
OpinionJune 12, 2021
Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem
In Hawaii, imported birds have taken on some of the roles once performed by those that have gone extinct—but there’s a catch
Samuel B. Case is a Ph.D. candidate in the Program in Ecology (PiE) at the University of Wyoming and a graduate research fellow with the National Science Foundation. He is currently researching the roles of nonnative birds in seed dispersal on Oʻahu with the Hawaiʻi VINE Project. A link to his research articles can be found here.

Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem
In Hawaii, imported birds have taken on some of the roles once performed by those that have gone extinct—but there’s a catch