I thought that was obvious. By endemic, I mean autochthonamus, ie in the
area in which they evolved. During the course of that evolution, species
effect the environment. Political boundaries (Australia, Tasmania etc.) are
of total irrelevance. Also the question of original isn't always clear.
Evolution is a process, so original begs the question of when. The point I
was making is that Nigel wrote: "anything introduced has an effect on the
environment", so does any other species, during the course of its evolution.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Sterpin <>
To: Philip A Veerman <>
Cc: birding-aus <>
Date: Thursday, 21 October 1999 18:55
Subject: Re: birding-aus Re: introduced pest
>Phillip,
>What do you mean by endemic...endemic to Australia or endemic to the
plant's
>original region in Australia. I am not someone for planting palm trees on
>the south coast of Tasmania.
> Cheerio, Nigel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip A Veerman <>
>To: Birding-Aus <>
>Date: Thursday, 21 October 1999 13:12
>Subject: birding-aus Re: introduced pest
>
>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Philip A Veerman <>
>>To: Nigel Sterpin <>
>>Date: Thursday, 21 October 1999 12:30
>>Subject: Re: birding-aus Re: introduced pest
>>
>>
>>>Maybe,
>>>but so does anything endemic. It is only the scale and trend that
differs.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Nigel Sterpin <>
>>>To: Meloni Muir <>
>>>Cc: birding-aus <>
>>>Date: Wednesday, 20 October 1999 19:57
>>>Subject: birding-aus Re: introduced pest
>>>
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