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A rapid biodiversity assessment of 3 sites on Vanuatu's Malekula island covering flora, reptiles, birds, freshwater fish and crustaceans, and invasive ants.

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.