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Invasive species tend to be a term used for things that thrive and choke out all competition and ultimately come to dominate and severely alter the landscape.
by sbov 9y ago
Invasive species tend to be a term used for things that thrive and choke out all competition and ultimately come to dominate and severely alter the landscape. Ultimately they tend to be bad for diversity.
Sorta like humans, except in plant/other animal form.
- roel_v 9y agoStrawman. GP was saying 'don't buy overseas seeds because they are species that are not native to wherever you are importing them to'. Which doesn't make sense - whether a species out competes another doesn't depend on where it's from. Sure, when you introduce some species into certain ecosystems, those ecosystems will change. Nobody's saying you shouldn't think and/or manage. What I'm saying is that the whole 'exotic is bad' line of thinking ultimately boils down to the naturalistic fallacy.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoExotic is bad when it costs the US economy $167bn a year, which is a realistic estimate of the amount lost because of the effects of invasive species of all kinds. If you think that's a "naturalistic fallacy" perhaps you need to brush up on your economics.