Invasion BiologyDavid Theodoropoulos
Invasion Biology
by David Theodoropoulos · first published 2003
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> danger of invasive species For a good counter to all the "invasive biology" craze see: https://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Biology-Pseudoscience-David-... He raises many good points. Much damage to the eocology has been done in removing "invasive" species. Now, diseses, those can really devestate. I'd love to still have our (US)…
on “Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited packages of seeds” ↗…and authors) to see what credence I should lend them. The little I could find out about this book was a review at [0] that concludes with "I would not recommend this book to those beginning a study of Invasion Biology. It is a polemic presumably aimed at the practitioners of what the author holds is a pseudoscience, and perhaps also at policy‐makers." Make of that what you will. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242384/
on “Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited packages of seeds” ↗> the Ventnor Method wild gardening, agroforestry, permaculture, etc. Why do people feel the need to rename basic ideas Anyways it seems very adjacent to theories and criticisms of invasion biology. See: - Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience (academic book) - The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation (popular science book) - A systematic review of context bias in…
on “Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight” ↗