GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants
Abstract Urban areas are foci for the introduction of non‐native plant species, and they often act as launching sites for invasions into the wider environment. Although interest in biological invasions in urban areas is growing rapidly, and the extent and complexity of problems associated with invas...
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| author | Daijiang Li Luke J. Potgieter Myla F. J. Aronson Irena Axmanová Benjamin Baiser Marta Carboni Laura Celesti‐Grapow Sonja Knapp Ingolf Kühn Ana Carolina Lacerda de Matos Zdeňka Lososová Flavia A. Montaño‐Centellas Petr Pyšek David M. Richardson Lauren B. Trotta Rafael D. Zenni Sarel S. Cilliers Bruce D. Clarkson Amy J. S. Davis Rebecca W. Dolan Marcin K. Dyderski Franz Essl Orou G. Gaoue Joanne Gui Charly Géron Gustavo Heringer Cang Hui Anzar A. Khuroo Stefan Klotz Peter M. Kotanen Holger Kreft Frank A. La Sorte Jonas J. Lembrechts Bernd Lenzner Christopher A. Lepczyk Scott MacIvor Cristina Martínez‐Garza Akira S. Mori Charles Nilon Jan Pergl Stefan J. Siebert Alyona S. Tretyakova Toby P. N. Tsang Kei Uchida Mark vanKleunen Montserrat Vilà Hua‐Feng Wang Patrick Weigelt Peter Werner Nicholas S. G. Williams Marten Winter Marc W. Cadotte |
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| description | Abstract Urban areas are foci for the introduction of non‐native plant species, and they often act as launching sites for invasions into the wider environment. Although interest in biological invasions in urban areas is growing rapidly, and the extent and complexity of problems associated with invasions in these systems have increased, data on the composition and numbers of non‐native plants in urbanized areas remain scattered and idiosyncratic. We assembled data from multiple sources to create the Global Urban Biological Invasions Compendium (GUBIC) for vascular plants representing 553 urban centres from 61 countries across every continent except Antarctica. The GUBIC repository includes 8140 non‐native plant species from 253 families. The number of urban centres in which these non‐native species occurred had a log‐normal distribution, with 65.2% of non‐native species occurring in fewer than 10 urban centres. Practical implications: The dataset has wider applications for urban ecology, invasion biology, macroecology, conservation, urban planning and sustainability. We hope this dataset will stimulate future research in invasion ecology related to the diversity and distributional patterns of non‐native flora across urban centres worldwide. Further, this information should aid the early detection and risk assessment of potential invasive species, inform policy development and assist in setting management priorities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c90968c844b41ffa7c489e6e0bd7d482025-08-20T02:40:29ZengWileyEcological Solutions and Evidence2688-83192025-01-0161n/an/a10.1002/2688-8319.70020GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plantsDaijiang Li0Luke J. Potgieter1Myla F. J. Aronson2Irena Axmanová3Benjamin Baiser4Marta Carboni5Laura Celesti‐Grapow6Sonja Knapp7Ingolf Kühn8Ana Carolina Lacerda de Matos9Zdeňka Lososová10Flavia A. Montaño‐Centellas11Petr Pyšek12David M. Richardson13Lauren B. Trotta14Rafael D. Zenni15Sarel S. Cilliers16Bruce D. Clarkson17Amy J. S. Davis18Rebecca W. Dolan19Marcin K. Dyderski20Franz Essl21Orou G. Gaoue22Joanne Gui23Charly Géron24Gustavo Heringer25Cang Hui26Anzar A. Khuroo27Stefan Klotz28Peter M. Kotanen29Holger Kreft30Frank A. La Sorte31Jonas J. Lembrechts32Bernd Lenzner33Christopher A. Lepczyk34Scott MacIvor35Cristina Martínez‐Garza36Akira S. Mori37Charles Nilon38Jan Pergl39Stefan J. Siebert40Alyona S. Tretyakova41Toby P. N. Tsang42Kei Uchida43Mark vanKleunen44Montserrat Vilà45Hua‐Feng Wang46Patrick Weigelt47Peter Werner48Nicholas S. G. Williams49Marten Winter50Marc W. Cadotte51Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USADepartment of Biological Sciences University of Toronto‐Scarborough Toronto Ontario CanadaDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick New Jersey USADepartment of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech RepublicDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville Florida USADepartment of Sciences Roma Tre University Rome ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology Sapienza University of Rome Rome ItalyDepartment of Community Ecology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research‐UFZ Halle (Saale) GermanyDepartment of Community Ecology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research‐UFZ Halle (Saale) GermanyDepartamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais Federal University of Lavras Lavras Minas Gerais BrazilDepartment of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech RepublicDepartment of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana USADepartment of Invasion Ecology Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech RepublicCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South AfricaDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville Florida USADepartamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais Federal University of Lavras Lavras Minas Gerais BrazilUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management North‐West University Potchefstroom South AfricaEnvironmental Research Institute University of Waikato Hamilton New ZealandEcology Group, Department of Biology University of Konstanz Konstanz GermanyFriesner Herbarium Butler University Indianapolis Indiana USAInstitute of Dendrology Polish Academy of Sciences Kórnik PolandDivision of BioInvasions, Global Change & Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research University of Vienna Vienna AustriaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee USADepartment of Biological Sciences University of Toronto‐Scarborough Toronto Ontario CanadaBiodiversity and Landscape, TERRA Research Centre, Gembloux Agro‐Bio