A study reveals the impact of the giant reed on the ground arthropods

The reed, an abundant plant in the Iberian Peninsula riverbanks, alters the ground arthropods communities and it reduces the body size of these invertebrates in the natural habitats it colonizes, according to a study published in the magazine Biological Invasions. The new project is led by the experts Alberto Maceda Veiga, from the Biodiversity Research Institute of the UB (IRBio), Gerard Lanzaco, Miquel Sala, Adolfo de Sostoa and Antoni Serra, from the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences and the IRBio, and Helena Basas, from the Animal Biodiversity Research Centre (CRBA) of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona.

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Picture: Antoni Serra