WHAT ARE INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES
Invasive species are animals, plants or other organisms that develop outside their natural range, in habitats that are not their own or with an unusual abundance, producing alterations in the richness and diversity of ecosystems.
When transported and introduced by humans in places outside their natural range, getting established and dispersed in the new region are called invasive alien species are usually very harmful. When an invasive species is harmful, it means that it produces significant changes in the composition, structure or processes of natural or semi-natural ecosystems, endangering native biodiversity (in diversity of species, diversity within populations or diversity of ecosystems ). Due to their impacts on ecosystems where such species have been introduced, they are considered ecosystem engineers. Natural or human-caused changes in ecosystems around the globe have redistributed plant and animal species accidentally or voluntarily. As a consequence of these changes certain species have an invasive behavior in their natural or introduction locality, being more susceptible the altered or degraded habitats |
100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST HARMFUL EXOTIC SPECIES
MICROORGANISMS
Banana bunchy top virus Plasmodium relictum Rinderpest virus FUNGUS Aphanomyces astaci Cryphonectria parasitica Ophiostoma ulmi Phytophthora cinnamomi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis AQUATIC PLANTS Undaria pinnatifida Caulerpa taxifolia Spartina anglica Eichhornia crassipes TERRESTRIAL PLANTS Acacia mearnsii Leucaena leucocephala Schinus terebinthifolius Cinchona pubescens Cecropia peltata Arundo donax Mimosa pigra Imperata cylindrica Melaleuca quinquenervia Opuntia stricta Clidemia hirta Hedychium gardnerianum Fallopia japonica Myrica faya Mikania micrantha Psidium cattleianum Hiptage benghalensis Pueraria montana var. lobata Lantana camara Euphorbia esula Ligustrum robustum Prosopis glandulos Miconia calvescens Pinus pinaster Lythrum salicaria Ardisia elliptica Chromolaena odorata |
TERRESTRIAL PLANTS (CONT.)
Tamarix ramosissima) Ulex europaeus) Spathodea campanulata) Sphagneticola trilobata) Rubus ellipticus) AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES Potamocorbula amurensis) Eriocheir sinensis) Carcinus maenas) Pomacea canaliculata) Mnemiopsis leidyi) Asterias amurensis) Mytilus galloprovincialis) Dreissena polymorpha) Cercopagis pengoi) TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES Cinara cupressi) Vespula vulgaris) Achatina fulica) Euglandina rosea) Anoplophora glabripennis) Trogoderma granarium) Platydemus manokwari) Linepithema humile) Pheidole megacephala) Anoplolepis gracilipes) Solenopsis invicta) Lymantria dispar) Bemisia tabaci) Anopheles quadrimaculatus) Aedes albopictus) Wasmannia auropunctata) Coptotermes formosanus shiraki) AMPHIBIANS Eleutherodactylus coqui) Rana catesbeiana) Bufo marinus) FISHES Cyprinus carpio) Gambusia affinis) Micropterus salmoides) |
FISHES (CONT.)
Lates niloticus) Clarias batrachus) Oreochromis mossambicus) Oncorhynchus mykiss) Salmo trutta) BIRDS Pycnonotus cafer) Sturnus vulgaris) Acridotheres tristis) REPTILES Boiga irregularis) Trachemys scripta) MAMÍFEROS Sciurus carolinensis) Mustela erminea) Capra hircus) Cervus elaphus) Myocastor coypus) Oryctolagus cuniculus) Felis catus) Sus scrofa) Macaca fascicularis) Herpestes javanicus) Rattus rattus) Mus musculus) Trichosurus vulpecula) Vulpes vulpes) www.issg.org/database |