One of Canada’s worst invasive species may have arrived naturally
By Andrew J Tanentzap, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Trent University; University of Cambridge
Danai Kontou, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Invasion Ecology, University of Leeds
Most invasive species are introduced into the areas where they become damaging. That’s part of why they tend to be so successful in taking over new environments and causing billions of dollars in damage.
But what if species that we thought were introduced by humans arrived naturally?
In our recent research paper, we made a startling discovery about one of North…
