Joan Prunera-Olivé

Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications | CREAF · Department of Ecology

Does traditional generalist herbarium collecting record grass diversity more effectively than plot-based recording common in ecology? We present a checklist of the Poaceae of Mount Kilimanjaro compiled from two datasets: records from 1646 plots of 0.1ha each made since the 1990s, as well as all the specimens held at K and NHT herbaria. We record a...

Hybridisation events between Invasive Alien Species can contribute to the acquisition of novel traits or a higher fitness through gene exchange and, in consequence, facilitate the adaptation to new environments and the colonization of new territories. Using morphological data and DNA sequences, we have identified and described a new hybrid between...