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Non-native species boost biodiversity
New Scientist, 2017Erick Lundgren of Arizona State University and his colleagues have studied the ranges of 76 species of large plant-eating mammals. They found 22 with significant populations outside their native range. Ten of those are extinct or threatened back home. For instance, there are an estimated 5 million wild donkeys around the world, but only a few hundred ...
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Non-native species risks to the Arctic
2014No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. The ICES Working Groups on Ballast and Other Shipping Vectors (WGBOSV) and Introduction and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) have identified non-native species issues in the Arctic as an emerging priority.
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The introduction of non-native species to Antarctica
2014Antarctica's biodiversity and its intrinsic values are at risk from the introduction of non-native species, predominantly facilitated by human activity. Non-native species, or species that live outside of their natural range, can spread inter-regionally (from outside the Antarctic and its associated and dependent ecosystems) or intra-regionally (within
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Non-native species resist extreme events
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023Tim S. Doherty, Kristina J. Macdonald
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Deforestation and the spread of non-native species
2013Over ninety percent of Madagascar’s original forests have been deforested, and the population of Madagascar has doubled in the past forty years, further exacerbating problems of local, unsustainable forest use. While research on Madagascar's endemic species is common, less information is known about its non-native species and the increasing effects ...
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Impacts of Non-native Species on Livestock
2017Livestock systems have both benefited from and been harmed by the deliberate and unintended introduction of non-native species. The introduction of non-native pests and pathogens into livestock populations has resulted in severe economic, welfare, and public health consequences.
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Biological invasions by non-native species
[ES] La introducción de especies exóticas constituye un fenómeno de cambio global impulsado directa o indirectamente por las actividades humanas. Muchas especies exóticas se introducen por sus usos, muchas veces estéticos, tal es el caso de las plantas ornamentales o las mascotas.Vilà, Montserrat +2 more
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