Our study aims to assess the impacts of these IAPs on native plant and invertebrate communities in Giglio and Capraia, two small islands of the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy). Preliminary results show a decrease in plant species richness in the invaded areas compared to the uninvaded ones in both cases. We detected a greater loss of plant species in the case of Carpobrotus spp. invasion than in the case of Opuntia stricta invasion, given the ability of the former to build suffocating monospecific mats. As regards the impacts on the pedofauna, Opuntia stricta does not seem to change completely soil structure and invertebrate communities, while Carpobrotus spp. consistently with the literature, significantly modify edaphic properties and invertebrate communities.
Comparing the impacts of two alien species (Carpobrotus, Opuntia stricta) on plant and invertebrate communities in small Mediterranean islands / Alice Misuri, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Eugenia Siccardi, Elena Tricarico, Sara Forni, Marco Morbidelli, Daniele Viciani, Renato Benesperi, Giacomo Santini, Alberto Masoni, Paride Balzani, Simona Maccherini, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Claudia Angiolini, Tiberio Fiaschi, Debora Barbato, Giuseppe Manganelli, Andrea Benocci, Giuseppe Mazza, Silvia Landi, Alessandra Lagomarsino, Camilla Fagorzi, Alessio Mengoni, Michele Mugnai. - ELETTRONICO. - (2023), pp. 67-67. (Intervento presentato al convegno 118° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana - IX International Plant Science Conference (IPSC) tenutosi a Pisa nel 13 - 16 September 2023).
Comparing the impacts of two alien species (Carpobrotus, Opuntia stricta) on plant and invertebrate communities in small Mediterranean islands.
Alice Misuri;Lorenzo Lazzaro;Eugenia Siccardi;Elena Tricarico;Sara Forni;Marco Morbidelli;Daniele Viciani;Renato Benesperi;Giacomo Santini;Alberto Masoni;Paride Balzani;Claudia Angiolini;Giuseppe Mazza;Camilla Fagorzi;Alessio Mengoni;Michele Mugnai
2023
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Our study aims to assess the impacts of these IAPs on native plant and invertebrate communities in Giglio and Capraia, two small islands of the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy). Preliminary results show a decrease in plant species richness in the invaded areas compared to the uninvaded ones in both cases. We detected a greater loss of plant species in the case of Carpobrotus spp. invasion than in the case of Opuntia stricta invasion, given the ability of the former to build suffocating monospecific mats. As regards the impacts on the pedofauna, Opuntia stricta does not seem to change completely soil structure and invertebrate communities, while Carpobrotus spp. consistently with the literature, significantly modify edaphic properties and invertebrate communities.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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