It would be nice to assemble a list of people on Mastodon who are involved in the science & management of #NonnativeSpecies #AlienSpecies #InvasiveSpecies #BiologicalInvasions. Maybe by replying to this post?
@Ecoinvasions
My job is eradicating the invasive ant #Wasmannia auropunctata on the island of Maui. I won't ever be a Checkmark-verified entomologist but I study the natural history & distribution of ants on my island with one goal being to contribute to understanding/predicting population shifts as new ants arrive, particularly whether/how interspecific competition can be used to our advantage. I imagine a day when safely eradicating ant species with island-wide distributions is plausible.