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Increased threat of island endemic tree’s extirpation via invasion-induced decline of intrinsic resistance to recurring tropical cyclones

Cycas micronesica populations in Guam have been threatened by the invasion of the armored scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui. I integrate four factors that illuminate an acute need for intervention to reduce an unprecedented threat caused by the invasion. First, mechanical failure of healthy C. micronesica...

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Autor principal: Marler, Thomas E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3689569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23802037
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.22361