[APWG] NEWS: Waging war on invasive plant species: Effects of invasives persist even after removal
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Aug 10 08:25:11 CDT 2011
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/ajob-wwo080911.php
Waging war on invasive plant species: Effects of invasives persist even
after removal
Threat to ecosystem biodiversity studied using multiple interactions
Public release date: 9-Aug-2011
Invasive species cost an estimated $1.4 trillion annually in their
environmental and economic impacts worldwide and are second only to
habitat loss as a threat to biodiversity. As scientists struggle with the
challenge of controlling invasive species, the question of why some
species are so successful continually arises.
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