Do anthropogenic corridors homogenize

plant communities at a local scale?

Estefanía García Felipe, Daniel Gómez Trujillo, Javier Hernández Felipe and Álex
Hernández Páez
Group 3.a
Index
● Introduction
● Materials and methods
● Results
● Discussion
Introduction

● Biological homogenization is an issue in islands because native species are

threatened by exotic species.

● Roads are also one of the most important causes of the dispersal of exotic species.
 Materials and methods
-Study site: South of Tenerife -Vegetation Sampling: Three different plots.

[Fig]: Sampling design

[Fig]: Tenerife island, indicating the

three roads segments studied.
Results

The number of exotic species decrease as

we get far of the road edge

There is no variation of diversity between

the different road edges unless we remove
exotic species

There is a variation respect the altitude

Discussion
● Despite the fact that many studies report a loss in native
species due to an increase in exotic species, we did not
find any such evidence.

● The main results of this study support the hypothesis of

an increase in biotic homogenization of plant
communities on a local scale.
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