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- Title
Environmental and Economic Costs of Nonindigenous Species in the United States.
- Authors
Pimentel, David; Lach, Lori; Zuniga, Rodolfo; Morrison, Doug
- Abstract
Estimates the costs of damages caused by nonindigenous species in the United States. Examples of nonindigenous plants and animals; How some species can be beneficial, but crowd indigenous species when allowed to flourish unsupervised; Details of the introduction of the estimated 50,000 nonindigenous species in the US; Examples of threats posed by nonindigenous species.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SPECIES diversity; NONINDIGENOUS aquatic pests; ECOLOGY; INDIGENOUS crops; BIOLOGICAL adaptation; ECONOMICS
- Publication
BioScience, 2000, Vol 50, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0053:EAECON]2.3.CO;2