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https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e186479 (27 Jan 2026)
https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e186479 (27 Jan 2026)
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10.3897/arphapreprints.e186479
First posted
27 Jan 2026
Authors
Quentin Groom
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Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
Natural Resource Specialist at Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom
Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom
SWCA Environmental Consultants, Honolulu, United States of America
Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Conflict of interest
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Supporting agencies
The authors are grateful to the UK Defra Darwin Plus for funding fieldwork linked to this study (reference DarwinPlus151 Building knowledge of invasive species on Diego Garcia). QG acknowledges the Research Foundation – Flanders (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen - FWO) for a Travel Grant for a short stay abroad (K212123N). SM acknowledges the financial support provided by the Leopold III Fund.
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