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Chapter 1 describes seven invasions that, as Elton says, illustrate what nonnative introductions can do in seas, estuaries, rivers, lakes, shores, tropical and temperate forests, farmlands, and towns.
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Simberloff, D., Ricciardi, A. (2020). Foreword to Chapter One. In: The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34721-5_1
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