Invasive species

Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit institution that promotes caring for others, caring for one’s self, and caring for the community. It is one of Loyola’s foundational aspect of caring for the community that has made the requirement of engaged learning a part of the curriculum. Since the Fall of 2012, Loyola has required its students to go out into the world and obtain hands-on experience in different sorts of fields. One may accomplish this through an internship course, or a class combined…

herbicide treatment would create more stress on the plant and make it more susceptible to further treatment. The use of subsequent mowing or burning would remove stands and dead biomass while promoting the growth and reestablishment of native plant species. Burning would easily eradicate large dense stands while mowing would eliminate low density stands in wet or dry areas. As an alternative to herbicide, burning, and mowing, planting or grazing could be used to remove Phragmites stands while…

Invasive species in Idaho is a problem. Being mostly plants on the top 10 list of Invasive species in Idaho, the feral hog is slowly making it’s way to the south and west boarder of Idaho. First being introduced in the 1500’s by Spanish explorers, in Tampa Bay, Florida, the feral hogs has slowly choked the wildlife of the southern statesand beyond, but they have also shown signs of huge population growth in 45 of 50 states in America. In Texas the war between human and hog has resulted in a lost…

Introduction Mediterranean (House) Gecko The Mediterranean gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) is a small gecko common to the Mediterranean which has spread to many parts of the world. This lizard is native to the Mediterranean and west Asia. These species inhabit in parts of Taiwan, Polynesia, Somalia, Madagaskar, Andaman and Nicobar Island, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. In fact they are now also found in Australia, Mexico, Brazil and USA. It is also commonly referred to as the Turkish Gecko as…

The Impact Assessment Committee for Introduced Species has been asked to produce a report for the Australian Government which assesses the effect of the introduced feral cat on the biodiversity of the local Mackay region. The assessment will result in the formulation of two proposals which aim to address the threat to the ecosystem, and appropriate recommendations will be made. Primary sources of information surrounding the feral cat situation was utilised throughout the making of this report,…

When looking at the data provided, the trends of native-species increase in the restored area and the abundance of exotic species seen in the degraded areas provides an idea of how effective the restoration efforts where at restoring them to the reference site. To begin, the data provided in table 5 gives an idea of the distribution of the number of species found at each site, and how much of a contrast is shown between the restored and degraded areas and how they compare to the reference site.…

different species. Interspecific competition results from many species with similar niches and limited resources available. A niche is defined as an area that a species inhabits, the role or function of the species in the ecosystem and the species relationship with all is biotic and abiotic factors affecting it (Biology online dictionary, 2015).The limiting resources could be resources such as mates’ nutrients and space (M. Beals, L. Gross, S. Harrell, 1999). Competition exists between species…

affect genes of a species, which can potentially eliminate animal spread diseases. A gene drive refers to a genetic system that manipulates a gene, guaranteeing all offspring to contain a certain dominant trait. As the trait is dominant it eventually spreads throughout the whole species, allowing them to all contain the manipulated trait. Scientists have designed this in order to eliminate mosquito-transmitted diseases such as malaria and Zika virus, but also to control species invasion. However…

and non-native plant species, as well as the animals that live there. There is also…

become a conservation threat to rare native species, community, and ecosystems (Gundale 2002; Hale et al. 2006; Nuzzo et al 2009; Maerz et al. 2009; Sutherland et al. 2011; Nuzzo et al. 2015). In 2011, Sunderland and coauthors identified earthworm invasions in previously earthworm free regions as one of the 15 most immerging issues of biodiversity conservation. One of the reason for the issue is that invasions by European earthworms, particularly species from Lumbricidae, have substantially…