[PCA] NEWS: Climate Change Opens New Avenue For Spread Of Invasive Plants
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Nov 20 08:35:50 CST 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119161125.htm
Climate Change Opens New Avenue For Spread Of Invasive Plants
ScienceDaily (Nov. 19, 2008) -- Plants that range northward because of
climate change may be better at defending themselves against local enemies
than native plants.
So concludes a team of scientists including a University of Florida
geneticist. The team's findings, reported online in the journal Nature,
suggest that certain plants could become invasive if they spread to places
that were previously too cold for them.
See the link above for the full article text.
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