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Lantana (Lantana camara) flowers and leaves; b) Lantana infestation in Kenya; c and d) Lantana invasions in Ethiopia; e and f) photosentsitivity in cattle that have ingested Lantana. (Photo credits: Arne de Witt, MD Day, Oueensland Department of Primary Industries)
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Social-ecological impacts of two invasive plant species in eastern Africa

Findings from two recent papers by C·I·B postdoc, Ross Shackleton, highlight how the invasive plants prickly pear (Opuntia stricta) and Lantana (Lantana camara), cause negative impacts on local communities and the environment in Kenya and Uganda. 

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29 May 2017