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Don’t be fooled by a name: a reply to Thompson and Davis
- 1.0365153 - BÚ 2012 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Hulme, P. E. - Pyšek, Petr - Duncan, R. P.
Don’t be fooled by a name: a reply to Thompson and Davis.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Roč. 26, č. 7 (2011), s. 318-318. ISSN 0169-5347. E-ISSN 1872-8383
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : biological invasions * species traits * New Zealand
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 15.748, year: 2011
New Zealand can be used as an evidence that the proposal to ignore biogeographic origin when addressing threats from harmful species is fundamentally flawed. Marked differences exist in the composition of alien and native plant functional groups, with few annuals, succulents or nitrogen-fixing legumes in the native flora. Whereas these aliens have benefited from the rapid anthropogenic transformation of the landscape, this is not the case for most endemic native species. Rather than ignore the differences between natives and aliens, researchers urgently need to understand the success of the latter as a guide to how species might adapt or evolve in response to the future conditions of the 21st century.
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