Sara Giulia Cazzaniga, Thomas Lauber, Johan van den Hoogen, Evelyn M Beaury, C Guillermo Bueno, James D Bever, Gabriella Damasceno, Jane Catford, Jonathan Lenoir, Adam Martin, Akira S Mori, Alexander Novakovskiy, Alvaro G Gutiérrez, Ana González-Robles, André Luís de Gasper, Angela Moles, Angela Stanisci, Anikó Csecserits, Anke Jentsch, Anna Kuzemko, Antonio J Perea, Ashish Nerlekar, Avishkar Munje, Behlül Güler, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Bruno Hérault, Bruno X Pinho, Chris Baraloto, Christian Rossi, Daniel Hending, Daniel C Laughlin, Dave Rogers, David Schellenberger Costa, Dinesh Thakur, Domas Uogintas, Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Evan Weiher, Evert Thomas, Fernando Gonçalves, Flávio Rodrigues, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Frank M Schurr, Franz Essl, Georg Zizka, Gianmaria Bonari, Grzegorz Swacha, Han Y H Chen, Helge Bruelheide, Henry Ford, Hua-Feng Wang, Idoia Biurrun, Isabelle Aubin, Iwona Dembicz, Jacob Willie, Jan Altman, Jens-Christian Svenning, Jeremy W Lichstein, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Jiri Dolezal, Johannes H C Cornelissen, John Hunter, Julie Messier, Jürgen Dengler, Jürgen Homeier, Kate H Orwin, Kirill Korznikov, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Manuel J Macía, Marco Schmidt, Marco Varricchione, Marcos Bergmann Carlucci, Marko Spasojevic, Melisa A Giorgis, Milan Chytrý, Mohamed A El-Sheikh, Mohamed Z Hatim, Nathan J B Kraft, Neha Mohanbabu, Oliver L Phillips, Peter B Reich, Remigiusz Pielech, Ricard Arasa-Gisbert, Riccardo Guarino, Riccardo Testolin, Rubén Tarifa, Sharif A Mukul, Shyam S Phartyal, Sylvain Schmitt, Sylvia Haider, Tetiana Dziuba, Tomas Domingues, Udayangani Liu, Valentin Golub, Vasco Silva, Veronika Fontana, Vigdis Vandvik, W Daniel Kissling, Zvjezdana Stančić, Marten Winter, Thomas W Crowther, Camille S Delavaux
Predicting which non-native plant species will become established and where is critical for conserving and managing biodiversity. Theory suggests that the mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants may predict their establishment success. Here we combine a global dataset of 440,788 vegetation plots with data on plant native status and mycorrhizal type to assess mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants. The mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies strongly across biomes. Across grassland and desert biomes, non-native species are more frequently non-mycorrhizal than native species, whereas in other biomes non-native species are more likely to be mycorrhizal, most commonly arbuscular-mycorrhizal. Disturbance type and intensity are key predictors of mycorrhizal strategy of non-native species, as mycorrhizal species are favoured by landscape modification and non-mycorrhizal species by natural and human-caused disturbance events. Facultatively mycorrhizal species are consistently under-represented among non-native plants compared with natives, suggesting that symbiotic flexibility does not confer an advantage for non-natives as previously expected. Our study shows that non-native mycorrhizal strategy varies across biogeographical contexts and disturbance, highlighting the need for region-specific prevention and management approaches to plant species introductions.