PROTECTION OF NATIVE SPECIES There are numerous ways that non-native or exotic species can have a negative impact on our environment and the diversity of life on our planet. The statistics are very alarming and more attention should be paid to the problem and finding a solution to the problem before the cost is more than we can bear. When compared with other threats to Biodiversity‚ the introduction of exotic species ranks second with habit destruction ranking first for being the cause of extinction
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Endangered Species Need Your Help! Here Are Some Ways That You Can Get Involved: Conserve Habitats One of the most important ways to help threatened plants and animals survive is to protect their habitats permanently in national parks‚ nature reserves or wilderness areas. There they can live without too much interference from humans. It is also important to protect habitats outside reserves such as on farms and along roadsides. You can visit a nearby national
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things come to mind such as climate change‚ water pollution‚ species loss‚ or deforestation. Yet so many other problems get overlooked because they are unrecognizable or do not get as much media coverage. One of these issues is the threat of invasive species. Some people will walk past them every day without even realizing it. After all why would anyone question something that looks just like another plant‚ insect‚ or animal. Invasive species are not as in your face as pollution or deforestation‚ but
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they’re many native grasses as well as invasive grasses. Native and Invasive species play a big role in our ecosystem. Native species make it so we don’t have to use as many fertilizers‚ use less water‚ keep the air around you cleaner‚ provide shelter and food for wildlife etc. Invasive grass species are bad because for one they are obviously not native to the area and can colonize habitats and exclude the native plants. Did you know a Dandelion is an invasive species? Well it is it from Europe but can
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I think that invasive species are invaders. An invasive species are living organisms that are non-native species in particular environment. In other words‚ it is an imported species that has a tendency to spread and is capable of damaging the environment‚ the human economy and human health. Some of these invasive creatures have caused the extinction of whole species and have caused irreparable damage to the surrounding ecosystem. For example‚ alien insects‚ organisms‚ plants cause damage to crops
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“Once an invasive species arrives‚ it’s about impossible to get rid of it‚” - Sean Hanna. There are many animals that create problems. An invasive species is an animal or a plant that is brought into a new environment and damages the animals and plants that live there. There are many invasive species today such has the Burmese python‚ starling‚ and the red fox. Invasive species are a problem and there is many ways that the problem is being addressed. Here are some of the many problems each animal
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Hydrilla: An Invasive Species Hydrilla verticillata‚ otherwise known as Hydrilla is an aggressive water weed and is said to be one of the world’s worst invasive aquatic plants. Hydrilla in temperate places around the globe and somehow made its way to the United States. Hydrilla has a special advantage; it grows under lower light conditions than nearly any other species‚ it only needs about 1% of sunlight. This advantage allows hydrilla to grow underneath other plants and survive greater depths;
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Aquatic Invasive Species Two thirds of the forty freshwater fish extinctions are known to have been caused by invasive species. The extinctions could have been caused by any one of the four thousand three hundred known invasive species in the United States. In Minnesota‚ the land of ten thousand lakes‚ thirty-five percent of all recreational waters are known to hold at least one invasive species (Invasive species of aquatic plants and wild animals in Minnesota: Annual report). The common carp‚ zebra
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Invasive species have a very negative effect on the native species in an area. They can cause a variety of problems from competition for food resources to introducing a new disease that the native species is not immune to. Larval amphibians do not have the defenses to handle introduced predators such as fish in their environment. Therefore introducing fish into these once safe and fish-free water sources will have a huge effect on amphibian population (Wells 825). Reversal of theses introductions
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Invasive species have a history of damaging the ecosystems in which they are introduced. How marine invasive species interact with other stressors produce an increased negative effect on the ecosystem; usually the marine invasive species alone does not create a stressor. As more marine species are introduced into the environment‚ the magnitude of the interactions will only increase. NOAA dictates four reasons why marine invasive species are not typically thought as important stressors for the ecosystem
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