[APWG] NEWS: Courting Controversy with a New View on Exotic Species
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Nov 19 07:55:59 CST 2009
http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2212
19 Nov 2009: Report
Courting Controversy with
a New View on Exotic Species
A number of biologists are challenging the long-held orthodoxy that
invasive species are inherently bad for ecosystems. In their contrarian
view, many introduced species have proven valuable and useful and have
increased the diversity and resiliency of indigenous environments.
by greg breining
When biologist Mark A. Davis talks about exotic species, he eventually
comes to LTL, his shorthand for Learn to Love them. Flying in the face of
the conventional wisdom among biologists that exotic species are harmful
to native ecosystems, Davis and a small cohort of biologists espouse a
heretical viewpoint: Exotic species are here to stay, so get used to them,
and forget about ripping out the fast-spreading shrub, buckthorn, on a
large scale or throwing Asian carp on the bank to die.
See the link above for the full article text.
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