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Region-wide assessment of fine-scale associations between invasive plants and forest regeneration
Forest Ecology and Management ( IF 3.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 , DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118930
Adrián Lázaro-Lobo , Rima D. Lucardi , Carlos Ramirez‐Reyes , Gary N. Ervin

Invasive plants are widely spread throughout the forests of the southern United States (US) and are expected to rapidly increase their distributional ranges over the next few decades. Multiple studies have shown that invasive plants pose great challenges to forest regeneration at local spatial scales; however, little is known about how those local-scale impacts of invasive plants may collectively influence forest regeneration at a regional scale. In this study, we hypothesized that invasive plants influence forest regeneration across southern US forests by altering tree seedling and sapling abundance and diversity. We used a total of 52,690 southern US forestland plots surveyed between 2015 and 2019 by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service. We compiled presence/absence data from 16 major invasive plant taxa and calculated the number, richness, and diversity of seedlings and saplings for all major tree species present in the dataset. We used Generalized Linear Models to examine the relationship of the selected invasive plants to tree seedlings and saplings. We then used principal component analysis to evaluate whether negative relationships appeared to be related to niche differences. We found that the presence of invasive plants generally was negatively associated with tree seedling and sapling abundance, and that these negative interactions appeared to be independent of niche associations. Moreover, fast-growing hardwood tree species had the fewest negative species-wise associations with invasive plants, which suggests that the influence of plant invasions on forest regeneration may be partly mediated by the functional traits of regenerating tree species. We also found that the invasive plants evaluated in this study differentially influenced seedling versus sapling abundance and diversity, which could have complex implications for decision-making related to forest management strategies. Ultimately, the potential impact of these invasive plants on tree regeneration is likely to hamper the sustainable management of southern US forests (natural and managed) by the reduction of extant biodiversity. Thus, invasive plants should be incorporated into management strategies to help ensure the persistence of native forest communities and the ecological services they provide.



中文翻译:

入侵植物与森林更新之间精细关联的全区域评估

入侵植物广泛分布在美国南部的整个森林中,并有望在未来几十年内迅速增加其分布范围。多项研究表明,在当地空间尺度上,外来入侵植物对森林更新构成了巨大挑战。但是,对于入侵植物的这些局部影响如何在区域范围内共同影响森林更新的情况鲜为人知。在这项研究中,我们假设入侵植物会通过改变树苗和幼树的丰度和多样性来影响美国南部森林的森林更新。在2015年至2019年之间,我们使用了美国农业部森林服务局的森林调查与分析(FIA)计划调查的52,690个美国南部林地。我们收集了来自16种主要入侵植物类群的有无数据,并计算了数据集中所有主要树种的幼苗和幼树的数量,丰富度和多样性。我们使用广义线性模型来检查所选入侵植物与树木幼苗和树苗之间的关系。然后,我们使用主成分分析来评估负面关系是否似乎与利基差异有关。我们发现,入侵植物的存在通常与树苗和树苗丰度呈负相关,并且这些负向相互作用似乎独立于利基关联。此外,快速生长的硬木树种与入侵植物的种间负相关性最少,这表明植物入侵对森林更新的影响可能部分由再生树种的功能特性介导。我们还发现,在这项研究中评估的入侵植物对幼苗与树苗的丰度和多样性有不同的影响,这可能会对与森林管理策略相关的决策产生复杂的影响。归根结底,这些入侵植物对树木再生的潜在影响可能会通过减少现存生物多样性而阻碍美国南部森林(天然和人工林)的可持续管理。因此,应将入侵植物纳入管理策略,以帮助确保当地森林社区的持久性及其提供的生态服务。我们还发现,在这项研究中评估的入侵植物对幼苗与树苗的丰度和多样性有不同的影响,这可能会对与森林管理策略相关的决策产生复杂的影响。归根结底,这些入侵植物对树木再生的潜在影响可能会通过减少现存生物多样性而阻碍美国南部森林(天然和人工林)的可持续管理。因此,应将入侵植物纳入管理策略,以帮助确保当地森林社区的持久性及其提供的生态服务。我们还发现,在这项研究中评估的入侵植物对幼苗与树苗的丰度和多样性有不同的影响,这可能会对与森林管理策略相关的决策产生复杂的影响。归根结底,这些入侵植物对树木再生的潜在影响可能会通过减少现存生物多样性而阻碍美国南部森林(天然和人工林)的可持续管理。因此,应将入侵植物纳入管理策略,以帮助确保当地森林社区的持久性及其提供的生态服务。归根结底,这些入侵植物对树木再生的潜在影响可能会通过减少现存生物多样性而阻碍美国南部森林(天然和人工林)的可持续管理。因此,应将入侵植物纳入管理策略,以帮助确保当地森林社区的持久性及其提供的生态服务。归根结底,这些入侵植物对树木再生的潜在影响可能会通过减少现存生物多样性而阻碍美国南部森林(天然和人工林)的可持续管理。因此,应将入侵植物纳入管理策略,以帮助确保当地森林社区的持久性及其提供的生态服务。

更新日期:2021-01-19
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