A new study shows that invasive species can have a dramatic impact on native species — and that a strong proactive response can help mitigate those impacts.
Dr. Amanda Bates is the Canada Research Chair in Marine Physiological Ecology and an associate professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences, Faculty of Science.
She is part of an international research team that has conducted the first global meta-analysis of the characteristics and size of invasive species’ impacts on native species as invaders become more abundant.
The study, which saw team members analyze findings from 1,258 case studies from 201 research papers, was released in a paper in the online issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, on April 29.
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