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Pathogen accumulation cannot undo the impact of invasive species

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Pathogen accumulation can decrease, increase, or not change invasive species abundance, but their impacts may persist in all scenarios.

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  1. Nahuel Policelli and Mariana C. Chiuffo have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, Avenida de los Pioneros 2350, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina

    Nahuel Policelli, Mariana C. Chiuffo, Jaime Moyano, Agostina Torres, Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal & Martín A. Nuñez

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Policelli, N., Chiuffo, M.C., Moyano, J. et al. Pathogen accumulation cannot undo the impact of invasive species. Biol Invasions 20, 1–4 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1439-8

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