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Nativeness as Gradient | Discussion (link.springer.com)

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With the rapid shifting of ecosystems, the concept of native and invasive is being rethought. On the one end are folks who desire to maintain ecological communities as static as possible, and on the other are those who want to end any sort of invasive species control completely.

This paper introduces a new framework that I quite like. "Here, I discuss the moral relevance and waning utility of the geographically-based and dichotomous understanding of “native” (or “in situ”) which is an important component of conservation ethics and practice. I then propose a new understanding of nativeness in which a species is native—not to a geographic location—but to a quantifiable set of biotic, climatic, geologic, and topographic conditions (i.e. its niche) that can then map to geographic space."

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