BIO120H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Cane Toad, Invasive Species, Introduced Species
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Tiger gets chemicals on its fur which is on the plant. If the iger gets this smell on its fur, then males and females don"t like to mate. Cane toad was introduced into australia to help cane populaion by controlling beetle populaion. Nile perch has led to the exirpaion of many types of cichlid ish. Asian carp was brought in because people wanted to eat it, but it escaped and is now big problem in the us waterways. Naive and alien is an ariicial disincion. Naive species has been there for thousands, even millions of years, been in that region long ime. Classic examples of introducing new species is oceanic islands. Because they"re oceanic islands, very suscepible and stand bad chance against new introduced species. Spreading herbicides and pesicides are used to kill invasive species that are invading farm land. Bill clinton very concerned about puing research dollars in the right place. Bill clinton very concerned about invasive species research.
