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Over the years, many insect pests, plant pathogens, and weed species have invaded agricultural and forest ecosystems in the United States. Once established, they have significantly reduced crop and forest productivity, despite treatments with pesticides and the presence of natural enemies (Pimentel 1983).
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Pimentel, D. (1986). Biological Invasions of Plants and Animals in Agriculture and Forestry. In: Mooney, H.A., Drake, J.A. (eds) Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii. Ecological Studies, vol 58. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4988-7_9
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