Will climate change increase hybridization risk between potential plant invaders and their congeners in Europe?
Günther KlonnerIwona DullingerJohannes WesselyOliver BossdorfMarta CarboniWayne DawsonFranz EsslAndreas GattringerEmily HaeuserMark van KleunenHolger KreftDietmar MoserJan PerglPetr PyšekWilfried ThuillerPatrick WeigeltMarten WinterStefan DullingerPublished in: Diversity & distributions (2017)
Averaged across all modelled species, our results do not indicate that hybrids between potential future invaders and resident species will emerge more frequently in Europe when climate warms. These average trends do not preclude, however, that hybridization risk may considerably increase in particular genera.