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ScienceDaily: For decades, ecologists have assumed the worst invasive species -- such as brown tree snakes and kudzu -- have an "away-field advantage." They succeed because they do better in their new territories than they do at home. A new study led by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center reveals that this fundamental assumption is not nearly as common as people might think.
The away-field advantage hypothesis hinges on this idea: Successful invaders do better in a new place because the environment......
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Invasive species: ‘away-field advantage’ weaker than ecologists thought
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 18th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation