Overlooked and underestimated: Reframing restoration to include inconspicuous native invaders

This data accompanies a manuscript discussing the importance of including small or uncharismatic native species, which can achieve hyperabundance under anthropogenic change. We illustrated this problem, using this data, by showing increases in the New Zealand mud snail (NZMS; <i>Potamopyrgus antipodarum</i>) in its native New Zealand range.<br><br>Note the data was collected by Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) and is licensed by them for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.