A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Non-native plant species benefit from disturbance: a meta-analysis
Authors: Miia Jauni, Sofia Gripenberg, Satu Ramula
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Publication year: 2015
Journal: Oikos
Journal name in source: OIKOS
Journal acronym: OIKOS
Volume: 124
Issue: 2
First page : 122
Last page: 129
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 0030-1299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01416
Synthesis Empirical evidence of the effect of disturbances on plant species richness is contradictory. Here we use a meta-analysis to synthesize the published literature on how different types of disturbances influence the diversity and abundance of plant species, focusing in particular on non-native plants. Our study supports the hypothesis that disturbances generally facilitate the diversity and abundance of non-native plant species, although the strength of this facilitation depends primarily on the disturbance type.