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

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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