Publication at Faculty of Science, Faculty of Humanities |
2009
Abstract
Although the relation between the type of the native range habitat and invasive success in the invaded range is confounded with factors such as geographical origin or the time since introduction, the neophytes recruited from eutrophic habitats with intensive both disturbance and competition seem to be the most successful invaders in the invaded range. Riverrine scrub, eroded slopes and avalanche tracks are among such habitats.
Also, the successful invaders broaden their niche from the native range and invade a wider spectrum of habitats than they occupy in the native range. The correspondence between the native and invaded range habitats is highest for naturalized but not invasive species.