Tech University of Liège Gembloux BelgiumDepartamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais Federal University of Lavras Lavras Minas Gerais BrazilCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Mathematical Sciences Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South AfricaCentre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy, Department of Botany University of Kashmir Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir IndiaDepartment of Community Ecology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research‐UFZ Halle (Saale) GermanyDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Mississauga Mississauga Ontario CanadaBiodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography University of Göttingen Göttingen GermanyDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University New Haven Connecticut USAEcology & Biodiversity, Department of Biology Utrecht University Utrecht The NetherlandsDivision of BioInvasions, Global Change & Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research University of Vienna Vienna AustriaCollege of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Auburn University Auburn Alabama USADepartment of Biological Sciences University of Toronto‐Scarborough Toronto Ontario CanadaCentro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos Cuernavaca MexicoResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology The University of Tokyo Tokyo JapanSchool of Natural Resources University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USADepartment of Invasion Ecology Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech RepublicUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management North‐West University Potchefstroom South AfricaEkaterinburg RussiaDepartment of Biological Sciences University of Toronto‐Scarborough Toronto Ontario CanadaFaculty of Environmental Studies Tokyo City University Tokyo JapanEcology Group, Department of Biology University of Konstanz Konstanz GermanyDepartamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología Universidad de Sevilla Sevilla SpainKey Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences Hainan University Haikou ChinaDepartment of Environmental Science, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences Radboud University Nijmegen The NetherlandsInstitute for Housing and Environment Darmstadt GermanySchool of Agriculture Food and Ecosystem Science University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria AustraliaGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig GermanyDepartment of Biological Sciences University of Toronto‐Scarborough Toronto Ontario CanadaAbstract Urban areas are foci for the introduction of non‐native plant species, and they often act as launching sites for invasions into the wider environment. Although interest in biological invasions in urban areas is growing rapidly, and the extent and complexity of problems associated with invasions in these systems have increased, data on the composition and numbers of non‐native plants in urbanized areas remain scattered and idiosyncratic. We assembled data from multiple sources to create the Global Urban Biological Invasions Compendium (GUBIC) for vascular plants representing 553 urban centres from 61 countries across every continent except Antarctica. The GUBIC repository includes 8140 non‐native plant species from 253 families. The number of urban centres in which these non‐native species occurred had a log‐normal distribution, with 65.2% of non‐native species occurring in fewer than 10 urban centres. Practical implications: The dataset has wider applications for urban ecology, invasion biology, macroecology, conservation, urban planning and sustainability. We hope this dataset will stimulate future research in invasion ecology related to the diversity and distributional patterns of non‐native flora across urban centres worldwide. Further, this information should aid the early detection and risk assessment of potential invasive species, inform policy development and assist in setting management priorities.https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70020Alien speciesbiodiversity changebiological invasionscitiesnaturalized speciesnon‐native plants |
| spellingShingle | Daijiang Li Luke J. Potgieter Myla F. J. Aronson Irena Axmanová Benjamin Baiser Marta Carboni Laura Celesti‐Grapow Sonja Knapp Ingolf Kühn Ana Carolina Lacerda de Matos Zdeňka Lososová Flavia A. Montaño‐Centellas Petr Pyšek David M. Richardson Lauren B. Trotta Rafael D. Zenni Sarel S. Cilliers Bruce D. Clarkson Amy J. S. Davis Rebecca W. Dolan Marcin K. Dyderski Franz Essl Orou G. Gaoue Joanne Gui Charly Géron Gustavo Heringer Cang Hui Anzar A. Khuroo Stefan Klotz Peter M. Kotanen Holger Kreft Frank A. La Sorte Jonas J. Lembrechts Bernd Lenzner Christopher A. Lepczyk Scott MacIvor Cristina Martínez‐Garza Akira S. Mori Charles Nilon Jan Pergl Stefan J. Siebert Alyona S. Tretyakova Toby P. N. Tsang Kei Uchida Mark vanKleunen Montserrat Vilà Hua‐Feng Wang Patrick Weigelt Peter Werner Nicholas S. G. Williams Marten Winter Marc W. Cadotte GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants Ecological Solutions and Evidence Alien species biodiversity change biological invasions cities naturalized species non‐native plants |
| title | GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants |
| title_full | GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants |
| title_fullStr | GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants |
| title_full_unstemmed | GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants |
| title_short | GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants |
| title_sort | gubic the global urban biological invasions compendium for plants |
| topic | Alien species biodiversity change biological invasions cities naturalized species non‐native plants |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70020 |
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