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Full-Text Articles in Urban Studies and Planning
Gardening Resources, Center For Urban Resilience
Gardening Resources, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 10: Garden Ecology
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Birds In The Urban Landscape, Center For Urban Resilience
Birds In The Urban Landscape, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 10: Garden Ecology
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Island Invasion: The Silent Crisis In Hawaii, Sophia Janssen
Island Invasion: The Silent Crisis In Hawaii, Sophia Janssen
Pomona Senior Theses
Keeping out invasive species may, upon first review, seem like a trivial environmental cry from ecologists and deep environmentalists; a belated wish to return to an undeveloped world where nature was pristine. However invasive species create problems that impact all of us and can have far more severe consequences than changing a stunning landscape. These problems are heightened in islands like Hawaii, where the fragile ecosystems have developed over centuries of evolution and adaptation. The introduction of a disease-carrying mosquito can put the people of Hawaii at risk to many vector-born illnesses and create an epidemic, taking human life. The …