Publications by authors named "Ilona Jukoniene"
Sci Total Environ
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- Non-native species pose a significant threat to ecosystems, creating a need for effective decision support tools to identify those likely to become invasive.
- The Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) has inspired the creation of Invasiveness Screening Kits (ISK), with the Terrestrial Plant Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (TPS-ISK) representing the latest advancements, offering more comprehensive and effective screening capabilities.
- The TPS-ISK provides numerous benefits over the WRA, including improved protocol standards, comprehensive questionnaires, climate change considerations, and user-friendly design, allowing for reliable risk assessments of various plant species.
Article Synopsis
- Empetro nigri-Pinetum is a distinct coastal plant community found along the Baltic Sea, showcasing diverse regional variations across Central Europe.
- Our research identified three main variants of this community based on bryophyte and vascular plant distributions: Calluna-Deschampsia (Germany), Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Poland), and Melampyrum-Deschampsia (Lithuania), primarily influenced by habitat humidity.
- Advanced methods like Kohonen's artificial neural network helped confirm the diversity of these plant communities and identified key indicator species for each variant, emphasizing their value in ecological monitoring.
