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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

This town ain't big enough for both of us…or is it? Spatial co-occurrence between exotic and native species in an urban reserve.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Exotic species pose a threat to most ecosystems because of their potential to establish negative interactions with native biota. However, exotic species can also offer resources to native species, especially within highly modified environments such as ...
Gonzalo A Ramírez-Cruz, Israel Solano-Zavaleta, Pedro E Mendoza-Hernández, Marcela Méndez-Janovitz, Monserrat Suárez-Rodríguez, J Jaime Zúñiga-Vega   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

First record of the non-native fish Poecilia reticulata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), in Chiapas, southern Mexico

Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2021
Introduction: Due to its colors, shape, size, and simplicity of care, the neotropical fish Poecilia reticulata (guppy) is popular in the aquarium trade. It is also valued as mosquito control and is now found in most of the world. Objective: To report its
Paola López Fuentes, Manuel de Jesús Anzueto Calvo, Ernesto Velázquez Velázquez , Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Guillermo Salgado Maldonado   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil salinity effects on pollen and pollinator visitation in a buzz‐pollinated glycophyte, Solanum carolinense

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Human activity has significantly altered the salt cycle, affecting an estimated 2.5 billion acres of soil worldwide. Elevated soil salinity is a well‐known plant stressor, but it may also affect interactions between plants and insects, which are often sodium limited.
Kylie Bill, David E. Carr
wiley   +1 more source

Exotic aquatic species in the Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent areas in Southern Brazil

Ocean and Coastal Research
Exotic and invasive species are considered the second major cause of biodiversity loss in the world. In addition to damage to native biodiversity, impacts caused by exotic species can affect ecosystem services and socioeconomic activities.
Maiara H. Cardoso, Valéria M. Lemos, Yan G. Gowert, Alexandre M. Garcia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Efforts have been made to understand the processes that lead to the introduction of exotic species into local pharmacopoeias. Among those efforts, the diversification hypothesis predicts that exotic plants are introduced in local medical systems to ...
Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Taline Cristina da Silva, Ana Haydée Ladio, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comparative analysis of indigenous and exotic tree species management practices in agricultural landscapes of Southwest Ethiopia

Trees, Forests and People, 2021
A substantial tree planting from exotic tree species has been practiced in Ethiopia during the last ten decades. Yet, the efforts made to restore degraded areas using exotic tree species but with less emphasis given to the indigenous tree species for ...
Habte Wendime Gemechu, Debissa Lemessa, Dereje Bekele Jiru   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishment from seed is more important for exotic than for native plant species

Plant-Environment Interactions
Climate change has initiated movement of both native and non‐native (exotic) species across the landscape. Exotic species are hypothesized to establish from seed more readily than comparable native species.
Brian Wilsey, Andrew Kaul, H. Wayne Polley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data from: A theory of island biogeography for exotic species

, 2015
The theory of island biogeography has played a pivotal role in the way ecologists view communities. However, it does not account for exotic species explicitly, which limits its use as a conservation tool.
Burns, Kevin C.
core   +1 more source

On agricultural protection and exotic species introductions [PDF]

, 2001
Unintentional introductions of non-indigenous plants, animals, and microbes cause significant ecological and agricultural crop damage worldwide. There is an emerging empirical link between international trade and the frequency and damage of such ...
McAusland, Carol, Costello, Christopher
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