Impacts of invading alien plant species on water flows at stand and catchment scales

The impacts of invasions by alien plant species on the quantity of rainwater that reaches rivers and streams have been studied in several countries. Some studies have found that there is a large impact and others have found little or no impact. These conflicting conclusions can be explained largely by differences in the structure (e.g. height, depth of root systems) and the physiology (e.g. evergreen, deciduous, water stress tolerance) between the alien and the indigenous plant species. The greater the differences between the two, the greater the impact is likely to be.

• Publication year

  2015

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  AoB Plants

• Publication date

  2015-04-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/aobpla/plv043PMID 25935861PMCID 4480063
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