23 MAY 2015 by ideonexus
Invasive Species Increase Biodiversity
Life becomes different, and it carries on. Since the majority of invasive species are relatively benign, they add to an island’s overall biodiversity. The ecologist Dov Sax at Brown University in Rhode Island points out that non-native plants have doubled the botanical biodiversity of New Zealand – there are 2,104 native plants in the wild, and 2,065 non-native plants. Ascension Island in the south Atlantic, once a barren rock deplored by Charles Darwin for its ‘naked hideousness’, now has a ...Folksonomies: environmentalism ecology
Folksonomies: environmentalism ecology
09 AUG 2014 by ideonexus