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Australia’s biosecurity system is on high alert for alien invaders. Here’s a hit list of eight baddies we believe pose the greatest threat to Australia’s biodiversity.
The two pest ant species have huge impacts on the areas they invade. The fire ants can even kill people. Unfortunately, these ants will be hard to eliminate.
The ways eastern fence lizards have changed in response to red imported fire ants demonstrate how species can adapt to survive the presence of invasive predators.
Animals that are traded as pets are more likely to be invasive species, including a relatively new pet: ants.
Invasive pest ants cause billions of dollars worth of damage to crops, and threaten some of Australia’s World Heritage rainforests. The federal budget has pledged nearly $30m on wiping them out – but how?
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Natural Resource Economics, Adelaide University
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Adjunct Research Associate, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Biology, Penn State
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Professor of Biology and Verne M. Willaman Dean, Eberly College of Science, Penn State
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Conjoint Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto