Can invasion patches of Acacia mearnsii serve as colonizing sites for native plant species on Réunion (Mascarene archipelago) ?

Autor: Gérard Balent, Christian A. Kull, Jean-Michel Medoc, Jean-Noël Rivière, Jacques Tassin
Přispěvatelé: Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University [Clayton], Dynamiques Forestières dans l'Espace Rural (DYNAFOR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: African Journal of Ecology
African Journal of Ecology, Wiley, 2009, pp.422-432. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01021.x⟩
ISSN: 0141-6707
1365-2028
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01021.x⟩
Popis: International audience; There is need for documenting the long-term effects of plant invasions at the landscape scale. We investigated the possible catalytic effect of invasive Acacia mearnsii De Wild. on the colonization of rural landscapes by native plant species on Reunion Island (Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean). Data were recorded from 182 circular plots of 50 m2 within a set of 48 large invasion patches, aged from 1 to 48+ years. Only eighteen native plant species were present in the invaded patches and these in only 21 of the 48 patches. The Acacia invasion patches colonized by native flora were older and closer to the closest forest remnant. Most invasion patches colonized by native species were located
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