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Since the dawn of Since their emergence, Homo sapiens) have played an ever-increasing role in species invasions. As a result of their colonization of all but the most extreme of Earth’s ecosystems and their tendency to transform natural Although the collection and transport of exotic species dates to ancient times, written records of their ecological effects extend back only a few centuries. One of the best-known historical examples of such species is the Norway, or brown, Rattus norvegicus). This Raphus cucullatus) from Mauritius by 1681. Although invasive species occur on all continents, Oryctolagus cuniculus), which originally inhabited southern Europe and Vulpes vulpes), a small predator found across much of the Northern Hemisphere, wreaked havoc on Bufo marinus), whose native range spans from northern South America to southern Mimosa pigra) may have been introduced by the Darwin Botanic Garden sometime before the 1890s; upalatable to most wildlife, it forms Psidium cattleianum), Eugenia uniflora), Arabian coffee ( Lantana camara), and the Inga edulis) are all invasive species that were brought as food or ornamental plants and escaped cultivation. Introduced into the Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) and silver carp ( H. molitrix)—escaped into the By 2010 the Python molurus bivittatus), a native of Alligator mississippiensis) for dominance in the wetlands of southern Florida. Released into the Florida landscape after Neotoma floridana) and the Mycteria americana) have caused...

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