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Many naturalized non-native plants pose ecological and economic threats. A quantitative analysis of the global distribution of naturalized plants confirms some anticipated trends and exposes new patterns. See Letter p.100

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Figure 1: A naturalized problem.

MARCEL REJMÁNEK

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  1. Marcel Rejmánek is in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.,

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Rejmánek, M. Global trends in plant naturalization. Nature 525, 39–40 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15206

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