TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stanojević, Miloš
AU  - Trailović, Maja
AU  - Dubljanin, Tijana
AU  - Krivosej, Zoran
AU  - Nikolic, Miroslav
AU  - Nikolić, Nina
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1503
AB  - An annual plant, Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera Royle) is globally widespread and one of Europe's top invaders. We focused on two questions: does this species indeed not invade the southern areas and does the environment affect some of its key invisibility traits. In an isolated model mountainous valley, we jointly analyzed the soil (21 parameters), the life history traits of the invader (height, stem diameter, aboveground dw), and the resident vegetation (species composition and abundances, Ellenberg indicator values), and supplemented it with local knowledge (semi-structured interviews). Uncontrolled discharge of fecal wastewaters directly into the local dense hydrological network fostered mass infestation of an atypical habitat. The phenotypic plasticity of the measured invasion-related traits was very high in the surveyed early invasion (30-50% invader cover) stages. Different microhabitat conditions consistently correlated with its growth performance. The largest individuals were restricted to the deforested riparian habitats, with extreme soil nutrient enrichment (primarily by P and K) and low-competitive, species-poor resident vegetation. We showed that ecological context can modify invasion-related traits and what could affect a further invasion process. Finally, this species is likely underreported in the wider region; public attitude and loss of traditional ecological knowledge are further management risks.
PB  - MDPI, Basel
T2  - Plants-Basel
T1  - Sewage Pollution Promotes the Invasion-Related Traits of Impatiens glandulifera in an Oligotrophic Habitat of the Sharr Mountain (Western Balkans)
IS  - 12
VL  - 10
DO  - 10.3390/plants10122814
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Stanojević, Miloš and Trailović, Maja and Dubljanin, Tijana and Krivosej, Zoran and Nikolic, Miroslav and Nikolić, Nina",
year = "2021",
abstract = "An annual plant, Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera Royle) is globally widespread and one of Europe's top invaders. We focused on two questions: does this species indeed not invade the southern areas and does the environment affect some of its key invisibility traits. In an isolated model mountainous valley, we jointly analyzed the soil (21 parameters), the life history traits of the invader (height, stem diameter, aboveground dw), and the resident vegetation (species composition and abundances, Ellenberg indicator values), and supplemented it with local knowledge (semi-structured interviews). Uncontrolled discharge of fecal wastewaters directly into the local dense hydrological network fostered mass infestation of an atypical habitat. The phenotypic plasticity of the measured invasion-related traits was very high in the surveyed early invasion (30-50% invader cover) stages. Different microhabitat conditions consistently correlated with its growth performance. The largest individuals were restricted to the deforested riparian habitats, with extreme soil nutrient enrichment (primarily by P and K) and low-competitive, species-poor resident vegetation. We showed that ecological context can modify invasion-related traits and what could affect a further invasion process. Finally, this species is likely underreported in the wider region; public attitude and loss of traditional ecological knowledge are further management risks.",
publisher = "MDPI, Basel",
journal = "Plants-Basel",
title = "Sewage Pollution Promotes the Invasion-Related Traits of Impatiens glandulifera in an Oligotrophic Habitat of the Sharr Mountain (Western Balkans)",
number = "12",
volume = "10",
doi = "10.3390/plants10122814"
}

Stanojević, M., Trailović, M., Dubljanin, T., Krivosej, Z., Nikolic, M.,& Nikolić, N.. (2021). Sewage Pollution Promotes the Invasion-Related Traits of Impatiens glandulifera in an Oligotrophic Habitat of the Sharr Mountain (Western Balkans). in Plants-Basel
MDPI, Basel., 10(12).
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122814

Stanojević M, Trailović M, Dubljanin T, Krivosej Z, Nikolic M, Nikolić N. Sewage Pollution Promotes the Invasion-Related Traits of Impatiens glandulifera in an Oligotrophic Habitat of the Sharr Mountain (Western Balkans). in Plants-Basel. 2021;10(12).
doi:10.3390/plants10122814 .

Stanojević, Miloš, Trailović, Maja, Dubljanin, Tijana, Krivosej, Zoran, Nikolic, Miroslav, Nikolić, Nina, "Sewage Pollution Promotes the Invasion-Related Traits of Impatiens glandulifera in an Oligotrophic Habitat of the Sharr Mountain (Western Balkans)" in Plants-Basel, 10, no. 12 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122814 . .