Published: January 20, 2019
Invaders are a greater threat to native species than climate change, land clearing and energy production, experts say
“We might be the last people on earth to take a sample of an Australian native guava in flower,” says botanist Rod Fensham, as he studies a small cluster of white flowers.
The guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides) is heading for extinction, says Fensham, of the University of Queensland – but not because of land clearing or climate change. Instead it’s the relentless march of the invasive fungi myrtle rust that will cause its demise.
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