Invasive Plants: Their Role in Species Extinctions and Economic Losses to Agriculture in the USA
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The more than 50,000 species of plants, animals, and microbes introduced into the United States cause more extinction of native species than most any other threats and cause more than $120 billion in damages and control costs each year. An assessment of the invasive plants that have been introduced and their control and damage costs will be estimated.
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