Assessing the impact of an invasive plant in a Protected Natural Area: Island of Cozumel, Mexico

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 1511 - 1526
• Main Authors: Castillo-Campos, Gonzalo, Martínez, M. Luisa, García-Franco, José G., Vázquez, Gabriela, Pérez-Maqueo, Octavio, Pale-Pale, Jesús
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.05.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Beaches; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biosphere; Caribbean; Coastal structures; Community structure; Composition; conservation areas; Developmental Biology; Dunes; Ecology; Flowers & plants; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Herbivores; Impact analysis; Indigenous plants; indigenous species; Introduced species; Invasive plants; Invasive species; Invasiveness; Life Sciences; Mexico; Nonnative species; Original Paper; Plant communities; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Scaevola taccada; Species composition; Species diversity; Vegetation; Mexico; Caribbean; Mexico; Coastal dunes; Biosphere reserve; Cozumel; Invasive plant

The Island of Cozumel, located in the Mexican Caribbean, has been granted several protection denominations because of its high biodiversity. However, despite these efforts, several invasive species have been found on the island. Of these, published studies indicate that two plant species are invasiv...