Weeds yet to reach full potential as invaders in United Kingdom, after centuries of change
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 04:31
in Biology & Nature
Weeds in the UK are still evolving hundreds of years after their introduction and are unlikely to have yet reached their full potential as invaders, Australian scientists have discovered. The study is the first to have tracked the physical evolution of introduced plant species from the beginning of their invasion to the present day, and was made possible by the centuries-old British tradition of storing plant specimens in herbaria.