BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND INVESTIGATIONS,
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781266382307
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 40.5, Problem 1MC
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The features that characterize an invasive species.
Concept introduction:
An invasive species is the species from another area that comes to interact with the native species of that area and harms them.
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