Aliens in Transylvania: risk maps of invasive alien plant species in Central Romania

By

Zimmermann, Heike
Loos, Jacqueline
Wehrden, Henrik von, 1976-
Fischer, Joern

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

NeoBiota : advancing research on alien species and biological invasions

Volume

24

Pages

55-65

Subjects

Erigeron annuus , Maxent , Robinia pseudoacacia , Romania , Solidago canadensis , Xanthium strumarium

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sophia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.24.7772

 

Abstract

Using the MAXENT algorithm, we developed risk maps for eight invasive plant species in southern Transylvania, Romania, a region undergoing drastic land-use changes. Our findings show that invasion risk increased with landscape heterogeneity. Roads and agricultural areas were most prone to invasion, whereas forests were least at risk.