Introduced non-native mangroves express better growth performance than co-occurring native mangroves.

ABSTRACT: Mangroves are salt-tolerant woody species occurring in tropical/subtropical coastal habitats. Plantation of fast-growing non-native mangrove species has been used as a tool for mangrove restoration/reforestation in several countries. However, the fast-growth ability can make recently introduced species invasive as they can possibly replace co-occurring native mangroves through expressing higher growth performance and phenotypic plasticity. Therefore, quantifying growth differences between native versus non-native mangrove species is important for forest ecology and management. In this meta-analysis, we compared the growth performance of non-native and native mangrove species pairs by analysing all available results in the literature (33 studies). We found that non-native mangrove species p

SUBMITTER: Fazlioglu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7052255 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature