Deriving inventories of non-native plant species from iNaturalist: Insights from urban centres of the Western Cape, South Africa

Christiaan Gildenhuys; Luke Potgieter; Cang Hui; David Richardson

doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e156050

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doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e156050

First posted 16 Apr 2025

Authors

Christiaan Petrus Gildenhuys - Corresponding author

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Luke Potgieter

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Cang Hui

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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David Mark Richardson

State University of New York, New Paltz, New Paltz, United States of America

Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch , South Africa

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/staff/dmrichardson/

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Author contributions

Data cleaning was performed by DMR, CPG, and LJP. Supervision was performed by DMR, CH, and LJP. Writing of associated software was performed by CPG. All authors contributed to the conceptualisation and writing of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Supporting agencies

Centre for Invasion Biology Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme ()

NRF - National Research Foundation

NSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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