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Dr. Megan Fritz quoted in The Scientist commenting on Dr. Daniel Gruner's research publication titled, "Local extinction of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) following rat eradication on Palmyra Atoll."
Quote: “This is an interesting paper that opens up the fascinating possibility that eradicating one human-introduced pest, which would be the rats, could lead to the secondary elimination of another human-introduced pest, A. albopictus,” says entomologist Megan Fritz of the University of Maryland who was not involved with the study. “The findings have implications for conservation biology and habitat restoration and possibly even human health in sparsely populated tropical island communities.” Read more>> Comments are closed.
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