Can soil seed banks contribute to the success of invasive plant species?
Tag - salt-marsh
William Salter
Climate change threatens the first line of defence against coastal storms
When the storms come in, plants could help secure natural defences. But climate change is giving them problems of their own.
Fi Gennu
Hybrids may succeed where invasive species fail as sea levels rise
Invasive species might suffer from a change in conditions in tidal areas, but their hybrid offspring may have genes to survive.
Alun Salt
How does Spartina alterniflora react to long-term wave exposure?
A multi-national team has been investigating how Spartina alterniflora (also Sporobolus alterniflorus) reacts to long-term wave expsoure. The findings could affect planning for ecosystem-based flood defences. Professor...
