Novel Hawaiian communities operate similarly to native ecosystems

Friday, April 5, 2019 - 09:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, it is possible to stand in a lush tropical forest that doesn’t contain a single native plant. The birds that once dispersed native seeds are almost entirely gone, too, leaving a brand-new ecological community composed of introduced plants and birds. In a first-of-its-kind study published today (April 4) in […]

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