[APWG] NEWS: Predicting The Perfect Predator To Control Invasive Species

[Olivia Kwong]

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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