[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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