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Invasion biology is a discipline that's too young to die

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Mark Davis suggests in his book Invasion Biology that the discipline should be reabsorbed into general community ecology, as Emma Marris reports in her Review 'The end of the invasion?' (Nature 459, 327–328; 2009). In fact, invasion biology has a much wider remit than the management of a few highly invasive species. The comparison of alien and native species has contributed to a better understanding of population dynamics, ecosystem function and species evolution. The field still has much to teach us about biodiversity and ecological processes in general, and its relevance to conservation policy is growing.

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  1. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Zámek 1, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic

    Petr Pyšek

  2. Bio-Protection Research Centre, PO Box 84, Lincoln University 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Pyšek, P., Hulme, P. Invasion biology is a discipline that's too young to die. Nature 460, 324 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460324b

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