Dynamic species distribution modeling reveals the pivotal role of human-mediated long-distance dispersal in plant invasion

Botella Christophe, Bonnet Pierre, Hui Cang, Joly Alexis, Richardson David M.. 2022. Dynamic species distribution modeling reveals the pivotal role of human-mediated long-distance dispersal in plant invasion. Biology, 11 (9):1293, 31 p.

https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11091293

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Résumé : Plant invasions generate massive ecological and economic costs worldwide. Predicting their spatial dynamics is crucial to the design of effective management strategies and the prevention of invasions. Earlier studies highlighted the crucial role of long-distance dispersal in explaining the speed of many invasions. In addition, invasion speed depends highly on the duration of its lag phase, which may depend on the scaling of fecundity with age, especially for woody plants, even though empirical proof is still rare. Bayesian dynamic species distribution models enable the fitting of process-based models to partial and heterogeneous observations using a state-space modeling approach, thus offering a tool to test such hypotheses on past invasions over large spatial scales. We use such a model to explore the roles of long-distance dispersal and age-structured fecundity in the transient invasion dynamics of Plectranthus barbatus, a woody plant invader in South Africa. Our lattice-based model accounts for both short and human-mediated long-distance dispersal, as well as age-structured fecundity. We fitted our model on opportunistic occurrences, accounting for the spatio-temporal variations of the sampling effort and the variable detection rates across datasets. The Bayesian framework enables us to integrate a priori knowledge on demographic parameters and control identifiability issues. The model revealed a massive wave of spatial spread driven by human-mediated long-distance dispersal during the first decade and a subsequent drastic population growth, leading to a global equilibrium in the mid-1990s. Without long-distance dispersal, the maximum population would have been equivalent to 30% of the current equilibrium population. We further identified the reproductive maturity at three years old, which contributed to the lag phase before the final wave of population growth. Our results highlighted the importance of the early eradication of weedy horticultural alien plants around urban areas to hamper and delay the invasive spread.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : dynamique des populations, espèce envahissante, modèle mathématique, zone urbaine, distribution spatiale, modèle de simulation, plante ligneuse, Plectranthus, distribution des populations

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Afrique du Sud

Mots-clés libres : Biological invasions, Population dynamics, Long-distance dispersal, Human-mediated dispersal, Matrix population models, Bayesian inference, Species distribution models, Citizen science, Presence-only data