Nelson Mujuni

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Can you recommend some sources of Invasive Alien Plant Species Data for the Tropics??

I am currently looking for Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS) Occurrence-Data for mainly the Tropics including Africa, South America, & Asia tropical regions. If you know any...

06 March 2020 9,675 11 View

Can a native plant species be referred to as Invasive?

In some cases, a species native in a given region can exhibit rapid growth and biomass accumulation, high reproductive output, phenotypic plasticity, plasticity of reproductive strategies and many...

01 May 2015 405 30 View

What are your thoughts on using lottery models to explain plant assemblies and communities?

One of the hypotheses given to explain plant species assemblies is the lottery hypothesis where species diversity is maintained through random allocation of space. Using such a hypothesis would...

21 April 2015 2,489 3 View

Are there any temporal or spatial patterns in color variation of the flowers of invasive Impatiens glandulifera?

Flowers of I. glandulifera vary in color from pink to white to purple.... However, i have not come across a study investigating these floral color patterns. For people who are familiar with I....

06 April 2015 7,244 2 View

What leads to failures of countermeasures against invasive alien species?

Can some one recommend studies where countermeasures against invasive alien plants have failed. An ideal study would give a detailed account of the "ecologically based control strategy" and why it...

30 March 2015 158 13 View

What are your thoughts on using biological control as a countermeasure against invasive alien plants?

The "enemy release hypothesis" is an often documented mechanism by which alien plants become invasive. There are opinions of using native enemies (may be modified) against these weeds in invaded...

27 March 2015 9,197 15 View

What are some of the approaches that one can take to boost their immunity against Corona Virus (COVID-19)??

Let me start by stressing that this is not my field and i would like to get some facts about COVID-19. As the new corona virus continues to spread across the globe in most of the continents...

01 January 1970 9,292 19 View