The state of Ohio has designated the three-spined stickleback as an invasive species that could harm some of the state’s native species. But researchers Alejandro Camacho and Jason McLachlan have pointed out that Earth’s climate is changing in ways that challenge such designations. Climate changes may force animals from their current ranges. Climate changes may also create good habitats in areas where a species couldn’t live previously. In the case of Ohio, these observations suggest that
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it’s useful at present for the state to distinguish between invasive and native species in some instances but not in the case of the three-spined stickleback.
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even if Earth’s climate doesn’t change in the way scientists predict, the three-spined stickleback will likely establish itself in the state.
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the state was previously home to some three-spined sticklebacks but they were outcompeted by invading species.
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the state’s classification of the three-spined stickleback as an invasive species may describe a temporary situation rather than a permanent one.