Anthropogenic activities explained the difference in exotic plants invasion between protected and non-protected areas at a northern subtropics biodiversity hotspot

Le, Haichuan; Zhao, Changming; Xu, Wenting; Deng, Ying; Xie, Zongqiang

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118939

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“…This was because the A. coriophora sites were located in areas less frequented by fallow deer. In these areas, environmental protection was furthermore able to act as a filter against IAS [ 72 , 73 ]. The population vitality of A. pyramidalis was, unexpectedly, lower in the protected than in the non-protected areas.…”

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How Effective Is Environmental Protection for Ensuring the Vitality of Wild Orchid Species? A Case Study of a Protected Area in Italy

Scramoncin,

Gerdol,

Brancaleoni

2024

Plants

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Orchids are among the plants most threatened by anthropic impact and environmental changes. Therefore, all known orchid species are protected in several countries by regional, national and international legislation. Several studies have cast doubts on the effectiveness of legislation to ensure the protection of wild orchids. We assessed the vitality of four orchid populations in a coastal area in Northern Italy, by monitoring the vegetative and reproductive traits of the orchid populations growing both in the protected sites comprising the Natura 2000 network, and in non-protected sites. We also monitored the level of environmental threat to orchid vitality. The early-flowering deceptive species (Ophrys sphegodes and Anacamptis morio) exhibited high vegetative vitality and experienced similar levels of environmental threat in the protected and non-protected areas. However, their reproductive success was strongly jeopardized, probably by a failed pollination that impeded the fruit set. The late-flowering, partially or totally rewarding species (Anacamptis pyramidalis and Anacamptis coriophora) were more strongly impacted by spring mowing and ungulate herbivory and alien species. Only for A. coriophora were the herbivory and alien species invasions lower at the protected vs. non-protected sites, which ensured a higher population vitality at the protected sites. We conclude that the environmental protection in our study area is ineffective for preserving orchids without targeted actions against specific environmental threats.

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How Effective Is Environmental Protection for Ensuring the Vitality of Wild Orchid Species? A Case Study of a Protected Area in Italy

Scramoncin,

Gerdol,

Brancaleoni

2024

Plants

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“…Hubei Province, situated in the core part of the Yangtze River Middle Reaches, boasts abundant biological resources and contains a global-level biodiversity hotspot and a key area for China's biodiversity [33], [34]. Although the province has established 82 nature reserves for biodiversity preservation, habitat loss due to climate change remains a concern [35], [36].…”

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Mapping 30-m Resolution Bioclimatic Variables During 1991–2020 Climate Normals for Hubei Province, the Yangtze River Middle Reaches

Wang,

Chen,

Wan

et al. 2024

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Observations Remote Sensing

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High-resolution bioclimatic data is crucial to provide fine-scaled insights into biodiversity assessment, forestry and agricultural management. Existing global bioclimatic datasets often exhibit kilometer-level coarse resolution or miss the data in recent decades, potentially resulting in the issues of lower spatial accuracy, limited information and restricted applicability in fine-scaled studies. Hubei Province in Yangtze River middle reaches is of sparse meteorological stations in highaltitude mountainous areas to map the high-resolution bioclimatic variables directly. This study developed a 30-year averaged bioclimatic dataset for Hubei Province during 1991-2020 at a 30-m spatial resolution, utilizing monthly temperatures and precipitation derived from a downscaling-calibration framework. The downscaling of 1-km resolution climate variables was achieved by using random forest model with 30-m resolution terrain and spatial covariates. Then the geographical differential analysis (GDA) was applied to improve the accuracy of downscaled products by including additional ground data. The mean absolute errors (MAEs) of calibrated monthly maximum, mean, minimum temperatures and precipitation based on ordinary kriging decreased from 0.74 ℃, 0.47 ℃, 0.47 ℃, 28.27 mm to 0.43 ℃, 0.28 ℃, 0.36 ℃ and 21.43 mm, respectively. Finally, calibrated climate variables were employed to calculate 19 annual bioclimatic variables, which were subsequently averaged over the 30-year period. The constructed bioclimatic dataset exhibits high overall consistency with WorldClim dataset according to pixel-based comparison (Spearman correlation coefficients> 0.6), with differences mainly attributed to the superior local accuracy of our dataset and climate changes. The dataset will provide fine-scaled, updated and reliable data supports for local related studies and decision-making.

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Gauging the threat of invasive species to UNESCO world heritage sites relative to other anthropogenic threats

Cadotte,

Alabbasi,

Akib

et al. 2024

Biol Invasions

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Anthropogenic activities explained the difference in exotic plants invasion between protected and non-protected areas at a northern subtropics biodiversity hotspot

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

How Effective Is Environmental Protection for Ensuring the Vitality of Wild Orchid Species? A Case Study of a Protected Area in Italy

How Effective Is Environmental Protection for Ensuring the Vitality of Wild Orchid Species? A Case Study of a Protected Area in Italy

Mapping 30-m Resolution Bioclimatic Variables During 1991–2020 Climate Normals for Hubei Province, the Yangtze River Middle Reaches

Gauging the threat of invasive species to UNESCO world heritage sites relative to other anthropogenic threats

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