Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN): toward standardized evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive plants

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dc.contributor.authorBarney, Jacoben
dc.contributor.authorTekiela, Daniel R.en
dc.contributor.authorBarrios-Garcia, Maria Noeliaen
dc.contributor.authorDimarco, Romina D.en
dc.contributor.authorHufbauer, Ruth A.en
dc.contributor.authorLeipzig-Scott, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorNuñez, Martin A.en
dc.contributor.authorPauchard, Aníbalen
dc.contributor.authorPyšek, Petren
dc.contributor.authorVítková, Michaelaen
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Bruce D.en
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.date.accessed2016-02-12en
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-16T08:03:27Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-16T08:03:27Zen
dc.date.issued2015-06-30en
dc.description.abstractTerrestrial invasive plants are a global problem and are becoming ubiquitous components of most ecosystems. They are implicated in altering disturbance regimes, reducing biodiversity, and changing ecosystem function, sometimes in profound and irreversible ways. However, the ecological impacts of most invasive plants have not been studied experimentally, and most research to date focuses on few types of impacts, which can vary greatly among studies. Thus, our knowledge of existing ecological impacts ascribed to invasive plants is surprisingly limited in both breadth and depth. Our aim was to propose a standard methodology for quantifying baseline ecological impact that, in theory, is scalable to any terrestrial plant invader (e.g., annual grasses to trees) and any invaded system (e.g., grassland to forest). The Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN) is a coordinated distributed experiment composed of an observational and manipulative methodology. The protocol consists of a series of plots located in (1) an invaded area; (2) an adjacent removal treatment within the invaded area; and (3) a spatially separate uninvaded area thought to be similar to pre-invasion conditions of the invaded area. A standardized and inexpensive suite of community, soil, and ecosystem metrics are collected allowing broad comparisons among measurements, populations, and species. The method allows for one-time comparisons and for long-term monitoring enabling one to derive information about change due to invasion over time. Invader removal plots will also allow for quantification of legacy effects and their return rates, which will be monitored for several years. GIIN uses a nested hierarchical scale approach encompassing multiple sites, regions, and continents. Currently, GIIN has network members in six countries, with new members encouraged. To date, study species include representatives of annual and perennial grasses; annual and perennial forbs; shrubs; and trees. The goal of the GIIN framework is to create a standard yet flexible platform for understanding the ecological impacts of invasive plants, allowing both individual and synthetic analyses across a range of taxa and ecosystems. If broadly adopted, this standard approach will offer unique insight into the ecological impacts of invasive plants at local, regional, and global scales.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Department of Agricultureen
dc.description.sponsorshipControlling Weedy and Invasive Plants – 2013-67013-21306en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute of Food and Agriculture. Hatch Programen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. CALS Teaching Scholar Programen
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundationen
dc.description.sponsorship0541673en
dc.description.sponsorshipColorado Experiment Stationen
dc.description.sponsorshipLarimer County, Coloradoen
dc.description.sponsorshipBio #5 GEF090118en
dc.description.sponsorshipFondecyt 1140485en
dc.description.sponsorshipICM P05-002en
dc.description.sponsorshipCONICYT PFB-23en
dc.description.sponsorshipAcademy of Sciences of the Czech Republicen
dc.description.sponsorshipRVO 67985939en
dc.description.sponsorshipCzech Science Foundationen
dc.description.sponsorshipProject no. P505/11/1112en
dc.description.sponsorshipAcademy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Praemium Academiae awarden
dc.format.extent12 p.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationBarney, J. N., Tekiela, D. R., Barrios-Garcia, M. N., Dimarco, R. D., Hufbauer, R. A., Leipzig-Scott, P., . . . Maxwell, B. D. (2015). Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN): toward standardized evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive plants. Ecology and Evolution, 5(14), 2878-2889. doi:10.1002/ece3.1551en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1551en
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758en
dc.identifier.issue14en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/64813en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.1551/abstracten
dc.identifier.volume5en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.holderBarney, Jacob N.en
dc.rights.holderTekiela, Daniel R.en
dc.rights.holderBarrios-Garcia, Maria Noeliaen
dc.rights.holderDimarco, Romina D.en
dc.rights.holderHufbauer, Ruth A.en
dc.rights.holderLeipzig-Scott, Peteren
dc.rights.holderNuñez, Martin A.en
dc.rights.holderPauchard, Aníbalen
dc.rights.holderPyšek, Petren
dc.rights.holderVítková, Michaelaen
dc.rights.holderMaxwell, Bruce D.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCoordinated distributed experimenten
dc.subjectImpact assessmenten
dc.subjectInvasive plantsen
dc.subjectMeta-analysisen
dc.subjectNatural experimenten
dc.subjectResearch networken
dc.subjectResearch protocolen
dc.titleGlobal Invader Impact Network (GIIN): toward standardized evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive plantsen
dc.title.serialEcology and Evolutionen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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