The influence of warming and biotic interactions on the potential for range expansion of native and nonnative species.

ABSTRACT: Plant species ranges are expected to shift in response to climate change, however, it is unclear how species interactions will affect range shifts. Because of the potential for enemy release of invasive nonnative plant species from species-specific soil pathogens, invasive plants may be able to shift ranges more readily than native plant species. Additionally, changing climatic conditions may alter soil microbial functioning, affecting plant-microbe interactions. We evaluated the effects of site, plant-soil microbe interactions, altered climate, and their interactions on the growth and germination of three congeneric shrub species, two native to southern and central Florida (Eugenia foetida and E. axillaris), and one nonnative invasive from south America (E. uniflora).

SUBMITTER: von Holle B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7494242 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature