Read more about the article Residence time and its link to Lantana performance in India and South Africa
The playful contingent; from left to right: Gyan Prakash Sharma (former C·I·B post-doc, now at the University of Delhi, India); Karen J. Esler (C·I·B Core Team Member) and Neha Goyal (PhD student at the University of Delhi, India) (Photo credit: Neha Goyal)

Residence time and its link to Lantana performance in India and South Africa

Invader plants may not be equally successful in varied invaded ranges due to the time that passed since they were first introduced and environmental factors. These were the results from a collaborative study by a team of plant invasion ecologists from India and South Africa. The study was published in the latest issue of the journal Tropical Ecology.

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Australian pine tree (Casuarina equisetifolia L) invading restinga (sandy coastal plains) in Brazil. (Photo credit: Thalita Zimmerman)

Abiotic factors limit naturalization of Australian pine

Water stress and shade may limit the potential of one of the world’s most widespread invasive alien tree species, the Australian pine tree (Casuarina equisetifolia L.) to spread on sandy coastal plains of Brazil.

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