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More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway is one of the areas that is particularly at risk. Species that are not ...

Human activity brings with it alien species and creates excellent conditions that allow them to become established in an otherwise barren Arctic landscape. (Kristine Bakke Westergaard, NTNU via SWNS) ...

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