Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen

2007-11-19 Thread Wayne Tyson
if such predators are not already > > present, it may take a few million years for them to evolve. > > > > Sometimes man has tried to counter one alien invasion by introducing > > another alien species to control it -- which brings into action the > > Law of Uninten

Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen

2007-11-19 Thread Elmer J. Finck
Silvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU cc Subject Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen I'll pick up on two of Wayne's points. One is that "some aliens that do little harm&

Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen

2007-11-17 Thread Hobden, Jennifer
2007 2:19 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen I'll pick up on two of Wayne's points. One is that "some aliens that do=20 little harm" -- this is true,

Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen

2007-11-17 Thread Wayne Tyson
by introducing another >alien species to control it -- which brings into action the Law of >Unintended Consequences. It's a tricky game to play. > >Bill Silvert > > >----- Original Message - >From: "Wayne Tyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: &

Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen

2007-11-16 Thread Joe Tyburczy
cies to control it -- which brings into action the > Law of Unintended Consequences. It's a tricky game to play. > > Bill Silvert > > > - Original Message - From: "Wayne Tyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:08

Re: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen

2007-11-16 Thread William Silvert
ings into action the Law of Unintended Consequences. It's a tricky game to play. Bill Silvert - Original Message - From: "Wayne Tyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:08 AM Subject: ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline lim

ECOSYSTEM Health Alien invasions persistence decline limits control Re: semi-silly question from John Nielsen

2007-11-15 Thread Wayne Tyson
Uh, oh--Nielsen has no idea what a Pandora's box he's opened; he will need a year's lead time just to read the rants. So how does he punt against his deadline (the only silly part) without desolving into a bunch of frantic sound bytes? My "too sense" on the matter is this--what never gets disc