Attack of the "Killer Bees" Africanized Honey Bees (AHB) -- also called "Africanized bees" or "killer bees" -- are descendants of southern African bees imported in 1956 by Brazilian scientists attempting to breed a honey bee better adapted to the South American tropics. When some of these bees escaped quarantine in 1957, they began breeding with local Brazilian honey bees, quickly multiplying and extended their range throughout ...

Bio-invasions: Breaching Natural Barriers A Washington Sea Grant Program Publication University of Washington, Seattle Click any object on the page to go to the Table of Contents [Back] [Index]

Biological Control of Eurasian Watermilfoil Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) is an exotic aquatic plant that was introduced to North America between the late 1800's and the early 1940's (Aiken et al. 1979, Smith and Barko 1990). It grows rapidly and tends to form a dense canopy on the water surface, which often interferes with recreation, inhibits water flow, and impedes navigation (Grace and Wetzel 1978, Smith and Barko 1990). Therefore, there is much interest in develop ...

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CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean Sea The CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, group by group, survey of recent marine "immigrants" in the Mediterranean, which is undergoing drastic and rapid changes to its biota. Many of these new species are of Indo-Pacific origin having reached the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal : these so called "Lessepsian" migrants now contribute significantly to the biodiversity of the Eastern b ...

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Some Species Aren’t Welcome Conservationists Among Those Fighting Invaders A nutria moseys through the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, Md. Native to South America, nutria are defoliating Blackwater, one of the nation’s richest refuges, turning it into sterile mudflats and shallow, languid bays. (Roberto Borea/AP Photo) S U M M A R Y Thousands of alien plant and animal species have invaded the United States, and now even environmentalists are fighting this incur ...

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Invasive Plant Information List Easyliving Native Perennial Wildflowers Home Wildflower Seed list Wildflower Potted Plants Wildflower Seed Planting wildflower book list flower photographs your comments order form search form table of contents Non-native invasive plants of the Midwest and Eastern United States Trees Shrubs Forbs, Annuals, Perennials Grasses Vines Approximately 20% to 30% of all plant species growing in the U. S. have come from oth ...

For more information regarding reproduction of this article, please click here. Don C. Schmitz Daniel Simberloff Biological Invasions: A Growing Threat An army of invasive plant and animal species is overrunning the United States, causing incalcuable economic and ecological costs. To the untrained eye, Everglades National Park and nearby protected areas in Florida appear wild and natural. Yet within such public lands, foreign plant and animal species are rapidly degr ...

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Plants and animals that are introduced into habitats where they are not native are called non-indigenous, exotic, introduced, or invasive species. They can have devastating biological and/or economic effects upon the habitats they invade. Non-indigenous species can reduce or eliminate populations of native species by out competing native species for food, habitat, as well as preying on them. There are many ways non-indigenous species can be introduced to a new habitat. Common meth ...

The Pest Page Your location: Rideau Region > Rideau Residents > The Pest PageSite Index The idyllic and peaceful life of the rural resident or cottage dweller can occasionally be disrupted by an unwanted invader. Sometimes this has an immediate effect, such as the sound of a mouse in the house at 3 AM. At other times it is more long term and insidious such as the invasion of Zebra Mussels in our rivers and lakes. On this page is information about these unwanted intruders and links ...

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background | purple loosestrife | other invasive plants | news | education | contact us | home OTHER INVASIVE PLANTS now common or threatening our area. This list is not comprehensive, but begins to mention some of the plants which are proving most troublesome in our area. Glossy Buckthorn (European Buckthorn) (Ramnus frangula) identification deciduous shrub, reaching height of 23' leaves: alternate, glossy, 1-3 " long, oblong, smooth (wavy) margins flowers: yellowish-g ...

Ecological restorationist David Bender has cleared invasive trees (visible in the background), and is planting endangered native plants like the one in the foreground. Deep, dense and destructive, the Schefflera actinophylla ("octopus") tree is invading this 1,000-acre nature preserve on northwest Kauai. Able to grow even on boulders, the population has exploded from five before the 1982 hurricane to an uncountable number today. ...

The Amazing Story of Kudzu Love It, Or Hate It... It Grows On You! In Georgia, the legend says That you must close your windows At night to keep it out of the house. The glass is tinged with green, even so... From the poem, "Kudzu," by James Dickey There's so much of this fast-growing vine in the Southeastern U.S., you might think it was a native plant. Actually, it took a lot of hard work to help kudzu spread so widely. Now that it covers over seven million acres of the deep ...

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Wetland Restoration Information Series Number 1 NOXIOUS, INVASIVE, AND ALIEN PLANT SPECIES A Challenge in Wetland Restoration & Enhancement Purpose: To provide information on Noxious, Invasive, Alien and other problem plant species that threaten the success of wetland restoration and enhancement projects. This report defines the different categories of problem species, identifies the threats to success caused by these species, recommends methods of avoidance through planning and m ...

Yellow Starthistle Information How to Use this Website The goal of this website is to provide current information on the biology, ecology and management of yellow starthistle in the western states. In addition to written information, the site also contains detailed data, numerous photographs and an extensive list of references. From the homepage it is possible to access specific topics including Introduction and Spread, Impact, Biology and Ecology, Managemen ...