Even on remote islands, busy ports mean more invasives
In the Caribbean, trade trumps geographic isolation in the spread of nonnative lizards
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SCALY STOWAWAY Islands with thriving trade networks are more likely to be colonized by opportunistic species such as this brown anole (Anolis sagrei), a new study of the distribution of native and nonnative anoles shows.
Neil Losin