Smugglers, Boars and Pines: South America’s Cacti Face a Fight for Survival
A new perspective in Discover Ecology reveals that poaching, plantations, invasive boars and taxonomic confusion are pushing South America's native ...
Tag: Invasive Species
Invasive Lantana’s Chemical Warfare Reveals Which Native Trees Can Fight Back
A new study shows that the invasive shrub Lantana camara chemically suppresses native tree seedlings in Central India, identifying Albizia ...
Invasive South American Earthworm Quietly Takes Over Protected Forests in Northeast India
A year-long survey of two protected subtropical forests in Manipur, India, reveals that the invasive South American earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus ...
Cheaper Bamboo Vermicompost Fights Seedling Damping-Off in the Greenhouse
Researchers in Japan developed a lower-cost vermicompost from coarsely ground invasive bamboo and rapeseed oilcake that consistently suppresses damping-off in ...
Invasive Roots Do Not Silence Soil Microbes, They Just Make Them Wasteful
A laboratory microcosm study shows that root extracts of invasive Impatiens glandulifera do not suppress soil microbial activity but instead ...
Rubber Vine Surge Along South African River Exposed by Drone and Ground Surveys
A decade-long study on South Africa's Mogalakwena River shows invasive rubber vine density has risen sharply and finds that drone ...
Africa’s Two Worst Pest Birds Face Off in Landmark Fifty-Year Review
A fifty-year scoping review reveals how Africa's invasive Indian house crow and native red-billed quelea inflict starkly different ecological and ...
Invasive Scale Insect Wiped Out 99% of a Remote Island’s Ancient Cycads in 15 Years
A fifteen-year study on Rota Island shows the invasive Aulacaspis yasumatsui scale insect drove 98.6 percent mortality of the native ...
War and Invasive Insects Push a Lifesaving Cactus Toward Collapse in the Horn of Africa
A systematic review finds that the Tigray War's collapse of community pest control allowed the invasive carmine cochineal insect to ...
Decades of Data Reveal How Herbicides Really Fight Invasive Plants in a Tidal Estuary
A multi-year remote sensing analysis of California's Delta shows glyphosate and 2,4-D control invasive floating plants effectively only at high ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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