Essays on Invasive Species

There are many things that impact the environment and the ecosystems within them. Some of the impacts are beneficial, while others tear the ecosystem apart such as climate change, overpopulation and invasive species. While some of these events are natural many of these events are...

In America, we have a growing issue of feral hogs, and they are becoming very destructive. Hogs are not native to America and are considered an invasive species also known as an alien species. Invasive species are a major problem that must be understood and...

Disturbance within an environment can have a substantial impact on the abundance of species present. Areas with high disturbance tend to foster low species diversity, while areas with low disturbance that tend to promote higher species diversity. In this study, the bird species diversity in...

Introduction An invasive species is any kind of organism that enters into a new ecosystem and begins to negatively alter the region. Such negative consequences of invasive species include harm to the surrounding ecosystem and alterations to the habitat of the organisms already living there....

The Issues of Invasive Species: Crown-of-Thorns Starfish The basic definition of an invasive breed is when one species native to a different habitat is transported into a foreign ecosystem. Without any natural predators, it completely messes up the food chain for the native genus. Some...