Update on the Environmental and Economic Costs Associated with Alien-Invasive Species in the United States. Pimentel, D., Zuniga, R., & Morrison, D. Ecological Economics, 52(3):273–288, February, 2005.
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Invading alien species in the United States cause major environmental damages and losses adding up to almost \$120 billion per year. There are approximately 50,000 foreign species and the number is increasing. About 42\,% of the species on the Threatened or Endangered species lists are at risk primarily because of alien-invasive species.
@article{pimentelUpdateEnvironmentalEconomic2005,
  title = {Update on the Environmental and Economic Costs Associated with Alien-Invasive Species in the {{United States}}},
  author = {Pimentel, David and Zuniga, Rodolfo and Morrison, Doug},
  year = {2005},
  month = feb,
  volume = {52},
  pages = {273--288},
  issn = {0921-8009},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.10.002},
  abstract = {Invading alien species in the United States cause major environmental damages and losses adding up to almost \$120 billion per year. There are approximately 50,000 foreign species and the number is increasing. About 42\,\% of the species on the Threatened or Endangered species lists are at risk primarily because of alien-invasive species.},
  journal = {Ecological Economics},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-7043514,biodiversity-impacts,costs,economic-impacts,environmental-modelling,invasive-species,nonmarket-impacts,united-states},
  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-7043514},
  number = {3}
}

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