Many native herbivore species are likely to become locally extinct rather than adapt to non-native plants when the latter displace native plants, and the resulting loss of insects blocks the flow of energy from plants up the food chain, negatively affecting ecosystem function.

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  Compendium Vol. 5 No. 1: The ecological role of native plants

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• ecosystem functioning concept
• non-native plant species concept