"Management and control of [non-native] species is perhaps the biggest challenge that conservation biologists will face in the next few decades," says Fred Allendorf of the University of Montana in Missoula, who edited a six-paper special section called "Population Biology of Invasive Species" in the February issue of Conservation Biology.
Key points in the special section include:
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Fred Allendorf (406-243-5503, fred.allendorf@mso.umt.edu )
David Lodge ( lodge.1@nd.edu )
Colin Townsend ( colin.townsend@stonebow.otago.ac.nz )
Neil Tsutsui ( ndtsutsui@ucdavis.edu )
Ingrid Parker ( parker@biology.ucsc.edu )
Svata Louda ( slouda@unl.edu )
Daniel Simberloff ( dsimberloff@utk.edu )
PDFs of these papers are available to the media; contact Robin Meadows robin@nasw.org
Conservation Biology