Invasive plants threaten biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems all over the world, cause significant economic, ecological and social losses and even full-scale ecological catastrophes. In this regard, it becomes particularly relevant to develop methods for studying the peculiarities of plant distribution to identify patterns of phytoinvasions. The aim of the study was to analyze the results of the peculiarities of alien species distribution in various regions obtained using multivariate statistics methods. Promising application of data visualization methods for revealing the peculiarities of alien species distribution and invasion on macroecological data level (Western – Eastern Europe, Trans-Siberian Railway) and regional one was shown.
V.K. Tokhtar
