[APWG] NEWS: Predicting The Perfect Predator To Control Invasive Species
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Feb 14 12:37:52 CST 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213133316.htm
Predicting The Perfect Predator To Control Invasive Species
ScienceDaily (Feb. 13, 2008) . Garlic mustard has become an invasive
species in temperate forests across the United States, choking out native
plants on forest floors and threatening ecosystem diversity. University of
Illinois ecologist Adam Davis has created a computer model that in
combination with quarantined research tests he believes will be able to
predict the perfect predator -- a pest that can be introduced into a
forested area that will help reduce the garlic mustard population.
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