Non-native plants invade some tropical forests but there are few long-term studies of these invasions, and the consequences for plant richness and diversity are unclear. Repeated measurements of permanent plots in tropical montane rain forests in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park in Jamaica over 24 to 40 years coincided with invasion by a non-native tree, Pittosporum undulatum.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/endemic-trees-tropical-biodiversity-hotspot-imperilled-invasive-tree
[2] https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0006320717313964/1-s2.0-S0006320717313964-main.pdf?_tid=f63875da-f10f-11e7-baa3-00000aab0f02&acdnat=1515043832_2b7029162bbc58c550e8ddc0705ed866
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/peter-j-bellingham
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/edmund-vj-tanner
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/patrick-h-martin-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/biological-conservation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-hotspots
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/invasive-alien-species
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jamaica
