A new, gradient-based concept of native (where a species is more or less native to a place based on the environment) is compatible with the traditional understanding but also provides a clear, unifying re-framing of native to help us understand where species belong in a rapidly changing world.
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It's an ethics paper about how the dichotomous understanding of "nativeness" traditionally used to describe species (e.g. a species is either native or non-native to a place) becomes confusing and less useful as the climate and environment change and species move locations in response.
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