Articles for tag: Endangered plants

Invasive Species: The Uninvited Guests

Plants That Only Exist on One Mountain — And Why That’s Dangerous

Annette Uy

In isolated areas where there is little possibility for organisms to disperse to new places or to receive new gene flow from outside, the rate of endemism is particularly high. Similarly, isolated mountainous regions like the Ethiopian Highlands, or large bodies of water far from other lakes, like Lake Baikal, can also have high rates ...