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

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF18_053%2F0017850" target="_blank" >EF18_053/0017850: Mobility 2020</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

South African Journal of Botany

ISSN

0254-6299

e-ISSN

1727-9321

Svazek periodika

166

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

March

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

550-560

Kód UT WoS článku

001178153200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85184053876