Multiple invasions exert combined magnified effects on native plants, soil nutrients and alters the plant-herbivore interaction in dry tropical forest
Abstract
We assess the impacts of two co-occurring invasive plants on native ecosystem parameters in a dry tropical forest. Invasions led to a compositionally unique native plant assemblage, increased soil potassium and herbivory on native plants. Co-occurring invasive plants largely reduced palatable plant richness and abundance. Additive impacts of multiple invasions were greater than individual impacts on native ecosystem parameters and herbivory. The study indicates toward formation of an invasion-centric ecosystem.
- Publication:
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Forest Ecology and Management
- Pub Date:
- March 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120781
- Bibcode:
- 2023ForEM.53120781R
- Keywords:
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- Additive impacts;
- Herbivory;
- Co-occurring invasive plants;
- Soil nutrients;
- Tiger reserve