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Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studies

A Different Perspective to Tackle the Aggression of Alien Species

  • Open or Close Mauro Lenzi*

    Lagoon Ecology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Italy

    *Corresponding author: ZMauro Lenzi, Ecologist, Lagoon Ecology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Orbetello, Italy

Submission: February 26, 2018; Published: April 30, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/EAES.2018.02.000538

ISSN: 2578-0336
Volume2 Issue3

Abstract

I believe that greater reflection should be made on alien species. In my opinion, the hypothesis on which to work, should be to put the aliens more in relation with the weakening of the ecosystem structure caused by direct or indirect human actions. In this perspective, we could call the invasive allochthones “foreign opportunists”. Many examples could be given of how the resilience of a given ecosystem, if healthy or restored, allows the return to the original state, after an event has perturbed it, such as that of an invasive species (or at least that we think is to be attributed to this). In such cases, the alien species may disappear or remain completely resized.

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