Reply to Hulme et al.: Cover of non-native species is too low to adversely affect native plant diversity at a national scale

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom chris.thomas@york.ac.uk.
² Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.

Comment

Chris D Thomas et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.

. 2015 Jun 9;112(23):E2990.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1507966112. Epub 2015 Jun 1.

¹ Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom chris.thomas@york.ac.uk.
² Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Non-native plants add to the British flora without negative consequences for native diversity.
Thomas CD, Palmer G. Thomas CD, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 7;112(14):4387-92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1423995112. Epub 2015 Mar 23. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 25831537 Free PMC article.
Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain.
Hulme PE, Pauchard A, Pyšek P, Vilà M, Alba C, Blackburn TM, Bullock JM, Chytrý M, Dawson W, Dunn AM, Essl F, Genovesi P, Maskell LC, Meyerson LA, Nuñez MA, Pergl J, Pescott OL, Pocock MJ, Richardson DM, Roy HE, Smart SM, Štajerová K, Stohlgren T, van Kleunen M, Winter M. Hulme PE, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 9;112(23):E2988-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1506517112. Epub 2015 Jun 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26034295 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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