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RE: Florida herp invasions; this forum is om

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Posted by: phantasticus at Mon Mar 13 18:57:20 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by phantasticus ]  
   

I am not taking sides but why are you guys not including the fact that prey of both species can be the same. Therefore the more aggressive Anoles eating first and driving the less aggressive eaters to less nutrition and resulting in less production.
Or the fact that one species can introduce a parasite not yet adapted to, resulting in less production or death.
Or the fact that the native species has possibly not fully evolved the strongest to its environment and the introduced species is, by way of a more hostile original but similar environment?
To say that an introduced species is not a threat or we should wait for an actual problem can and has been disastrous.
Also something to think about is these actions are a force of evolution and maybe for the first time we can actually witness evolution happening due to our pressure placed on species by our actions. They either change to survive or go extinct. As long as we protect enough to allow native species to have the adaptation time they will still be here with a few genetic modifications. Right? As long as they are not ecosystem lawn mower like some toads, ants, humans or rats I think we will be fine.


   

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