Good article about something that comes up a lot in restoration work and removing some invasive plants: The value or impact of a species should be considered, not whether or not it's native to an area... Especially when you consider how much is spent on a lot of this work. Where do we actually get a benefit for the money and effort put into natural resources? And humans are a part of nature, doing important ecosystem services, which sometimes includes moving species intentionally or accidentally.
Eli Rose
11mo
Interesting finding. Introduced certainly does not infer invasive! Scale also comes to mind, as a native species can move into pockets of newly available habitats quite aggressively following ecological changes.
Biologist at same place
11moInteresting article. Coastal Southern CA has a long list of introduced invasive species that require excessive time and financial resources to combat. They are a problem because they are invasive, not nessarily because they are Introduced. The author of the article eventually asked Daniel Simberloff. He placed introduced species in an ecosystem context.