Oceanic islands offer special opportunities for understanding the patterns and processes of
evolution. The availability of molecular markers in recent decades has enhanced these …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Oceanic islands have long been considered to be particularly vulnerable to biotic invasions,
and much research has focused on invasive plants on oceanic islands. However, findings …

Since the review of the reproductive biology of island plants by Ehrendorfer (1979) three
decades ago, there has been a veritable explosion of studies on plants of oceanic islands …

Due to the unbalanced distribution of their fauna and flora, which leads to the creation of a
niche opportunities, it is generally accepted that island communities offer weak biotic …

The Juan Fernandez Archipelago, a Chilean national park and biosphere reserve, is 700 km
west of continental Chile. Invasive plant species pose major threats to the native, highly …

Chromolaena odorata is one of the most common invasive plants, as the phosphorus input
from guano in the coral islands continuously decreasing, causing substantial harm to the …

The capacity to predict invasiveness of plant species is important for the conservation and
management of natural habitats, especially within agro-ecosystems. Many factors increase …

Después de una corta presentación general, se proponen para el Archipiélago Juan
Fernández (Chile): una lista alfabética comentada de las plantas nativas y endémicas; una …

Research on biological invasions has only recently become interdisciplinary. However,
despite the growing contribution of social sciences and humanities to invasive species …