Citizen Science and Biodiversity: Thoughts From a Meeting With the European Citizen Science Association
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The Common Ragweed
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In this series, we’ve already learnt about the impacts of alien trees and garden plants in Norway, but others are invading too, including some that are easier to overlook. And some of them can not only out-compete native species, but also pose health problems for humans. In today’s guest post by Vanessa Bieker, we look at Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed), which produces highly allergenic pollen and is one of the main causes of hay fever.
The Spanish Slug
When I was 12 I read a book which involved an encounter with terrifying mutated slugs that fed on birds. So you can imagine my horror when 17 years later, I came across the Spanish slug, which is capable of terrorising bird nests. In our latest article of Norway’s invasive species, we look at what other forms of havoc this slug wreaks.
Invaders in the Garden
The Japanese Knotweed, an invasive species often found in gardens (Image Credit: HOerwin56, Pixabay license, Image Cropped)
Guest post by Malene Nygård
Garden plants have a long tradition in Norway; from being used as medicine and food in the gardens of Catholic monasteries in the Middle Ages to today’s exotic ornamental plants. But this tradition also represents several centuries of unmonitored introductions of alien species, and it has left its mark in Norwegian nature.
The Garden Lupin
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Ecology for the Masses 