Transcript Invasive Species

Invasive
Species
Joe Prange,
Kelvin Roe, Adam
Stenner
What is it?
 Plants,
animals, or pathogens that are
non-native (alien) to the ecosystem under
consideration and whose introduction
causes or is likely to cause harm
Giant African Snail
 Bullies in nature
Purple Loosestrife
Problems with Invasive Species
 Invasive
species take over an entire area
and eliminate biodiversity
 Chase out our native species
 They have no natural predator
 Results in a monoculture
How do they move?
 Not
washing your boat off
 Moving firewood
 Catch on your clothes or shoes
 Dumping bait into another body of water
 Through roots
 By seeds
 Wind or water
Why Should We Care?
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United States – $137 billion per year
Problems to our health
Pollen can increase the severity of respiratory
allergies
Sap can cause skin irritation
Venomous bites from different animals
Invasive rodents, mosquitoes, and ticks can
transmit deadly pathogens
Continued
 Some
increase the severity and frequency
of wildfires
 Alter nutrient availability and water quality
 Prevent re-growth of trees or other plants
 Competition for other species
 Do not provide food
Prevention
 Inspect
your boat, rinse off mud, plants,
animals
 Drain water from boat
 Dispose of unwanted bait in trash
 Educate yourself/Learn to identify
 Report any sightings
 Make others aware
 http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/invasives/report.ht
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Resources
 http://www.invasivespecies.gov/main_na
v/mn_faq.html#prevent_spread
 https://www.uwgb.edu/Biodiversity/herba
rium/invasive_species/lytsal01.htm
 http://www.slideshare.net/eslaq/invasivespecies-powerpoint