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Entomology
Locals lose out to sexy aliens
November 20th, 2007
Globalisation has led to an increase in invasions by new species around the world and this is costing agriculture and the environment dearly. Invasive animals often thrive at the expense of their close indigenous relatives and a paper published in Science within the Science Express web site provides some insights into why. Scientists from China and Australia studied the silverleaf whitefly (SLW), Bemisia tabaci biotype B. In many regions of both countries native types of B. tabaci have been replaced by the invasive B biotype. "This insect has spread from its Mediterranean-Asia Minor home range so successfully that it is now a...
Source: Science Letter (2007-11-20)
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