[PCA] NEWS: Europe's plant communities losing uniqueness, study warns

[Olivia Kwong]

This isn't about North America, but I wouldn't be surprised if something 
similar was happening here.

------------------
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=31565

Europe's plant communities losing uniqueness, study warns
[Date: 2009-12-09]

A combination of extinctions and alien invasions is causing Europe's plant 
communities to become less unique, according to new EU-funded research 
published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of 
Sciences (PNAS).

See the link above for the full article text. The PNAS article has not yet 
been released, but when it is, it should be at 
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0907088106