NEWS LEAD/JARGONRead the scientific paper "Geographic profiling as a novel spatial tool for targeting the control of invasive species.
" You can find it in the Trent University Library online at:

(You may be asked to log into the University’s library. If you have trouble with the link, you can log into the library, search for Ecography Magazine and look up the appropriate volume. Here is the reference: Ecography August 2012: Volume 35, Issue 8; pages 704-715. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07292.x)

The assignment: Summarize the most significant findings of this paper and their implications for the general public in plain language accessible to non-scientists. Make sure to write it as a news lead, emphasizing the WHAT and WHY, as described in the lectures. Focus on the abstract, the introduction and the conclusion of the scientific paper; do not get bogged down in technical methodological details. Explain scientific concepts and findings in plain language terms that a layperson can understand.

The length should be no more than three paragraphs of two or three short sentences each — about 200 words. Try for a readability of 45-50% or better — but remember that readability statistics are not that accurate for short articles like this.

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