Lantana invasion threatens 40 percent of India’s tiger habitat, reports study
2020-08-18 09:08
While India talks about the impacts of developmental projects on biodiversity, an exotic plant with pretty flowers has diligently carved its way to degrade its forests. This plant, Lantana camara, is a thicket forming shrub native to tropical America. Arriving in India as an ornamental plant in the early 1800s, lantana has escaped from gardens […]
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