Quantifying invasion levels by alien plant species in La Réunion Island : Poster of Island Biology 2019
Fenouillas, P., Amy, E. , Bracco, I. , Dafreville, S. , Gosset, M. , Ingrassia, F. , Lavergne, C. , Lequette, B. , Notter, J.C. , Pausé, J-M. , Payet, G. , Payet, N. , Picot, F. , Poungavanon, N. , Strasberg, D. , Thomas, H. , Triolo, J. , Turquet, V. , Rouget, M. 2019. Quantifying invasion levels by alien plant species in La Réunion Island. In Third international conference ons island ecology, evolution and conservation, Island Biology 2019 La Réunion, 8-13 July, Saint Denis France.
Introduction :
- La Réunion : over-representation of alien plant species :
- +2000 species >> 2 ~800 natives species
- Several impacts Human health, economic cost, destruction and alteration of habitats, alteration of ecological processes, competition with native species, ...
- Lack of knowledge about the general distribution of alien plants species :
- - data exist : +30 years of surveys but insufficient spatial data on the distribution of invasive species
- Invasion data is requied to inform alien plant clearin
Publiée : 25/07/2019