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Biological Invasions

Biological Invasions. Biological Invasions. Outline. What they are? Why study // be concerned? Significant ecological and economic impacts Numbers are many and are increasing. Biological Invasions. What Are Biological Invasions. Native Species

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Biological Invasions

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  1. Biological Invasions

  2. Biological Invasions Outline • What they are? • Why study // be concerned? • Significant ecological and economic impacts • Numbers are many and are increasing

  3. Biological Invasions What Are Biological Invasions • Native Species • A species in a area whose presence is the result of only natural processes, with • no human intervention. • Non-Native • Any organism that is found outside their normal and historic geographic range. Not native to that ecosystem. • Invasive Species • A non-native organism whose introduction to an area has or is like likely to cause economic and/or environmental harm.

  4. Biological Invasions What Are Biological Invasions cont. • Introduced Species: • A species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental. • Naturalized Species • An intentionally or unintentionally introduced species that has adapted to and reproduces successfully in its new environment and has no apparent negative effect on the ecosystem and on our economics.

  5. Biological Invasions What Are Biological Invasions cont. • Weed • Economic Definition: • Reduces value of a crop • Anthropocentric Definition: • Plant is unattractive • Ecological Definition: • Plant with a physical and genetic traits that allow it to exploit disturbed patches in the landscape.

  6. Biological Invasions Why Study/Why Concerning Exert strong negative ecological and economic impacts

  7. Biological Invasions Why Study/Why Concerning • Exert strong negative ecological and economic impacts • Economically – USA estimate of 140 BILLION dollars is spent in indirect and direct impacts of invaders. • Ecologically - Invaders can be vectors of disease, outcompete native species and alter the landscape

  8. Biological Invasions Why Study/Why Concerning cont. • Increasing rapidly in number • Widespread (50,000 NIS in US alone)

  9. Biological Invasions Oregon Invasive Species English Ivy Purple Loosestrife Himalayan Blackberry Giant Hogweed

  10. Biological Invasions Oregon Invasive Species Milk Thistle Japanese Knotweed Scotch Broom Reed Canary Grass

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