In any discussion of "invasive species" it should be made exceptionally clear that we humans are the most invasive species on this earth, we do immense damage where ever we spread to.
Interests me, would you have another link besides X, I will not use that platform for anything - and X threads are not viewable when using UBlock origin and NoScript to protect yourself from web threats.
Decades of data suggest that moving animals around the planet reduces global species richness. My view of this is swayed by ecology & evolution, rather than (e.g.) animal rights ideology or the weak rhetorical arguments against invasion ecology posed by Mark Sagoff, who is cited in your article.
Our paper is not about moving species, but how to deal w those already moved - in line w/ Tedeschi et all, we find 22% of all alien mammals are threatened in their native ranges & we provide a discussion of the complexities related to their conservation roles & ecological effects
Your paper downplays the real threat posed by invasions to biodiversity - e.g. the comment "Introduced organisms are not a leading cause of biodiversity loss relative to habitat loss and direct exploitation" - which is misleading given that those stressors do not exist in isolation, they interact.
Also factually true is: invasions are a major driver of extinction; they interact synergistically with habitat alteration & other stressors; and initially benign nonnative populations can become invasive when triggered. Ignoring this doesn't improve policy. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0623
Our definition of invasive is .. convenient? Soy is from China yet we grow it in South America. Tomatoes are from Peru but China grows the most. Arabica coffee is from Africa yet we grow it in South America. Cacao is from South America yet we grow it in Africa... 🙃
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But it is never acknowledged.
Thank you.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0623
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