Naturalization of three alien plant species in Kashmir Himalaya: taxonomic and ecological aspects
Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 9
Опубликована: Фев. 26, 2025
Язык: Английский
Alien flora of the Himalayan highlands: naturalised and invasive plants in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India
Biological Invasions,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
27(4)
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Alien Flora of the Himalayan Highlands: Naturalised and Invasive Plants in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India
Research Square (Research Square),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 19, 2024
Abstract
Biological
invasions
pose
a
significant
threat
to
sustenance
of
biodiversity
and
ecosystem
services,
with
their
incidence
expected
rise
due
globalization
climate
change.
Regional
inventories
alien
species
are
important
for
monitoring
managing
the
biological
invasions,
particularly
in
world’s
mountains
which
till
recently
were
immune
but
increasingly
becoming
vulnerable
invasive
species.
This
study
presents
first
comprehensive
inventory
status
assessment
flora
Ladakh
–
remote
unique
biogeographic
region
Indian
Trans-Himalaya.
Based
on
field
data
collected
from
2018
2023,
we
provide
taxonomic
composition
Ladakh,
including
information
invasion
(cultivated,
naturalized
invasive),
affiliation,
habitat
life-form
characteristics,
pathways
introduction.
In
total,
recorded
104
plant
species,
accounting
∼
5.7%
region's
flora.
Of
these,
24
under
cultivation,
while
remaining
80
aliens
growing
wild,
52
28
invasive.
The
most
species-rich
families
Asteraceae
(20
species),
Amaranthaceae
(12
Poaceae
(7
Salicaceae
(6
Fabaceae
(5
species).
Most
native
temperate
Asia
(34
followed
by
Europe
(30
primarily
colonize
human-dominated
habitats,
such
as
roadsides
agricultural
fields.
Additionally,
found
that
elevational
distribution
richness
exhibits
unimodal
hump-shaped
pattern,
highest
number
(73
species)
occurring
between
2600–3000
meters.
width
maximum
elevation
was
positively
correlated
region.
an
era
rising
risks
change
rapid
land-use
transformation
Himalayan
highlands,
this
will
foster
further
research,
inform
early
eradication,
guide
pro-active
management
region,
lessons
environments
elsewhere.
Язык: Английский
Local inventories for effective management of alien species: insights from the alien flora of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh, India
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
197(1)
Опубликована: Дек. 26, 2024
Язык: Английский