Main directions of the study of plant invasions in Russia

Tokhtar Valeriy K. (), Vinogradova Yulia K., Notov Alexander A., Kurskoy Аndrey Yu. and Danilova Elena S.
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Tokhtar Valeriy K.: Botanical Garden, Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod, Russia
Vinogradova Yulia K.: Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of the Native Flora, Moscow, Russia
Notov Alexander A.: Tver State University, Faculty of Biology, Tver, Russia
Kurskoy Аndrey Yu.: Botanical Garden, Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod, Russia
Danilova Elena S.: Department of English Philology and Cross-Cultural Communication, Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod, Russia

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2021, vol. 9, issue 4, 45-56

Abstract: This article is focused on the analysis of major approaches to plant invasion research used by Russian researchers. They fall within three main groups: 1. Conventional approaches to floristic analysis based on the Russian scientific tradition of floristic research, 2. Approaches focused on the study of the fraction of invasive flora, making blacklists and regional Black books, 3. New comprehensive approaches based on a synthesis of methods used in botany, geo-information technology and population genetics. Multivariate statistical methods allow for the visualization of various data, including those on alien species group structures in various regions. They make it possible to identify boundaries of ecological niches occupied by plants in respect to climate-and-environmental or ecological variables. An assessment of current statistical interdependence between alien plant characteristics and scores of factors limiting their dissemination facilitates the making of predictive models of plant invasion. Examples of multivariate statistical methods used in invasion biology were analyzed, along with different approaches to the study of the variability of alien species. Alien and invasive fractions of the flora of the Trans-Siberian Railway were analyzed not by administrative units but by natural biomes. This approach allowed us to assess the correlation between the number of invasive species with different natural-climatic and floristic characteristics of biomes. The publication of "Black Books" of various administrative subjects of Russia according to a unified methodology allowed us to make an inventory of invasive species over the vast territory of the country. The experience gained by Russian researchers may be further used for developing universal approaches to plant invasion research.

Keywords: alien plant species; invasion; invasion biology; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/environ-2021-0024

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