RT Journal Article
T1 Factors involved in the biogeography of the honey locust tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) invasion at regional scale: an integrative approach.
A1 Romero-Pacheco, David
A1 Sosa, Beatriz
A1 Brazeiro, Alejandro
A1 Achkar, Marcel
A1 Guerrero, José Carlos
K1 Acacias
K1 Especies exóticas invasoras - Control
AB Native to the southeastern United States, the honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is an invasive tree in several South American countries. Since eradication of invasive species is often costly, prevention is a better strategy. The relationship betweeninvasive species and their habitats can be analyzed using species distribution models to produce maps of areas prone to the invasions. These maps can be used to develop efficient early detection plans of exotic species colonization. Here, we employed the Favorability Function model to assess the effects of environment and human activities on the invasive process of the honey locust in Uruguay. By integrating environmental and anthropic factors in our models, we obtained the best fitted prediction and classification indices. We showed that the southwestern region of the country concentrates the largest proportion of areas prone to the invasions. Environment was the main factor explaining the invasion of G. triacanthos, but the effect of human-related factors had a greatest effect in combination with environmental variables than on its own. We generated favorable risk maps andexplanatory variables that can be used to more efficiently plan efforts to control the spread of this invasive.
PB Springer Nature
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36655
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36655
LA eng
NO Romero, D., Sosa, B., Brazeiro, A. et al. Factors involved in the biogeography of the honey locust tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) invasion at regional scale: an integrative approach. Plant Ecol 222, 705–722 (2021).
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/16215
NO David Romero received support by a grant from the Graduate Academic Commission (Comisión Académica de Posgrado, CAP, 2018-2020) of the Universidad de la República.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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