Publication details
Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. |
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| Citation | |
| web | http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1506517112 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506517112 |
| Field | Ecology |
| Keywords | alien species; Great Britain; impact |
| Description | Conservation scientists and practitioners have long recognized that not all non-native species pose a threat to biodiversity, yet some ecologists still fail to grasp this message (1). The conclusions drawn by Thomas and Palmer (2) that non-native plant species are not a threat to floral diversity in Britain highlight how this lack of understanding can lead to inappropriate analyses and misleading inferences regarding the impacts of non-native species. Thomas and Palmer base their conclusions on an analysis of the Countryside Survey (CS): this valuable dataset depicts large-scale vegetation changes in common habitats, but its stratified random design does not provide a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of non-native plant species on native biodiversity. |