Are invasive species a major cause of extinctions?-Gurevitch...

piaba piabinha@yahoo.com
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:23:10 PDT
--- Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> wrote:
> it is an interesting
> journal article that  
> just appeared showing that it is as yet unknown and
> unproven whether  
> invasive species actually cause the extinction of
> native species.


well, the biggest invasive species in the world (Homo
sapiens) has been linked to large mass extinctions in
various parts of the world, such as the megafaunal
collapses in north america and madagascar (that
coincided with that species' arrival)...

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tsuh yang

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