[APWG] NEWS: Removing species from sub-Antarctic island 'caused disaster'

[Olivia Kwong]

About animal species, but it did affect plants on the island.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090112/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityinvasiveaustralia_newsmlmmd

Removing species from sub-Antarctic island 'caused disaster'
Mon Jan 12, 12:34 pm ET

PARIS (AFP) -- Efforts to remove an invasive species from a sub-Antarctic 
island that has been named a World Heritage site accidentally triggered an 
environmental catastrophe, a study to be published on Tuesday says.

The eradication programme on Macquarie Island, lying halfway between 
Australia and Antarctica, is a cautionary tale about the complex web of 
ecosystems, its authors say.

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