Biogeographic origins and drivers of alien plant invasions in the Canary Islands

Aim: Understanding the historical and contemporaneous drivers of invasion success in island systems can decisively contribute to identifying sources and pathways that are more likely to give rise to new invaders. Based on a floristic-driven approach, we aimed at determining the origins of the invasive alien flora of the Canary Islands and shedding light in the mechanisms shaping their distribution within the archipelago.
This research was supported by the Fundación BBVA project (INVASION - PR19_ECO_0046) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) project (ASTERALIEN - PID2019-110538GA-I00). J.M.-L. was funded by the INVASION Fundación BBVA project and by a Juan de la Cierva-Formación Fellowship (MICIIN; reference FJC2020-046353-I). Y.A. by the ASTERALIEN MICINN project. J.P. was funded by the MICINN through the Ramón y Cajal Program (RYC-2016-20506). L.S.J.G. was funded by the Academia Canaria de Investigación Gobierno de Canarias FPI 2021 Fellowship (TESIS2021010101). The authors also thank Dr. D. Chapman and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions. No permits were needed to perform this study.