Chapter 6 Species Interactions and Community Ecology
Exotic species problems: Competition for native species - including displacement, predation on native species, lack of predators to control populations, may bring unfamiliar diseases, more aggressive reproduction, environmental disruptions,Sometimes the local ecosystem can accommodate and assimilate the invader without major problems. Exotics may become a new food source for native predators (blue jays eating Japanese beetles) and exotics may be susceptible to native diseases also..
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