It seems that whatever initiative or idea is flowing through the scientific community that there will be naysayers.
My goodness how can anyone deny the importance of exotics? I guess some people will poo-poo anything! Personally, I think the most interesting part of invasion ecology is why among closely related species, some fail miserably at colonization, others become established exotics but really never expand much from their point of introduction or slowly disappear, but others expand rapidly and extensively becoming huge ecological problems (see Elm bark beetles, ash borers, kudzu). Its a really interesting area of ecology/evolution/natural resources management. Malcolm On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:58 AM, lisa jones <lajone...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > A quick and interesting editorial piece from Richardson & Ricciardi > "Misleading criticisms of invasion science: a field guide" in Diversity and > Distributions (2013, 19: 1461-1467). > > A link to the article can be found here on the Canadian Aquatic Invasive > Species Network (CAISN) website (listed near the bottom of the page): > http://www.caisn.ca/en/publications > > I am sure there will be a response from those who see no value in invasion > science but as one reviewer pointed out "when invasions are driven by us > (ballast waters, trade, aquaculture, you > name it) and overcome wide ecological barriers... well, I would be very > careful in saying that there is no problem." > > Lisa > > > > > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Environmental Studies University of Illinois at Springfield Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
