tom's comment makes me wonder if the brown tree snake COULD pose a
serious threat to bird life on a continent (in contrast to the small
islands where it has completely destroyed all bird life)? and, more
importantly, what factors/life history features must be in place for
an individual alien species to be capable of posing serious threats
to the existence of entire taxa?

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Tom Foote wrote:

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> Tom Foote footet at elwha.evergreen.edu
> Lab II
> The Evergreen State College (360) 866-6000 x6118
> Olympia, WA 98505
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