Article: The susceptibility of European tree species to invasive Asian pathogens: a literature based analysis
Biological invasions. 2016 Oct., v. 18, no. 10
2016
Abstract: Alien invasive pathogens have caused numerous disastrous epidemics around the globe during the last two centuries. The frequency of these catastrophes has increased in parallel with the increase of international plant trade. Effective control of the ... ...
| Abstract | Alien invasive pathogens have caused numerous disastrous epidemics around the globe during the last two centuries. The frequency of these catastrophes has increased in parallel with the increase of international plant trade. Effective control of the risks requires understanding of factors governing vulnerability of indigenous plants. We tested whether the threat caused by alien pathogens of Asian origin is random among various tree species in Europe or whether it relates to their distribution range. A database including distribution ranges of 75 European tree species and literature-derived information on their susceptibility to invasive forest pathogens (IFPs) of Asian origin was compiled. Analysis on this database indicated that the susceptibility to Asian pathogens is significantly more common among tree species that occur only within Europe than among species with distributional ranges from Europe to Siberia (disease susceptibility percentage, DSP, 52 and 19Â %, respectively). Notably, all severely attacked tree species are strictly European while tree species with distribution ranges extending from Europe to Siberia show at most only mild or moderate symptoms of Asian IFPs. Furthermore, the proportion of European broadleaf tree species susceptible to Asian IFPs is significantly higher than that of conifer species. Our results suggest that in Europe, Asian pathogens cause a higher risk to temperate and Mediterranean forests, largely composed of broadleaved species with distributional ranges restricted to Europe, than to boreal forests dominated by conifers distributed to Siberia. |
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| Keywords | biogeography ; boreal forests ; conifers ; databases ; disease outbreaks ; disease resistance ; ecological invasion ; invasive species ; pathogens ; risk ; trade ; trees ; Siberia | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Dates of publication | 2016-10 | |||||
| Size | p. 2841-2851. | |||||
| Publishing place | Springer International Publishing | |||||
| Document type | Article | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 1438729-3 | |||||
| ISSN | 1573-1464 ; 1387-3547 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1573-1464 | |||||
| ISSN | 1387-3547 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1007/s10530-016-1174-6 | |||||
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| Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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