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Title: | Intensive Agricultural Practices as Enhancers of the Dispersion of Invasive Species: Notification of the Observation of a Case with Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Alentejo (Southern Portugal) |
Authors: | Raposo, Mauro Pinto-Gomes, Carlos Nunes, Leonel |
Keywords: | Robinia pseudoacacia Invasive species Intensive agriculture |
Issue Date: | Sep-2020 |
Publisher: | Research in Ecology |
Citation: | Raposo, M., Pinto-Gomes C. & Nunes L. (2020). Intensive Agricultural Practices as Enhancers of the Dispersion of Invasive Species: Notification of the Observation of a Case with Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Alentejo (Southern Portugal). Research in Ecology, VOL. 2 (3): 42-47. |
Abstract: | Invasive forest species are a recurring problem, which in Portugal assume
a somewhat mediatic role, both because of the impacts they cause on biodiversity, but also because they enhance the accumulation of high amounts
of fuel load, increasing the risk of forest fires. However, in some areas of
the country, such as the Alentejo (South of Portugal), the scarcity of water
did not allow, until now, the dispersion and rapid growth of some of these
species, namely Robinia pseudoacacia, which has always remained under
control, and it was never a real problem. However, with the growth of
intensive farming practices, associated with vineyards, olive groves and
almond trees, water and nutrients became available, enabling this species
to grow and disperse. This communication presents an observation of several sets of R. pseudoacacia specimens growing with different agricultural
holdings, raising the hypothesis that intensive farming practices may, in the
short term, contribute to the dispersion of invasive species in regions where
they were not a problem, if the situations reported are not followed up and
studies are carried out to confirm the observations described. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/30171 |
Type: | article |
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