Ecological Diseases

The brown tree snake invasion in Guam has been massive, and its ecological consequences were devastating. Nearly all of the island's 25 resident bird species were either drastically reduced in number or completely wiped out by brown tree snakes (Wiles, Bart, Beck, & Aquon, 2003, p. 1351). In addition, the snakes have reduced some of the island's other animals, such as flying foxes and several lizard species (Wiles, Bart, Beck, & Aquon, 2003, p. 1351). The

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