An inventory of native-alien populations in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Species can be both native and alien to a given administrative region. Here we present the first consolidated inventory of these 'native-alien populations' for South Africa, and provide an overview of the data it contains. To gather data, literature searches were performed and experts were consulted both directly and via an on-line survey. Putative native-alien populations were then scored based on a newly developed protocol. The final inventory contains information on 77 native species from 49 families across nine classes that have formed 132 native-alien populations across the terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. The phenomenon is rare when compared to the prevalence of related phenomena, such as alien species introduced from other countries (2033 alien species in South Afri

SUBMITTER: Nelufule T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105770 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature