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Plant Invasions into Mountain Protected Areas: Assessment, Prevention and Control at Multiple Spatial Scales

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Plant Invasions in Protected Areas

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Abstract

Mountains are of great significance for people and biodiversity. Although often considered to be at low risk from alien plants, recent studies suggest that mountain ecosystems are not inherently more resistant to invasion than other types of ecosystems. Future invasion risks are likely to increase greatly, in particular due to climate warming and increased human land use (e.g. intensification of human activities, human population growth, and expansion of tourism). However, these risks can be reduced by minimising anthropogenic disturbance in and around protected areas, and by preventing the introduction of potentially invasive alien plants into these areas, particularly at high elevations. Sharing information and experiences gained in different mountainous areas is important for devising effective management strategies. We review current knowledge about plant invasions into mountains, assembling evidence from all continents and across different climate zones, and describe experiences at local to global scales in preventing and managing plant invasions into mountain protected areas. Our findings and recommendations are also relevant for managing native species that expand to higher elevations.

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Acknowledgements

This chapter is based on research and ideas of the Mountain Invasion Research Network Consortium (MIREN, www.miren.ethz.ch/people). We would in particular like to acknowledge the important role of Hansjörg Dietz as initiator of MIREN. Inputs from two anonymous reviewers helped improve the manuscript. AP was funded by ICM P02-005 and CONICYT PFB-23.

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  1. Institute of Integrative Biology – Plant Ecology, ETH Zurich, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Christoph Kueffer, Jake Alexander, Peter Edwards & Tim Seipel

  2. Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, La Trobe University, 821, Wodonga, VIC, Australia, 3689

    Keith McDougall

  3. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

    Curt Daehler

  4. Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, D-06108, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Sylvia Haider

  5. Climate Impacts Research Centre – Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-981 07, Abisko, Sweden

    Ann Milbau

  6. Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Forest Service, 1401 Gekeler Lane, La Grande, OR, 97850, USA

    Catherine Parks

  7. Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile

    Aníbal Pauchard

  8. Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Zafar A. Reshi

  9. Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA

    Lisa J. Rew

  10. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2298, Jindabyne, Australia, 2627

    Mellesa Schroder

  11. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile

    Aníbal Pauchard

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Kueffer, C. et al. (2013). Plant Invasions into Mountain Protected Areas: Assessment, Prevention and Control at Multiple Spatial Scales. In: Foxcroft, L., Pyšek, P., Richardson, D., Genovesi, P. (eds) Plant Invasions in Protected Areas. Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7_6

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