On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Swintosky, Michael D. wrote:

> We know that ANY new species introduced to an environment is going to
> produce change...

We do not know anything of the kind. The above statement clearly is
"opinion." More likely, in a world governed largely by chance, the result
is just the opposite, most adventive populations ultimately failing to
become established. Those of us who work in biological control know this
all too well.

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"To a rough approximation and setting aside vertebrate chauvinism, it can
   be said that essentially all organisms are insects."--R.M. May (1988)
"Bugs are not going to inherit the earth. They own it now. So we might as
   well make peace with the landlord."--T. Eisner (1989)