A University of Windsor professor is among an international team of scientists examining what challenges and opportunities the future may hold for invasive species research.
Professor Hugh MacIsaac travelled to the University of Cambridge last fall along with 16 other ecologists to reach a consensus on what they believed to be the emerging trends, issues, opportunities and threats for invasive science.
A University of Windsor professor is among an international team of scientists examining what challenges and opportunities the future may hold for invasive species research.
Professor Hugh MacIsaac travelled to the University of Cambridge last fall along with 16 other ecologists to reach a consensus on what they believed to be the emerging trends, issues, opportunities and threats for invasive science.
Each scientist had previously submitted at least two topics which were then discussed and confidentially scored from one to 1,000.
“When we did that, there was a clear cutoff in the perceived importance of the topics at 14,” the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research biology professor said. “We then considered those 14 in more detail and examined how they are going to affect humans and wildlife over the coming 10 to 20 years.”
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