[APWG] NEWS: 'CAT scan' shows Hawaiian forests invaded by alien species

[Bob Beyfuss]

Although this article is not good news, it is refreshing for me to see the 
term "altering" instead of "destroying" "devastating" and other pejorative 
terms.

  At 10:29 AM 3/4/2008, Olivia Kwong wrote:
>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0303-hawaii.html
>
>'CAT scan' shows Hawaiian forests invaded by alien species
>mongabay.com
>March 3, 2008
>
>Invasive plant species are altering the ecology of Hawaiian rain forests,
>reports a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
>Sciences (PNAS).
>
>See the link above for the full article text.
>
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