Milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.) is a versatile crop that has adapted to the
broadly different soil and environmental conditions throughout all continents. To date, the …

Endozoochory is known as an important mechanism for the spread of weeds. We carried out
experiments to assess the fate of seeds of several weed species (Convolvulus arvensis …

Herbivores can play an important role as seed dispersal vectors, ungulates constituting
potential seed dispersal agents of Mediterranean grasses and shrubs. We evaluated the …

Goats at high densities are known to degrade vegetation in arid environments around the
world. Their role as potential dispersers of seeds of native and exotic plant species …

Prosopis juliflora is a perennial shrub introduced in the 1980s to the Baringo District in
central Kenya, and became highly invasive starting around the late 1990s. This period …

Abstract Along the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) coast, natural resource managers continually
struggle with managing coastal uplands due to front-end costs, prolonged maintenance, and …

Docks (Rumex spp.) are a considerable problem in grassland production worldwide. We
investigated how different cultural management techniques affected dock populations during …

Brachiaria grass is an emerging forage option for livestock production in Kenya. Kenya lies
within the center of diversity for Brachiaria species, thus a high genetic variation in natural …

A few years ago, a new invasive weed was found in Spanish maize fields grazed by sheep
after harvest and identified as a subform of teosinte (Zea mays ssp. mexicana ad int). If …

Elevadas densidades de caprinos em florestas tropicais secas têm causado sérios
problemas em relação ao recrutamento, crescimento, distribuição e capacidade …