[MAIPC] Intriguing new research: Coevolution between invasive and native species

[Stephen Hiltner]

Thanks for sharing this article. FYI: There's a book called Inheritors of
the Earth that claims to be optimistic because nature might heal itself in
a million years. It claims that conservation efforts are doomed to failure,
so we should embrace the change. I wrote a review <http://rdcu.be/HSal> for
Biological Invasions.

It would be strange to go to the trouble of replanting if one is assuming
the garlic mustard will simply recolonize. We've had good luck at our
preserve with removing garlic mustard before it goes to seed. We're
basically playing the role we wish deer would play. Persistence furthers if
one's means are in balance with the scope of the problem. Glad to hear,
though, of evidence of some coevolution.

Steve
PrincetonNatureNotes.org

On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 9:15 AM Nathan Hartshorne <nshartshorne at gmail.com>
wrote:

> " He explained that removing invasive species and replanting natives
> often results in failure but replacing invasive species with native plants
> from an area where the plants have had time to adapt to the invader could
> be more effective. Rather than replanting clearweed from a recently invaded
> site in Michigan, for example, land managers could use plants from New York
> that are more likely to be resistant to garlic mustard."
>
> It certainly gives us a lot to think about in terms of wildlife
> management.  At the same time, we wouldn't want to shrink the genetics of a
> species, but there might be a balance.
>
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 6:26 AM Kathy Daniel <kdaniel20816 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> https://news.uga.edu/coevolution-between-invasive-native-species-062812/
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