Historic deforestation and non‐native plant invasions determine vegetation trajectories across an oceanic archipelago
Haruka Ohashi,
Hitoshi Kato,
Mina Murao
et al.
Abstract:QuestionsOceanic islands are global hotspots of endemism and evolutionary radiations but many have been severely degraded by human activities and biological invasions. We evaluated the pace and direction of the natural recovery of ecosystems over 77 years across a subtropical oceanic archipelago including islands of various size, elevation, histories of human settlement and deforestation, and invasions by non‐native plants and mammals. This information is essential to guide the ecological restoration of the ar… Show more
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