Description
There is great concern on the effects of non-native species impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. We constructed a comprehensive database of the scientific papers on field studies reporting environmental impacts of invasive plant species in Europe. We searched for relevant articles on the Web of Science database until the end of 2022 with no restriction on publication year. Our final dataset included 266 publications on 897 impacts of 104 invasive plant species on native species, communities and ecosystem properties in 29 European countries. This database contributes to the IPBES Global Invasive Alien Species Assessment.
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Trillo A, Castro-Díez P, Espinar J L, Vilà M (2023). Database of field studies on environmental impacts of invasive plant species in Europe. Version 1.1. No organization. Metadata dataset. https://ipt-demo.gbif.es/resource?r=invasive_plant_impacts&v=1.1
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Keywords
Biological invasions; ecological organization; field studies; non-native plants; review; Web of Science
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Postdoctoral researcher
- Avda. Américo Vespucio 26
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6944-0923
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Researcher
- Pza. San Diego, s/n
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Researcher
- Avda. Américo Vespucio 26
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Principal investigator
- Avda. Américo Vespucio 26
Geographic Coverage
Field studies conducted on the European continent
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [27.528, -25.642], North East [71.244, 53.438] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Invasive plant species in Europe
| Kingdom | Plantae (Plants) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 1995-2022 |
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Project Data
It focuses on anthropogenic impacts that are of great global concern and therefore relevant not only to Andalusian and Spanish ecosystems and societies, but also to Europe as a whole.
| Title | Sustainability for Mediterranean Hotspots in Andalusia integrating LifeWatch ERIC (SUMHAL). Work package 4 (WP4): Combining field data, citizen science and loT to monitor anthropogenic impacts on Andalusian biodiversity and society. |
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| Identifier | LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-4 |
| Funding | This study was funded by MICINN through European Regional Development Fund [SUMHAL, LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-4, POPE 2014-2020] |
| Study Area Description | The European continent |
| Design Description | The specific aims of this work sub-package are: Task 1. Provide a database on the environmental impacts of invasive plants in Europe that can be useful for decision-making. Task 2. Distribute and disseminate the information generated in regional, national and international platforms. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Author
Sampling Methods
We conducted a comprehensive review of the field studies reporting ecological impacts of invasive plant species in Europe. We searched for relevant articles on the Web of Science (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/alldb/basic-search) database on December 31, 2022 with no restriction on publication year, using the following search term combinations: (plant inva* OR exotic plant OR alien plant OR non-native plant) AND (impact* OR effect*) AND (community structure* OR diversity* OR ecosystem process* OR competition*).
| Study Extent | The data were collected on the European continent between 1995 and 2022 |
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Method step description:
- We first screened titles and abstracts to identify all publications on the impacts of invasive plants conducted in Europe. We then examined each publication and constructed a database of impacts according to the following selection criteria: a) The studies had to be in natural or semi-natural field conditions in Europe. Thus, the evidence of impact was based on observational or experimental (i.e. removal or addition of target species) studies comparing simultaneously invaded or uninvaded sites where the identity of single invasive species causing impacts was explicitly mentioned. We excluded tree plantations if there was no mention to their natural establishment. We also excluded those referring to impacts by several invasive species. b) We classified the response variables in impact types to species, communities and ecosystems properties following Vilà et al. (2011). That is, impacts to species and communities of microbes, plants and animals; and impacts on ecosystems properties (soil C/N, nutrient fluxes, decomposition rates, pH, nutrient pools, resource availability, soil minerals, soil organic matter and soil salinity/cation exchange capacity). In total, the database was classified in 15 impact types. c) When the same publication examined different impact response variables or different invasive species we considered each as different entries in the database.
Bibliographic Citations
- Web of Science https://www.webofscience.com/wos/alldb/basic-search
- Vilà, M., Espinar, J. L., Hejda, M., Hulme, P. E., Jarošík, V., Maron, J. L., ... & Pyšek, P. (2011). Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta‐analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems. Ecology letters, 14(7), 702-708 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01628.x
Additional Metadata
List of terms and respective descriptions. 1- Data "event": > parentEventID: the unique identifier of the publication (term: references) > EventID: the unique identifier of the publication (term: references) sub-divided by the country in which the study was conducted (note that in 12 publications the data were collected in more than one country) > references: the original publication from which the information was extracted > samplingProtocol: brief information on the sampling protocol (in this case, the data were extracted from the Web of Science) > year: the year in which the publication was released > decimalLongitude: longitude (in decimal degrees, unprojected WGS84; georeferenced in Google Earth) of the site in an area where the field study was conducted > decimalLatitude: latitude (in decimal degrees, unprojected WGS84; georeferenced in Google Earth) of the site in an area where the field study was conducted > georeferenceRemarks: comments about the spatial description determination. Assumed location in one of the areas where the field study was conducted (the location is given by the name of a site); Precise location in one of the areas where the field study was conducted (the location is given by a low-precision coordinate or from a map or by several coordinates); Precise location (the location is given by a single, precise coordinate). 2- Data "occurrence": > parentEventID: the unique identifier of the publication (term: references) > occurrenceID: the unique identifier of the record (a given invasive plant species in a given publication) > references: the original publication from which the information was extracted > basisOfRecord: how the data were sampled (all data were obtained by field studies; "HumanObservation") > degreeOfEstablishment: all species are non-native > year: the year in which the publication was released > scientificName: the accepted scientific name based on COL (Catalogue of Life) Version: 2023-03-09 > verbatimIdentification: the scientific name given by the original publication. 3- Data "measurementsOrFacts": > parentEventID: the unique identifier of the publication (term: references) > measurementID: the unique identifier of the impact (a given invasive plant species in a given publication and its associated impact) > references: the original publication from which the information was extracted > scientificName: the accepted scientific name based on COL (Catalogue of Life) Version: 2023-03-09 > degreeOfEstablishment: all species are non-native > measurementType: there are two categories that are associated, “impact type” is the response variable reported in the literature and “level of organization” is the impact categorized across affected levels of ecological organization > measurementValue: levels of ecological organization are species, community or ecosystem, and types of impacts are animal, microbial, plant, decomposition rate, nutrient flux, nutrient pool, pH, resource availability, soil carbon to nitrogen ratio, soil mineral, soil organic matter, soil salinity/cation exchange capacity > measurementMethod: brief information on data extraction and classification.
| Purpose | This dataset can be useful for decision-making on the ecological impact of invasive plants in Europe. |
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| Maintenance Description | This dataset is closed and will not be updated, unless errors or issues are reported by users. |
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt-demo.gbif.es/resource?r=invasive_plant_impacts |