Environmental Consequences Of Invasive Species

Ecosystems can be described as elaborate interactions among multiple organisms. Existing in an ecosystem are creatures attached to specific habitats and niches. An array of contrasting organisms maintains the balance in a fragile ecosystem, and the issue of overpopulation is avoided by the natural relationships between the predators and the prey. However, the introduction of a single foreign specimen is capable of disrupting an entire ecological community. Generally, the relocation of organisms results in invasive species, yet, officially, invasive species are classified as any organism who poses a threat to the environment (Invasive Species). Consequences of invasive species include the destruction of ecosystems and the deterioration of the quality …show more content…
Due to the lack of predators that view unfamiliar organisms as a source of energy, invasive species possess the advantage of survival; hence invaders are prone to overpopulate, overtake native species, and deplete limited resources. On the surface, the issue may be viewed as dealing specifically with only one single ecosystem, but in reality the process ends with considerable amounts of native species losing the competition for essential resources, native species nearing the point of extinction, and the destruction of countless interlinked ecosystems. As mentioned in the article, Invasive Species, “approximately 42% of Threatened or Endangered species are at risk primarily due to invasive species.” Regarding this, invasive species are revealed to be responsible for eventual human extinction due to their contribution to the removal of biodiversity. Emphasizing the situation, biodiversity is the sole reason behind human survival because the availability of different species allows humans to have numerous sources involved in the provision of nutrients. Many species originally native to a habitat will be replaced by competing foreign species. By cutting down the amount of species that