Date:1/13/2009

c species invasions, extinctions and land fragmentation have altered virtually every ecosystem on the planet. Managers and biologists should be nurturing so-called "novel ecosystems" -- thriving combinations of desirable plants and animals in habitats that have never occurred together before -- and developing new conservation strategies for them, he said.

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Contact: Timothy Seastedt Timothy.Seastedt@colorado.edu 303-492-3302 University of Colorado at Boulder Source:Eurekalert

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