ArticleNature communications2023
A latitudinal gradient in Darwin's naturalization conundrum at the global scale for flowering plants.
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- We are not all the same: The role of intrapopulation trait variability in shaping functional strategy and performance of widespread species.Plant diversity · 2026Article
- Ecological similarities and dissimilarities between donor and recipient regions shape global plant naturalizations.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Phylogenetically close alien Asteraceae species with minimal niche overlap are more likely to invade.Plant diversity · 2025Article
- Ecological similarity governs non-native fish establishment while human pressure and native diversity shape invasion richness.Science advances · 2025Article
- A Review of Theory: Comparing Invasion Ecology and Climate Change-Induced Range Shifting.Global change biology · 2024Review
- Co-Invasion of Congeneric Invasive Plants Adopts Different Strategies Depending on Their Origins.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A latitudinal gradient in Darwin's naturalization conundrum at the global scale for flowering plants.Nature communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
Darwin's naturalization conundrum describes two seemingly contradictory hypotheses regarding whether alien species closely or distantly related to native species should be more likely to naturalize in regional floras. Both expectations have accumulated empirical support, and whether such apparent inconsistency can be reconciled at the global scale is unclear. Here, using 219,520 native and 9,531 naturalized alien plant species across 487 globally distributed regions, we found a latitudinal gradient in Darwin's naturalization conundrum. Naturalized alien plant species are more closely related to native species at higher latitudes than they are at lower latitudes, indicating a greater influence of preadaptation in harsher climates. Human landscape modification resulted in even steeper latitudinal clines by selecting aliens distantly related to natives in warmer and drier regions. Our results demonstrate that joint consideration of climatic and anthropogenic conditions is critical to reconciling Darwin's naturalization conundrum.
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