[PCA] NEWS: Introduced plants 'becoming Australian'
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Feb 2 08:46:11 CST 2011
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-australian.html
Introduced plants 'becoming Australian'
January 31, 2011
(PhysOrg.com) -- A number of introduced plant species have become more
like natives, suggesting rapid evolution could happen far more frequently
than previously thought, according to new research from UNSW.
On the upside, the result suggests plants may be able to adapt to climate
change. On the downside, it means that invasive plants will become even
more problematic over time.
See the link above for the full article text. The journal article can be
found at
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01759.x/abstract
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