[APWG] NEWS: Invasive Species: 'Away-Field Advantage' Weaker Than Ecologists Thought

[Kwong, Olivia]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130517152352.htm

Invasive Species: 'Away-Field Advantage' Weaker Than Ecologists Thought

May 17, 2013 -- For decades, ecologists have assumed the worst invasive
species -- such as brown tree snakes and kudzu -- have an "away-field
advantage." They succeed because they do better in their new territories
than they do at home. A new study led by the Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center reveals that this fundamental assumption is not nearly as
common as people might think.

See the link above for the full article text. The article in Ecology is
available at http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/12-1810.1
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