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News Release 11-021
Home and Away: Are Invasive Plant Species Really That Special?
Invasive plants are a major environmental problem--but how abundant are they?
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Research in Sevilleta, N.M., shows that plant abundance at home predicts abundance away.
Credit: Scott Collins, NSF Sevilleta LTER Site
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The NSF Nutrient Network has research sites dotted across the globe.
Credit: NSF Nutrient Network
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Data from Kinypanial Grassland in Australia led to new conclusions about invasive plants.
Credit: John Morgan, La Trobe University
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Silwood Park in the United Kingdom is another of 39 Nutrient Network sites in 8 countries.
Credit: Joslin Moore, University of Melbourne
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The plants of Cowichan in British Columbia, Canada, added to the data on "home vs. away."
Credit: Andrew MacDougall, University of Guelph
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"Exclosure fencing" in Boulder, Colorado, marks the location of a Nutrient Network site.
Credit: Brett Melbourne, University of Colorado-Boulder
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