Invasive species are now the world's second highest driver of biodiversity loss. In areas that are high in crime, investigators will take crime locations and to try and pinpoint the suspects main residence. This same philosophy is going to be used when focusing on putting an end to several invasive species. With invasive species on the rise, global change is slowly occuring. A popular method for beginning this research is looking at historical data concerning various species and placing it into computer simulation models. The geographic profiling method has outperformed other methods in hunting down these invesives and their primary location. Geographic profiling is especially helpful when there are more than one dominant location of the invasive and can identify a location more quickly than other methods.
I find this article very interesting in that we are now beginning to look at invasive species as criminals, which they are. Putting a magnifying glass over invasive species and grasping hold to them more quickly will allow for prolonged native species richness. I feel that this method will be quickly modified, as funds are available, and can be used very effectivley against unwanted species.
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