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| Know how individuals can help prevent the spread of invasive species. |
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Education is key
Research is still needed - generalities?
Monitoring programs - early detection
Prevent establishment - quarantine
Increased communication among agencies
Increase regulations |
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The use of one species to control another.
Usually a specialist predator or parasite of an invasive species.
Needs to be species specific or could cause even worse problems. |
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| Be able to recognize common introduced species in the U.S. and Laurentian Great Lakes |
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| Why should we be concerned about, invasive species. |
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Definition
| threaten biodiversity, costly, widespread |
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| How are invasive species often introduced? |
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Definition
deliberately:naturalization societies, Shakespeare fans, game animals, domestic animals, plants for agriculture
accidentally: ballasts of ships, unprocessed wood, fruit shipments, by-pass natural barriers, escapees (from zoos) |
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