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Selaginella pectopuellensis (Selaginellaceae, Lycopodiophyta): a new species from Serra do Peito-de-Moça, Bahia, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy of the species reported in the country

Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica
Background and aims: Our research on neotropical Selaginella led us to examine a collection from the Atlantic Forest of Serra do Peito-de-Moça, Bahia, Brazil, initially determined as S.
Iván A. Valdespino, Christian A. López, Jorge I. Ceballos, José M. Palacios   +3 more
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Different traits determine introduction, naturalization and invasion success in woody plants: Proteaceae as a test case. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
A major aim of invasion ecology is to identify characteristics of successful invaders. However, most plant groups studied in detail (e.g. pines and acacias) have a high percentage of invasive taxa.
Desika Moodley, Sjirk Geerts, David M Richardson, John R U Wilson   +3 more
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Nature’s nature and the place of non-native species [PDF]

Current Biology, 2015
Every corner of the globe except Antarctica has its high-profile invasive species from elsewhere — animals like the small Indian mongoose in the West Indies, the Burmese python in Florida, and the Argentine ant in Europe and North America; plants like Brazilian pepper in North America and Japanese knotweed in Europe; microbes like Dutch elm disease and
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Increased utilitarian value of invasive species in regions with long invasion history may limit public engagement for invasion control

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Positive perceptions of invasive species can hinder effective management, especially if management efforts that are rooted in scientific theories are misaligned with local ecological knowledge. We documented local ecological knowledge about land invasibility as predicted by invasion biology theories. Participants with greater local ecological knowledge
Laurel Mael Philpott, Orou G. Gaoue
wiley   +1 more source

An extinction‐emergency metacollection: Maximising future recovery options for Rhodomyrtus psidioides (Myrtaceae), threatened by Myrtle Rust

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
A challenge for wild plant conservation is the rising incidence of plant pathogens that are difficult to interdict, contain and manage. Invasive, fast‐moving, broad‐spectrum pathogens impose societal costs through losses of intrinsically valuable wild biodiversity, ecosystem function, current and potential genetic and biological assets, culturally ...
Robert O. Makinson, Veronica Viler, Amelia J. Martyn Yenson, Craig Stehn, Fiona R. Giblin, Catherine A. Offord, Philippa Walsh, Chantelle A. T. Doyle   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation applications of niche modeling: Native and naturalized ferns may compete for limited Hawaiian dryland habitat

Applications in Plant Sciences
Premise Competition from naturalized species and habitat loss are common threats to native biodiversity and may act synergistically to increase competition for decreasing habitat availability. We use Hawaiian dryland ferns as a model for the interactions
Krystalyn Edwards‐Calma, Laura Jiménez, Rosana Zenil‐Ferguson, Karolina Heyduk, Miles K. Thomas, Carrie M. Tribble   +5 more
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Exotic species, Experienced, and Idealized Nature

Environmental Management, 2011
This paper is an answer to the Caplat and Coutts forum about our previous paper "The need for flexibility in conservation practices: exotic species as an example". We precise here why we proposed to consider exotic species as well as indigenous species in the reconnection framework in human-modified environments.
Prévot-Julliard, Anne-Caroline, Clavel, Joanne, Teillac-Deschamps, Pauline, Julliard, Romain   +3 more
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Hybridization patterns and research effort in Asteraceae, a megadiverse and economically important plant family

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant hybridization is increasingly recognized as an important evolutionary process, and a deeper understanding of hybridization is necessary for its application to agriculture, conservation, and ecological solutions. Here, we assess correlates of hybridization in the megadiverse and societally important family Asteraceae and how and where hybrids have
Leandra O′Connell, Kathryn G. Turner, Nora Mitchell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Plant Invasion Along Environmental Gradients on Native Plant Communities in the Ertix River Basin Wetlands

Diversity
Biological invasions and environmental gradients are major drivers of biodiversity change in wetland ecosystems, but their associations on native plant diversity in Central Asian riverine wetlands remain poorly understood.
Xuan-Ming Chen, Ying-Fei Zhao, Michael Opoku Adomako, Hai-Chao Chang, Mu-Yao Li, Jun-Qin Gao, Bi-Cheng Dong, Mai-He Li, Fei-Hai Yu   +8 more
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Alien species of Ipomoea in Greece, Türkiye and Iran: distribution, impacts and management [PDF]

NeoBiota
New introductions of alien Ipomoea species and their negative impacts have increased in Greece, Türkiye, and Iran. However, little is known about their current status, distribution, impacts, and management. Here, we provide a detailed overview of Ipomoea
Sima Sohrabi, Ayşe Yazlık, Ioannis Bazos, Javid Gherekhloo, Vaya Kati, Yasin Emre Kitiş, Margarita Arianoutsou, Alessandra Kortz, Petr Pyšek   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources