According to Azucena de la Cruz, a conservation biologist who co-leads all of SPEA's Azores programs, the team quickly learned that they needed to plant native trees close together to prevent the entry of invasive plants.

SPEA 亚速尔群岛所有项目的联合负责人、保护生物学家 Azucena de la Cruz 表示，该团队很快就了解到，他们需要将本地树木种植在一起，以防止入侵植物的进入。