Invasion Status, Distribution, and Environmental Preferences of Non-Native Ornamental Thunbergia Species (Acanthaceae) in Ecuador: An Emerging Threat to Tropical Montane Forests Article

Reyes-Hernandez, Ana, Herrera, Ileana, Vargas, Anahi et al. (2026). Invasion Status, Distribution, and Environmental Preferences of Non-Native Ornamental Thunbergia Species (Acanthaceae) in Ecuador: An Emerging Threat to Tropical Montane Forests . FORESTS, 17(3), 10.3390/f17030363

Open Access International Collaboration

cited authors

  • Reyes-Hernandez, Ana; Herrera, Ileana; Vargas, Anahi; Oleas, Nora H; Alvarez, Josue; Lopez-Pujol, Jordi

sustainable development goals

authors

publication date

  • March 14, 2026

published in

keywords

  • ALIEN PLANTS
  • COUNTRY
  • FLORAS
  • Forestry
  • GRANDIFLORA
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • Neotropic
  • PHRAGMITES-AUSTRALIS
  • REPRODUCTION
  • SPREAD
  • Science & Technology
  • alien plants
  • biological invasions
  • citizen science
  • horticulture
  • pathways
  • protected areas
  • tropical forest
  • vines

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

publisher

  • MDPI

volume

  • 17

issue

  • 3