Threats: Invasive Species

Background Reading

CBFA chapter(s): 7

Scitable: Conceptualizing and Evaluating Non-Native Species

Lecture Slides

6. Invasive Species (class)

Discussion

Negative impacts of invasive species

Experts highlight NYS invasive species research in D.C. | Cornell ChronicleMark Whitmore, extension associate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, briefed congressional staffers on an invasive species threatening hemlock trees and ways to combat it.

National parks face 'crisis' over invasive animalsMore than half of US national parks are threatened by invasive animals, like pythons and feral pigs.

Biological invasions: a field synopsis, systematic review, and database of the literature; 2013; Lowry et al

Can invasive species have positive effects?

Exotic urban trees conserve similar natural enemy communities to native congeners but have fewer pests

Genetic connections

World First: Genetically Engineered Moth Is Released Into an Open FieldFor the first time scientists have released a genetically engineered, self-limiting agricultural pest into an open field. They have evaluated its potential for future crop protection, with promising results.

Opinion: Is CRISPR-based gene drive a biocontrol silver bullet or global conservation threat?

Genetically Modified Moths Come to New YorkA diamondback moth with altered DNA is being tested to control pests on cabbages.

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