneity. Roads and agricultural areas were most prone to invasion, whereas forests were least at risk.

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Author:Heike Zimmermann, Jacqueline Loos, Henrik von WehrdenORCiDGND, Joern Fischer
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-454853
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.24.7772
Parent Title (English):24.2015, S. 55-64
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2015
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2018/01/25
Tag:Erigeron annuus; MAXENT; Robinia pseudoacacia; Romania; Solidago canadensis; Xanthium strumarium
Volume:2015
Issue:24
Page Number:10
First Page:55
Last Page:64
HeBIS-PPN:425430456
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:NeoBiota / NeoBiota 24
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-454817
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0