Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae) as an alien species in South Africa: Status and prognosis

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F24%3A00584815" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/24:00584815 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.12.023" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.12.023</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.12.023" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.sajb.2023.12.023</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae) as an alien species in South Africa: Status and prognosis
Original language description
A survey of recovering fynbos vegetation on the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa, after a wildfire in April 2021, led to the discovery of a large naturalised population of the shrub Myrtus communis. This species, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Western Asia, is commonly used as an ornamental plant in many parts of the world, including Australia, Europe, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. It is not recognized in major world invasive databases as being a problematic invasive species. We documented the recovery of this naturalised population and evaluated other records of naturalised occurrences in the Cape Town metropolitan area. We assessed the known characteristics of the species in terms of its fire tolerance, water relations, shade preference, seed set, dispersal and germination. We propose that fire constitutes a useful tool to expose this species for eradication through herbicide application. We argue that there is a limited window-period for eradication of this species locally before it spreads further and potentially exerts impacts on ecosystems. (c) 2023 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology

Project
<a href="/en/project/EF18_053%2F0017850" target="_blank" >EF18_053/0017850: Mobility 2020</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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