WHAT ARE INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES
Invasive species are animals, plants or other organisms that develop outside their natural range, in habitats that are not their own or with an unusual abundance, producing alterations in the richness and diversity of ecosystems.
When transported and introduced by humans in places outside their natural range, getting established and dispersed in the new region are called invasive alien species are usually very harmful.
When an invasive species is harmful, it means that it produces significant changes in the composition, structure or processes of natural or semi-natural ecosystems, endangering native biodiversity (in diversity of species, diversity within populations or diversity of ecosystems ). Due to their impacts on ecosystems where such species have been introduced, they are considered ecosystem engineers.
Natural or human-caused changes in ecosystems around the globe have redistributed plant and animal species accidentally or voluntarily. As a consequence of these changes certain species have an invasive behavior in their natural or introduction locality, being more susceptible the altered or degraded habitats
When transported and introduced by humans in places outside their natural range, getting established and dispersed in the new region are called invasive alien species are usually very harmful.
When an invasive species is harmful, it means that it produces significant changes in the composition, structure or processes of natural or semi-natural ecosystems, endangering native biodiversity (in diversity of species, diversity within populations or diversity of ecosystems ). Due to their impacts on ecosystems where such species have been introduced, they are considered ecosystem engineers.
Natural or human-caused changes in ecosystems around the globe have redistributed plant and animal species accidentally or voluntarily. As a consequence of these changes certain species have an invasive behavior in their natural or introduction locality, being more susceptible the altered or degraded habitats
100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST HARMFUL EXOTIC SPECIES
MICROORGANISMS
Banana bunchy top virus (banana bunchy top virus) Malaria aviar (Plasmodium relictum) Peste bovina (rinderpest virus) FUNGUS Afanomicosis (Aphanomyces astaci) Chancro del castaño (Cryphonectria parasitica) Grafiosis del olmo (Ophiostoma ulmi) Podredumbre de raíz (Phytophthora cinnamomi) Quitridiomicosis cutánea (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) AQUATIC PLANTS Alga wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) Caulerpa (Caulerpa taxifolia) Espartina (Spartina anglica) Jacinto de agua (Eichhornia crassipes) TERRESTRIAL PLANTS Acacia negra (Acacia mearnsii) Acacia pálida (Leucaena leucocephala) Arbol de la pimienta (Schinus terebinthifolius) Arbol de la quinina (Cinchona pubescens) Arroyuela (Cecropia peltata) Caña común (Arundo donax) Carpinchera (mimosa) (Mimosa pigra) Carrizo marciego (Imperata cylindrica) Cayeputi australiano (Melaleuca quinquenervia) Chumbera (Opuntia stricta) Clidemia (Clidemia hirta) Edichio (Hedychium gardnerianum) Falopia japonesa (Fallopia japonica) Faya (Myrica faya) Guaco (mikania) (Mikania micrantha) Guayabo fresero (Psidium cattleianum) Hiptage (Hiptage benghalensis) Kudzú (Pueraria montana var. lobata) Lantana (Lantana camara) Lechetrezna frondosa (Euphorbia esula) Ligustro (Ligustrum robustum) Mezquite (Prosopis glandulosa) Miconia (Miconia calvescens) Pino resinero (Pinus pinaster) Salicaria púrpura (Lythrum salicaria) Shoebutton ardisia (Ardisia elliptica) Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) |
TERRESTRIAL PLANTS (CONT.)
Tamarisco (Tamarix ramosissima) Tojo (Ulex europaeus) Tulipán africano (Spathodea campanulata) Wedelia (Sphagneticola trilobata) Yellow Himalayan raspberry (Rubus ellipticus) AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES Almeja asiática (Potamocorbula amurensis) Cangrejo chino (Eriocheir sinensis) Cangrejo de mar común (Carcinus maenas) Caracol manzana dorado (Pomacea canaliculata) Ctenóforo americano (Mnemiopsis leidyi) Estrella de mar japonesa (Asterias amurensis) Mejillón (Mytilus galloprovincialis) Mejillón cebra (Dreissena polymorpha) Pulga espinosa de anzuelo (Cercopagis pengoi) TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES Afido del ciprés (Cinara cupressi) Avispa común (Vespula vulgaris) Caracol gigante africano (Achatina fulica) Caracol lobo (Euglandina rosea) Escarabajo asiático de antenas largas (Anoplophora glabripennis) Escarabajo de khapra (Trogoderma granarium) Flatworm (Platydemus manokwari) Hormiga de Argentina (Linepithema humile) Hormiga leona (Pheidole megacephala) Hormiga loca (Anoplolepis gracilipes) Hormiga roja de fuego (Solenopsis invicta) Lagarta peluda (Lymantria dispar) Mosca blanca del tabaco (Bemisia tabaci) Mosquito de la malaria (Anopheles quadrimaculatus) Mosquito tigre asiático (Aedes albopictus) Pequeña hormiga de fuego (Wasmannia auropunctata) Termita subterránea de Formosa (Coptotermes formosanus shiraki) AMPHIBIANS Coquí común (Eleutherodactylus coqui) Rana toro (Rana catesbeiana) Sapo gigante (Bufo marinus) FISHES Carpa (Cyprinus carpio) Gambusia (Gambusia affinis) Perca americana (Micropterus salmoides) |
FISHES (CONT.)
Perca del Nilo (Lates niloticus) Pez gato andador (Clarias batrachus) Tilapia del Mozambique (Oreochromis mossambicus) Trucha arco iris (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Trucha común (Salmo trutta) BIRDS Bulbul cafre (Pycnonotus cafer) Estornino pinto (Sturnus vulgaris) Miná común (Acridotheres tristis) REPTILES Culebra arbórea café (Boiga irregularis) Galápago de Florida (Trachemys scripta) MAMÍFEROS Ardilla gris americana (Sciurus carolinensis) Armiño (Mustela erminea) Cabra (Capra hircus) Ciervo (Cervus elaphus) Coipú (Myocastor coypus) Conejo (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Gato doméstico (Felis catus) Jabalí (Sus scrofa) Macaco cangrejero (Macaca fascicularis) Mangosta javanés (Herpestes javanicus) Rata negra (Rattus rattus) Ratón doméstico (Mus musculus) Zarigüeya australiana (Trichosurus vulpecula) Zorro (Vulpes vulpes) www.issg.org/database |
WHERE ARE THEY
|
|