Beyond Control: Short‐Term Legacy Effects of Invasive Nonnative Trees May Halt Biodiversity Recovery

Invasive nonnative trees can induce substantial and long‐lasting changes in ecosystem structure and environmental conditions. Although numerous management efforts have removed invasive trees, the outcomes have been highly variable, and it remains uncertain whether such interventions are sufficient to restore biodiversity and microclimate. These differences often depend on the invasive species involved and the characteristics of the invaded ecosystem. Here, we evaluate whether the removal of Pinus contorta promotes short‐term recovery of microclimate and plant diversity in two contrasting Patagonian vegetation types.

• Publication year

  2026

• Venue

  Journal of Vegetation Science

• Publication date

  2026-01-01

• Fields of study

  Not labeled

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/jvs.70110
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Soil microbial legacies and drought mediate diversity-invasibility relationships in non-native communities.

  2025cited by this paper
• The influence of exotic species' legacies on pathways of restoration

  2025cited by this paper
• Unintended consequences of planting native and non‐native trees in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change

  2024cited by this paper
• Legacy effects of an invasive legume more strongly impact bacterial than plant communities in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem.

  2024cited by this paper
• A single range‐expanding species reshapes alpine ecosystems and their belowground diversity

  2023cited by this paper
• Pinus contorta Alters Microenvironmental Conditions and Reduces Plant Diversity in Patagonian Ecosystems

  2023influential reference
• Native bamboo increases biotic resistance to Pinus contorta invasion in temperate forest ecosystems

  2023cited by this paper
• The Legacy of Plant Invasion: Impacts on Soil Nitrification and Management Implications

  2023cited by this paper
• Predicting the impact of invasive trees from different measures of abundance.

  2022cited by this paper
• Post-fire ecological restoration in Latin American forest ecosystems: Insights and lessons from the last two decades

  2022cited by this paper
• Should tree invasions be used in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change?

  2021cited by this paper
• performance: An R Package for Assessment, Comparison and Testing of Statistical Models

  2021cited by this paper
• Living, dead, and absent trees—How do moth outbreaks shape small‐scale patterns of soil organic matter stocks and dynamics at the Subarctic mountain birch treeline?

  2021cited by this paper
• Effect of soil carbon amendments in reversing the legacy effect of plant invasion

  2020cited by this paper
• Pine plantations and five decades of land use change in central Chile

  2020cited by this paper
• ggplot2

  2019cited by this paper
• Suilloid fungi as global drivers of pine invasions.

  2019cited by this paper
• Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Chile

  2018influential reference
• Barriers to ecosystem restoration presented by soil legacy effects of invasive alien N2‐fixing woody species: implications for ecological restoration

  2018cited by this paper
• Non-native Pines Are Homogenizing the Ecosystems of South America

  2018cited by this paper
• glmmTMB Balances Speed and Flexibility Among Packages for Zero-inflated Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling

  2017cited by this paper
• Ecology and management of invasive Pinaceae around the world: progress and challenges

  2017influential reference
• Ghost of invasion past: legacy effects on community disassembly following eradication of an invasive ecosystem engineer

  2017cited by this paper
• Pine invasion impacts on plant diversity in Patagonia: invader size and invaded habitat matter

  2017influential reference
• Drivers of plant invasion vary globally: evidence from pine invasions within six ecoregions

  2016cited by this paper
• Pinus contorta invasion into treeless steppe reduces species richness and alters species traits of the local community

  2016cited by this paper
• Least-Squares Means: The R Package lsmeans

  2016cited by this paper
• Where, when and how plant-soil feedback matters in a changing world

  2016cited by this paper
• Persistence of a soil legacy following removal of a nitrogen-fixing invader

  2015cited by this paper
• 14. Pine Invasions in South America: Reducing Their Ecological Impacts Through Active Management

  2015cited by this paper
• Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN): toward standardized evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive plants

  2015cited by this paper
• Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using lme4

  2014cited by this paper
• Tree invasions into treeless areas: mechanisms and ecosystem processes

  2014cited by this paper
• Tree invasions: patterns, processes, challenges and opportunities

  2014cited by this paper
• Belowground legacies of Pinus contorta invasion and removal result in multiple mechanisms of invasional meltdown

  2013cited by this paper
• Three centuries of managing introduced conifers in South Africa: Benefits, impacts, changing perceptions and conflict resolution.

  2012cited by this paper
• Linear and non-linear impacts of a non-native plant invasion on soil microbial community structure and function

  2011cited by this paper
• Selection for commercial forestry determines global patterns of alien conifer invasions

  2010cited by this paper
• Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt

  2010cited by this paper
• Spread and impact of introduced conifers in South America: Lessons from other southern hemisphere regions

  2009cited by this paper
• Determining digital hemispherical photograph exposure for leaf area index estimation

  2005cited by this paper
• Microclimate beneath pine plantation, semi-mature pine plantation and mixed broadleaved-pine forest

  2004cited by this paper
• Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology.

  2004cited by this paper
• Pine invasions in the Southern Hemisphere: Determinants of spread and invadability

  1994cited by this paper
• La vegetación natural de Chile: clasificación y distribución geográfica

  1994cited by this paper

• No citing papers are available for this paper.