V.A. Chadaeva*, R.H. Pshegusov**
Tembotov Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nalchik, 360051 Russia
E-mail: *v_chadayeva@mail.ru, **p_rustem@inbox.ru
Received September 24, 2020
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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DOI: 10.26907/2542-064X.2021.1.115-136
For citation: Chadaeva V.A., Pshegusov R.H. Factors of adventivization of roadside plant communities in the south of the Russian Black Sea Region. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Estestvennye Nauki, 2021, vol. 163, no. 1, pp. 115–136. doi: 10.26907/2542-064X.2021.1.115-136. (In Russian)
Abstract
Roadside plant communities in the south of the Russian Black Sea region are characterized by relatively high adventivization and low invasibility. In these communities, the adventivization has been rapidly progressing due to the high abundance and competitiveness of invasive species in the region. The total projective cover of codominant species (from invasive species) is also important: an increase in the value of this parameter reduces the levels of adventivization and invasibility. On the Black Sea coast, the highest concentration of roadside plant communities with relatively more competitive invasive species is observed between the Mzymta and Shakhe Rivers, i.e., under the conditions of moderately humid subtropical climate. From the coast to the mountains, the communities with invasive species occur along the flat river valleys (Terrain Ruggedness Index with the probability of finding these communities exceeds 50%).
Keywords: competitiveness of invasive plant species, invasibility of roadside plant communities, Russian Black Sea region, MaxEnt, spatial modeling
Acknowledgments. This study was performed as part of state assignment no. 075-00347-19-00 (Patterns of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Meadow and Forest Ecosystems in Mountainous Areas (Russian Western and Central Caucasus)).
Figure Captions
Fig. 1. Location and schematic map of the study area.
Fig. 2. Ratio between the projective cover of invasive species Cova,% and the number of invasive species registered on the sampling plots of 0.5 m2 in size Sа (a), as well as between their number on the sampling plots of 100 m2 in size Na (b).
Fig. 3. Ratio between the invasibility of roadside plant communities (S/N) and the relative competitiveness of invasive plant species Sа/ESа (a), as well as between the total projective cover of codominant species Covd,% (b).
Fig. 4. Plot of responses of points of presence of the studied plant communities to the most important environmental factors. Y-axis – the predicted probability of conditions suitable for the development of the plant communities; X-axis – the value of the variable. The mean values of the factors for the replicates are marked in red; the mean ± standard deviation is indicated in blue. The graphs reflect the dependence of the predicted habitat suitability on the selected variable with regard to its correlation with other variables.
Fig. 5. Distribution map of the areas with different probability of finding the studied plant communities in the south of the Russian Black Sea region. 0–1 – the probability of finding the studied plant communities.
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