Remember the old song about the old lady that swallowed a fly?
> Ecolog: > > Any comments? > > WT > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wayne Tyson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:41 PM > Subject: Biological control of invasive species by import of alien species > Re: [APWG] NEWS: Invasive Saltcedar Triggers Lively Debate > > >> APWG: >> >> Much as I would like to see the truly invasive "saltcedars" sent back >> where they came from, we're probably stuck with them--they're just too >> seedy. >> >> Much as I would like to see a savior, even in the form of a bug, the >> true-believers ("Now land managers are adding new biological control >> agents to their arsenal by releasing saltcedar leaf beetles (Diorhabda >> elongata) imported from China and Greece. The small insects strip >> saltcedar of its leaves, while ignoring native vegetation." >> http://www.wssa.net/WSSA/PressRoom/WSSA_SaltCedar.htm ) in >> insect-messiahs >> are at it again. These little buggers may "ignore" native vegetation for >> a >> while, have they been DEMONSTRATED in a peer-reviewed manner with >> replicated experiments to have left every species indigenous to the >> Western Hemisphere to continue to do so? I await the evidence, and I >> should not be expected to chase it down from a press-release. >> >> A more serious question remains to be answered--do we know, to a >> "scientific certainty," that such imported populations cannot and will >> not >> evolve to survive on other prey? >> >> WT >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Olivia Kwong" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:27 AM >> Subject: [APWG] NEWS: Invasive Saltcedar Triggers Lively Debate >> >> >>> http://www.wssa.net/WSSA/PressRoom/WSSA_SaltCedar.htm >>> >>> Invasive Saltcedar Triggers Lively Debats Among Weed Scientists and >>> Land >>> Managers >>> >>> Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) is an invasive plant that is crowding out >>> native >>> vegetation and dominating the shorelines of southwestern rivers and >>> streams. But put a room full of weed scientists and land managers >>> together >>> to discuss how to tame the aggressive plant and you'll trigger a lively >>> debate about how -- or even whether -- it should be controlled. >>> >>> See the link above for the full text of the press release. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PCA's Alien Plant Working Group mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo/apwg_lists.plantconservation.org >>> >>> Disclaimer >>> Any requests, advice or opinions posted to this list reflect ONLY the >>> opinion of the individual posting the message. >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.64/2321 - Release Date: >> 08/23/09 >> 06:18:00 >> >
