Evaluation of Habitat Suitability and Assessment of the Invasion Risk of Water Hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms] in Global Freshwater Ecosystems.

Prabhat Adhikari¹, Pradeep Adhikari², Anil Poudel¹, Yong Ho Lee², Sun Hee Hong¹

¹Department of Plant Resources and Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea.

²Institute of Humanities and Ecology Consensus Resilience Lab, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract

Aquatic ecosystems worldwide are increasingly threatened by invasive species, with water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms] being among the most destructive aquatic weeds. Despite numerous regional studies, a global assessment integrating climatic and hydrological drivers remains lacking. Here, we assessed current and future invasion risks across 55,945 freshwater lakes using the maximu…

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