Introduction

Non native, invasive species can be manifested as plants, animals or other organisms such as microbes. In any case they have immense capabilities for causing widespread destruction of ecosystems processes at large and often greatly reduce the diversity of native species (the second leading cause of loss in biodiversity in the United States). Humans are the primary means for the spread and introduction of invasive species, so it stands to reason that as we should be at least in part responsible for remediation efforts. As such our group has chosen to look at the problem of invasive species more closely, with a particular eye for those that are relevant in Vermont.