New standardized framework allows conservationists to assess benefits of non-native species (IMAGE)

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New standardized framework allows conservationists to assess benefits of non-native species

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Aldabra tortoise, a species that has been introduced from Seychelles to the Mascarene Islands east of Madagascar to restore seed-dispersal functions of recently extinct species and whose positive impacts have been assessed with EICAT+.

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