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Superstud grass menaces San Francisco Bay

Through superior pollen power, an invasive salt-marsh species from the East Coast threatens to overwhelm the native cordgrass of San Francisco Bay.

References:

Anttila, C.K., C.C. Daehler . . . and D.R. Strong. 1998. Greater male fitness of a rare invader (Spartina alterniflora, poaceae) threatens a common native (Spartina foliosa) with hybridization. American Journal of Botany 85(November):1597.

Further Readings:

Mlot, C. 1997. Biological pest control harms natives. Science News 152(Aug. 16):100.

Raloff, J. 1996. Pollution helps weeds take over prairies. Science News 150(Dec. 7):356.

Sources:

Curtis C. Daehler
University of Hawaii
Department of Botany
3190 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822-2279

Daniel Simberloff
University of Tennessee
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
569 Dabney Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-1610

Donald R. Strong
Bodega Marine Laboratory
2099 Westside Road
P.O. Box 247
Bodega Bay, CA 94923-0247

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 20, November 14, 1998, p. 310. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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