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Weed invaders are getting faster – Phys.org
Dr. Daniel Montesinos is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Tropical Herbarium, at James Cook University in Cairns. He is studying weeds to better understand…
Dr. Daniel Montesinos is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Tropical Herbarium, at James Cook University in Cairns. He is studying weeds to better understand (among other things) how they might respond to climate change.
He said most invasive plants are characterized by their rapid pace when it comes to taking up nutrients, growing, and reproducingand they’re even faster in the regions they invade.
“New experiments comparing populations from distant regions show a clear trend for already-fast…
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