Glossary

Invasive exotic species:

A species that enters one ecosystem from another and multiplies due to a lack of predators.

Emerald ash borer:

An invasive exotic species that has killed tens of thousands of ash trees in the Midwestern and Eastern United States.

Integrate:

Put two or more pieces of information together to help understand both of them better.

Qualitative:

Of or relating to the quality or kind of something rather than the amount or quantity of it.

Quantitative:

Of or relating to an amount or how much there is of something.